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Book your room at Solomou Hotel
Hotel in Athens (Omonia) near National Archaeological Museum of Athens
Located in the heart of Athens, this hotel is within walking distance of National Technical University of Athens and National Archaeological Museum of Athens. Also nearby are Hellenic Parliament and Syntagma Square.
Hotel Features
In addition to a bar/lounge, Solomou Hotel provides a coffee shop/café, a conference center, and ski storage.
Room Amenities
Televisions come with digital channels. Guestrooms also feature complimentary wireless Internet access, refrigerators, and air conditioning.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
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At your hotel
Dining options at the hotel include a coffee shop/café and a snack bar/deli. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Business amenities at this 3-star property consist of a business center, limo/town car service, and a meeting room.
High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. Event facilities measuring 269 square feet (25 square meters) include a conference center. This business-friendly hotel also offers a rooftop terrace, tour/ticket assistance, and multilingual staff.
Solomou Hotel has designated areas for smoking.
- Business center
- Express check-out
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Laundry facilities
- Room service (24 hours)
- Rooftop terrace
- Designated smoking areas (fines apply)
- Conference center
- Snack bar/deli
- One meeting room
- Year Built 1965
- Conference space size (feet) - 269
- Conference space size (meters) - 25
- Express check-in
- Multilingual staff
- 24-hour front desk
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Coffee shop or café
- Concierge services
- Designated smoking areas
- Total number of rooms - 50
- Number of floors - 7
- Free parking nearby
- Ski storage
- Bar/lounge
- Coffee/tea in lobby
- Elevator/lift
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free Wi-Fi
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Luggage storage
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Television in lobby
Stay connected
Available in all rooms: Free Wi-Fi
Available in some public areas: Free Wi-Fi
Park your car
Free parking nearby
In your room
- Free Wi-Fi
- Designer toiletries
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
- Soundproofed rooms
- Climate control
- Microwave (on request)
- Complimentary toiletries
- Air conditioning
- Refrigerator
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Digital TV service
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Hair dryer
- Bathtub or shower
- In-room safe
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Desk
- Rollaway/extra beds available
Eat and drink
Continental breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 6 AM and 9:30 AM.
24-hour room service is available.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Segway rental/tour nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Scooter/moped rentals nearby
The fine print for Solomou Hotel
When you arrive
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-in time starts at noon
When you leave
Check-out time is noon
How you can pay
Accepted at this hotel: Diners Club Diners Club, American Express American Express, MasterCard MasterCard, Visa Visa
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.
- No onsite parking is available.
- The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
Hotel Registry Number - 0206K013A0031200
No pets or service animals allowed
- A late check-out fee will be charged
- Rollaway bed fee: EUR 10 per stay
We should mention
Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 1500, due to national regulations. For further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation. No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property.


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So, a few weeks ago, the craigconnects team researched how the top 50 nonprofits do social media. We decided to dig a little deeper to find how nonprofits by area of focus use social media and what kind of an impact that they were having in the social media space. From August to October of […] [Read More]
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Hey, the folks at Charity Navigator have always been really good at helping people figure out the financial soundness of nonprofits. Now, they're measuring the accountability and transparency of nonprofits. This is a really big deal, it helps everyone figure out if the nonprofit is serious, in the sense that they use your money well. […] [Read More]
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By Timothy Culbert, M.D.
Q: My eight-year-old son has been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Is there any chance that changing his diet will make a difference?
A: There have been quite a few "gold standard" studies supporting the idea that for certain kids, dietary changes can be a big help.
One type of diet (known as oligo-antigenic) is fairly radical; it eliminates ingredients that are thought to provoke allergies, including dairy, gluten, refined sugars, dyes, preservatives, and additives. A theory as to why this might make a difference has to do with a phenomenon called leaky gut syndrome. Normally, the intestinal lining serves as a good filtering system for proteins like those that trigger allergies. But in some people, the gut seems to have a sort of "leak" that allows these proteins to get into the bloodstream. At that point the immune system reacts, and this can contribute to behavioral problems.
The pure form of this diet is very restrictive and can be difficult to stick to. It allows only two types of meat (lamb and turkey), two types of starches (rice and potatoes), two types of vegetables (cabbage and carrots), and two fruits (apples and bananas).
A more practical approach might be to test potentially troublesome foods one at a time. Eliminate dairy, say, for three weeks to see if any significant changes occur. For most people, this approach is pretty doable, and there's very little downside to trying it.
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Burning Cost Ratio
Definition of 'Burning Cost Ratio'
An insurance-industry calculation of excess losses divided by total subject premium. The burning cost ratio is an experience-based insurance-rating method commonly used in determining rates for excess of loss reinsurance, or the insurance that insurance companies buy to protect themselves against total claims that exceed their total premiums collected.
Investopedia explains 'Burning Cost Ratio'
This method is strongly related to a type of statistics called ratio estimation.Calculation of the burning cost ratio is one of several rating methods and is simple and widely used, but requires lots of claims data for it to be accurate. Another type of experience-based insurance-rating method is the Monte Carlo simulation.


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Alien parasites take over the world in an inert adap of the Stephenie Meyer novel that tries to give Invasion Of The Body Snatchersa tween-friendly Twilight makeover, largely by constructing a bonkers love quadrangle between Saoirse Ronan, the spore inside her and two interchangeable male hotties (Max Irons, Jake Abel).
The result is as silly as that sounds, though there are compensations in the form of Diane Kruger's white-suited baddie and the sleek environs her race inhabits.
Director Andrew Niccol scored with Gattacaonly to stumble with In Time. The Host does little to reverse the new Zealander's slump.


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Clifford Owens was born in 1971, in Baltimore, MD. He received a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and an MFA from Rutgers University in New Jersey, and has participated in independent study and artist residency programs.
Owens, is a contemporary artist whom works in multiple media: performance, photography, text and video. In his work, no one media is subordinate to the other. Instead each mode drives the other, and has an integrity of its own as the live experience is crystallized or fragmented. The resulting work, whatever its manifestation, serves to challenge expectations of race and gender, time and space, power and permission, performer and spectator.
Selected exhibitions include PS1 and the Studio Museum in Harlem in New York, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, and Centro Arte Contemporanea in Italy. He has also exhibited art at P.S.1/MoMA, NY; Queens Museum of Art, NY; List Visual Art Center, Cambridge, MA, Yerba Beuna Center for the Arts, San Francisco; Para-Site Art Space, Hong Kong, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC and On Stellar Rays Gallery, NY. As an artist and cultural critic, he has been featured in Performa: New Visual Art Performance, Greater New York, and Vibe Magazine.
He also a recipient of numerous residencies and awards, including the Louis Tiffany Comfort Award; the Lambent Fellowship for the Arts; NY Foundation for the Arts and the William H. Johnson Prize in 2012. Owens has completed residencies at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture; the Studio Museum in Harlem and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he completed a two week program, featuring performances from his series Photographs with an Audience.
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How to Choose a San Diego Felony Defense Lawyer
If you are facing felony charges, you need to find a San Diego felony defense lawyer, and you shouldn't procrastinate. Felony charges are the most serious crimes in California.
Unlike the slow progress of a civil lawsuit, the criminal justice system moves fast. Not only that, the penalties for felony convictions in San Diego could be imprisonment and/or large fines. With all this at stake, you shouldn't attempt to represent yourself. You need to find a San Diego criminal attorney.
If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be able to have a San Diego County public defender represent you. If your income doesn't qualify you for free representation, you need to find a private lawyer.
Finding a San Diego Felony Defense Lawyer
At first, the prospect of finding a San Diego criminal defense lawyer may sound daunting, but it's actually a lot easier than you may think. You can ask around your circle of family members, friends and acquaintances. Perhaps there is someone you know that either knows a criminal lawyer or has used a criminal lawyer in the past.
Most helpful is the input from someone who has personally hired a San Diego criminal lawyer. You can get first-hand information about what it's like to work with a lawyer and, if the experience was good, maybe your friend can recommend the lawyer to you.
If you strike out with your friends, you need extra names for your list of candidates or you'd rather not discuss your recent arrest with people you know, we can help. Attorneys.com operates a service that can connect you to a San Diego felony defense lawyer wherever you are in the city.
Just call us at 1-877-913-7222, or complete the short form on this page. We'll have a few questions for you. Then, whether you are in Kearny Mesa or Ocean Beach or any other part of the city, we will forward the name of at least one criminal attorney near you.
Feel free to contact the attorney directly, or he will get back to you within two business days.
Preparing to Meet with San Diego Criminal Defense Attorneys
Hiring an attorney without meeting first is not advisable. The world of criminal law is big, and you want to make sure you hire someone who has experience representing clients facing charges similar to your own. It's also good to get a handle on how an attorney might handle your case and how much legal representation costs.
You can find out all these things at a first meeting attorneys call initial consultations. Most criminal lawyers in San Diego offer these meetings for free. They view it as a chance to introduce themselves and win your business.
Before you head off to your first initial consultation, it's important to prepare. Think about the kinds of questions you want to ask. For example, you'll want to find out if the San Diego lawyer has experience with felony charges like your own. What is the extent of that experience? With felony charges pending, you don't want someone just out of law school or who is dabbling in criminal law.
Write down all your questions on paper, so you don't forget to ask anything. San Diego criminal lawyers will also find it helpful if you bring certain documents with you, such as:
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Include the documents with your questions and throw in some extra writing material, so you can record the answers. Also compile a list of anyone connected to your case, including witnesses, victims and co-defendants.
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Arrive for your initial consultations on time or even early. Criminal defense lawyers in San Diego are busy people.
When you first sit down, allow the attorney to lead the conversation. Some San Diego criminal attorneys may ask you a lot of questions before hearing your version of events. Their goal is to better understand the evidence the prosecution may have against you.
As you answer the questions, withhold nothing. Even before you hire someone – even if you hire someone else – you enjoy attorney-client privilege with all lawyers you meet for initial consultations. This means nothing you say will ever be repeated to the authorities. San Diego felony defense lawyers are bound by strict confidentiality rules. You may speak freely at your initial consultations.
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When you have finished interviewing all the attorneys on your list, it's time to hire one. Choose the one who put you most at ease, whose advice you liked best and who had the most on-point experience for you. Break any ties by calling former clients and getting some feedback about what it was like working with those attorneys.
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Topton is a populated place located in Cherokee County at latitude 35.247 and longitude -83.703.
The elevation is 2,654 feet. Topton appears on the Topton U.S. Geological Survey Map. Cherokee County is in the Eastern Time Zone (UTC -5 hours).
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There are good secrets and bad secrets. The good ones can be found in your pocket. Harmful secrets are the property of someone else.
By now, you probably know of this story broken by my AJC colleague Aaron Gould Sheinin:
The state Senate paid an Atlanta law firm $80,500 on July 28, and Senate leaders will only say the money was for a "personnel issue."
There's strong suspicion that the cash was used to settle a racial discrimination claim by an African-American secretary. To continue:
The check was made to the law firm Buckley & Klein after the Senate Committee on Administrative Affairs met in July and approved the payment. The committee, made up of five Republican senators, the Republican lieutenant governor, one Democrat and the secretary of the Senate, meets in private and is chaired by President Pro Tem Tommie Williams.
Williams, in a statement, said the Senate is not subject to state sunshine laws and that "the matter related is a personnel matter and we do not release personnel information."
But three years ago, when it was thought that Grady Memorial Hospital was negotiating the silence of some whistleblowers, Williams was of a much different opinion when it came to hush money.
The Senate president pro tem appeared as the fourth signature of SB 503, which was designed to block those settlements, and includes this:
The General Assembly finds that:
(1) It has long been the practice and policy of the Attorney General to not litigate or settle any matter involving the State of Georgia or any state agency under seal;
(2) Confidential or secret settlements involving government agencies violate public policy and undermine the principles of open government; and
(3) The use of confidential or secret settlement agreements to obtain or enforce the silence of federally or state protected whistleblowers is an especially egregious violation of public policy.
A spokesman for the Senate president pro tem says the two situations aren't comparable. "There's a distinction between a whistleblower situation and an employer-employee dispute," Nathan Humphrey, Williams' chief of staff, said this morning. "Both in the public and private sector, any resolutions to those are always kept private for both parties' sake."
Although, we're pretty sure that the Grady whistleblowers were employees, too.
Other signatures on the 2008 measure, in order, include David Shafer, R-Duluth; Kasim Reed, D-Atlanta, and Vincent Fort, D-Atlanta. We called Shafer this morning for his take. He has emailed us this:
"I do not serve on the Senate Administrative Affairs Committee and was not aware of either the lawsuit or the settlement until Tuesday evening. My view on the use of taxpayer funds in confidential settlements has not changed."
SB 503 passed the Senate that year, but apparently couldn't get traction in the House.
Given that the lawmaker involved is quite conservative, many are connecting the following Gainesville Times article with last night's execution of Troy Davis. That would be a mistake:
South Hall state Rep. James Mills is leaving the Georgia General Assembly in October for a job on the State Board of Pardons and Paroles….
His open seat in the state House likely will be filled in a November election.
Gov. Nathan Deal, a fellow Hall County resident, will announce Mills' appointment today.
However, there's a theory that an effort to reduce Mills' influence over local legislation was behind the portion of a new House map that divided Hall County among half a dozen lawmakers – creating a potential rift between Gov. Nathan Deal and House Speaker David Ralston.
If that's the case, then Mills' appointment to the pardon and paroles board becomes a neat solution.
Number-crunching by the New York Times shows that Georgia has two of the top five counties in the nation when it comes to increases in the poverty rate since 2007. Dougherty County in southwest Georgia has had an increase of 12.4 percent. Poverty in Clayton County on metro Atlanta's south side has soared 11 percent.
Over at the Athens Banner-Herald, Jim Thompson has an excellent retrospective on the impact of R.E.M – the band announced Wednesday that it was breaking up after 31 years — on local politics:
Not coincidentally, R.E.M. also helped local politicians see the arts and music community as something else, too – voters.
In advance of the 1998 election that would put him in the Athens-Clarke County mayor's office, local insurance executive Doc Eldridge went to the band's manager, local attorney Bertis Downs. Eldridge said he didn't go to Downs for money, but for an introduction into a segment of the community that Eldridge, in a recent interview, admitted he didn't really know.
As things turned out, Eldridge, as mayor, would be instrumental in saving the railroad trestle that had appeared as cover art on R.E.M's "Murmur." He did it not because of any specific request from the band, but from the recognition the trestle was a tourist attraction, one of the sites R.E.M. fans wanted to see when visiting the band's hometown.
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September 22nd, 2011
10:25 am
Jim Galloway…have you identified the miscreant Senator yet? My sources say it is an arrogant white male GOP State Senator, but that doesn't narrow the search too much.
September 22nd, 2011
10:44 am
Now this is an agreed settlement.Paid for with taxpayer money.The aggrieved settled.This is none of the peoples business.Only if the guilty person is a democrat then should be named in public.
September 22nd, 2011
10:45 am
That it was the Senate's settling a suit pointing out some documented racism is just as troubling as it's being essentially "under the table," out of the sight of the sovereign People; but what can we expect of our lawmakers who stand silent as Bush, proven to have committed 9/11, not only yet breaths our air but has, out of view or press coverage, been "comped" the oil and gas pipeline distribution network supplying 11% of America's needs, formerly owned by the Queen of England and the Rockefellers, as a payoff for his 9/11 treason.
Righteousness doesn't just "happen:" the People, by G-d, must establish it. This is America, after all.
Death for Treason
September 22nd, 2011
10:53 am
No other public entity (city, county, MARTA, GDOT, school board) is permitted to settle claims with a confidentiality agreement – why is the State Senate? This confidentiality agreement should be challenged and would be ruled unenforceable by any competent court.
September 22nd, 2011
11:06 am
The only people guilty of treason are Democrats, Will. And all of them should be rounded-up and killed for what they've done to our country over the past 100 years.
September 22nd, 2011
11:17 am
It's no accident that poverty rose that much in Clayton County after its public transit system was eliminated.
As for our famous trestle: it may be iconic, but it's also a carcinogenic firetrap, too dangerous to leave standing but coated with too hazardous a chemical for simple demolition. Doc Eldridge was supposedly a more conservative CEO/mayor, as far as that goes on the local level, yet he basically gave $25,000 of county funds to the railroad to help them wash their hands of the liability. You might remember someone recently got through the fence, climbed up on the thing and then fell off of it.
September 22nd, 2011
11:18 am
The republicans are against the middle class and working class and we need to vote the teabaggars/republicans out of the office.
Independent voters for Biden/Obama 2012
September 22nd, 2011
11:19 am
Will, I haven't thought to ask it of you before, but are you a LaRouchie?
September 22nd, 2011
11:22 am
Have to have someone to pardon Deal down the road.
September 22nd, 2011
11:26 am
When I read it was probably a racial discrimination suit, I saw wasted taxpayers money. Don't do a good job, get fired, and if your black it's a racial thing. Don't do a good and be white, you're fired. End of story.
September 22nd, 2011
11:28 am
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The short answer is because they are the Georgia State Senate. They demand openess is every office of state government, and then EXEMPT themselves from the same requirement. It truly is a "Good Old Boys Fraternity". Despite their internal squabbling, members will not squeel on another member because of the fear of exposing their own dirty laundry. Drunken shenanigans, sexual encounters with staff and lobbyists are all kept quiet and not one Senator has the courage to expose their direct knowledge of this behavior.
Like a certain rather obese Senator from far north Georgia, who was so drunk at a lobbyist paid dinner at an Atlanta Japanese steak house, that he threw up on the grill, scattering lobbyists and several other Senators. Or like a former Senator and recent candidate for Attorney General who was so drunk on the last night of the 2009 Session, that Eric Johnson expelled him from the Senate floor. At least 50 fellow Senators saw this happen, but NOT A SINGLE ONE will report this behavior. It's "Hear No Evil, See No Evil" at it's finest.
So the Senate uses $80k of taxpayers money to settle a suit caused by the actions of one of their own is really no big deal in their eyes. It's just the way things work in the Legislature. And it will never change as long as Tommie Williams, Chip Rogers, Cecil Staton, Don Balfour and all of the other ethically challenged folks are in charge
September 22nd, 2011
12:17 pm
I am for 100% sunshine, unless a matter involves a personnel matter of a state employee (Elected officials do not count).
September 22nd, 2011
12:26 pm
don't need the name of the state employee, but if an elected official was contributing factor to the case it should be disclosed and the general nature of the issue…..taxpayer money was used
September 22nd, 2011
12:35 pm
We have one of the most corrupt state governments in the country. This is not a GOP/Dem thing either, as most of these crooks just changed their D to an R after their names in the last 15 years.
Perhaps next time the GOP will try harder to not nominate a known crooked politician for Governor.
September 22nd, 2011
12:38 pm
As for the witnesses who "signed affidavits recanting their testimony" in the Troy Davis case….
….do some work Jim and ask some seasoned Judges who have death penalty experience….they will tell you in a heartbeat that death penaly opponents' are experts at getting witnesses' signatures on affidavits saying something very, very, very different from what those witnesses may have told the death penalty opponents.
To say a witness signed an affidavit recanting testimony…..years after the fact…shows only that a slick death penalty opponent talked sweetly to that witness….and nothing more.
September 22nd, 2011
12:45 pm
So, an elected official(s) behaved in a manner to cause an employee to file a grievance. The employee successfully proved their claim and we, the taxpayers, must pay for that behavior. Yet, we may not be told who that elected official(s) was/were, and the body will not take action against such behavior.
Time to vote em all out!
September 22nd, 2011
12:48 pm
dea, nice post you dunce
September 22nd, 2011
12:48 pm
Super secret hush money payout…..hmm…….
Why can't casey tie his shoes?
September 22nd, 2011
1:09 pm
AG Sam Olens had no problem stating since taxpayer money
was used, the APS cheating summary report with names should
be released to the public.
No group practices hypocrisy better than politicians!
Sam, where are you now? Cat got your tongue?
September 22nd, 2011
1:13 pm
Don't you just love these people who blame the victims for people discriminating against them. The way it works is put the public institutions from the Atlanta City in the paper. However when it is the elected officials then you hide their identities. However from top down the Georgia State government is looking like it did back in the 50s and 60s. Are we sure there are no axe handles and American flag bow ties in some of those closets under the gold dome.
September 22nd, 2011
1:15 pm
Think the Braves gone ways of Democrats in GA.
September 22nd, 2011
1:51 pm
An astute observation!
September 22nd, 2011
2:02 pm
I meant every word, commie.
September 22nd, 2011
2:55 pm
In Georgia the comb-overs and bloated bellies will always reign supreme ……when they are left unchallenged.
September 22nd, 2011
2:58 pm
The senators grandstand for open government and transparency — for everyone but themselves. This taxpayer funded cover up should be DENOUNCED by every member of the Senate. And, no, Sen. Shafer's tepid comments do not count. If his views about secret settlements are "unchanged" as he claims, he should be outraged, and he should express that outrage as loudly as he did against Fulton County and Grady Hospital.
September 22nd, 2011
3:14 pm
In response to "Disgusted" who stated, "The senators grandstand for open government and transparency — for everyone but themselves," I know firsthand that you are correct. Attorney General S am Olens is quoted in the press frequently that he mandates Open Records for others; yet, his office have sealed the facts in my Whistleblower case which confirm serious violations by HIS defendants – the Board of Regents of the USG – for years. Fulton Cty. Superior Court 2009CV165267. Olens is trying so hard to keep hiding the facts from the public, that he and his office filed an Objection 11 August to the Motion that would have finally lifted the Protective Order. And now this AG is the legal voice for the new Ethics Commission Director – a major "Conflict of Interest!"
September 22nd, 2011
5:03 pm
Jesuit-trained Lyndon Larouche was/is? a shill for the Roman Anti-Christ in America, coming up with every unprovable conspiracy theory except the proven, fulfilled Jefferson-intoned prophetic truth that his own Roman Catholic Church's Fifth Column, led by the Rockefellers and the Bushes, is the source of all our troubles: "an engine for enslaving mankind."
For those approaching a place where Truth shall be a comfort in their lives, "The New Pearl Harbor" can be downloaded and read for free from Google Scholar, just enter the book title in the search field. It is a sedulous, inarguable, incontrovertible, peer-viewed proof of Bush's and Cheney's 9/11 treason by a gentle academic of probity, David Ray Griffin.
An excellent video by Ph.D. psychologists, trauma experts, among others, helping us understand why so many good and decent Americans are unwilling or unable to fathom the truth of 9/11 can be founder here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEGgAk1AbA4&feature=player_embedded#!
September 22nd, 2011
8:57 pm
DEA openly advocates something right out of the Nazi playbook and you let him Jim. Yeah, I said it. The N word. About DEA.
Stay classy Jim. Way to police your blog here.
September 22nd, 2011
10:30 pm
Is [a foolish] consistency the hobgoblin of small minds?
September 22nd, 2011
10:32 pm
Isn't DEA's comment about Democrats out of order?
September 23rd, 2011
7:44 am
more racism against African-Americans by the white racists in the georgia senate—-they got off easy by only paying $80,000–it should have been a lot more. I'm getting tired of all the racism down here and may move back to Jersey next year if the economy improves.
September 23rd, 2011
8:57 am
Once again, the GA Senate gives professional sex workers a bad name.
September 23rd, 2011
10:10 am
There is no excuse for hiding the crime and forcing the public to pay for the consequences. Time for the AG to force this issue. It's unconcionable and illegal.
I am so sick and tired of these backwards good ol' boys covering each others' behinds.
September 25th, 2011
8:35 pm
I'm so proud of Tommie and Chip I could just cry! Cowsert and Mullis have been a disappointment, but my Senate Leadership plan is just going great! Now if I could just find a few more clients to pay my new exhorbitant mortgage next month then I should be fine. Anyone interested in hiring me? I'm giving deep discounts but I am really good, just ask me!
September 28th, 2011
12:40 pm
[...] As Jim Galloway pointed out last week, Senate Bill 503 from the 2007-2008 Session would have opened at least some currently-secret settlements. But that bill only would have affected state- or federally-protected whistleblowers and the only public agencies affected would have been county and municipal hospital authorities. [...]
September 29th, 2011
5:31 am
[...] As Jim Galloway pointed out last week, Senate Bill 503 from the 2007-2008 Session would have opened at least some currently-secret settlements. But that bill only would have affected state- or federally-protected whistleblowers and the only public agencies affected would have been county and municipal hospital authorities. [...]


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The city of Toledo now says three people have been fired after a city-owned Jeep was left parked on top of headstones at Forest Cemetery.
The city says the driver of the car at the time and two passengers have been let go. All were participants in a federal program run by the Lucas County Empowerment Corporation. The city says the three did not have permission to drive the vehicle.
A viewer contacted Toledo News Now after seeing the Jeep on the headstones in the cemetery.
The city released the below statement Friday.
Each year hundreds of income qualified Lucas County youth gain work experience and earn income through a federally funded program. In Toledo this is being coordinated by the Lucas County Empowerment Corporation (LCEP). To date, more than 1300 participant applications and 136 Worksite applications have been received. There are more than 700 local youth currently working and benefiting from this opportunity.
The City of Toledo participates in the program, one location where these employees are assigned to is Forest Cemetery. On Monday, June 2nd an incident occurred where a City vehicle was driven in the cemetery by a summer worker. The worker was attempting to drive the vehicle, without permission, to a drop off point within the cemetery and veered off the driveway. The worker and two others who were in the vehicle have been released from employment and a notice of discipline has been issued to a City of Toledo employee for a lack of reporting associated with the incident.
A request for the vehicle to be towed due to the incident creating a flat tire was made by a City of Toledo employee shortly after the incident at 3:10 p.m.
The media was alerted several hours after the incident, the City's Fleet & Facility staff arrived and removed the vehicle on June 2nd and the grave markers that were disturbed were reset the following day by City of Toledo employees. There was no damage to the markers.
The City of Toledo employee who was responsible for supervising the LCEP staff received a written warning for leaving the keys in the vehicle and for not notifying either a manager or commissioner of the incident.
The City of Toledo and LCEP are working together to assess if additional supervisory controls are needed. They both look forward to proceeding with this relationship which benefits the youth in our community and helps the City with seasonal summer staffing.
Only On: Toledo mayor wants answers after Jeep found on Forest Cemetery headstones
Youth worker fired after Jeep damaged headstones at Forest Cemetery
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Sewing question for my fellow sewing peeps
I'm sitting here today, enjoying this marvellous sunshine. 20 C today! In August! And I'm feeling pretty good about my decision to quickly wrap up my winter sewing and make a start on my summer sewing. There's even a little voice in my head saying "Winter coat, schminter coat. Leave that till next year, sister!"
But then I remembered the weather report I read in The Age yesterday that warned us Melbournians that we should enjoy the sunshine while it lasts, because it's going to be cold and wintry once more by the weekend, and staying that way for some time to come. That annoying little voice piped up once more: "Er, changed your mind. Make the winter coat - you'll be needing it!"
So that leads to my question: how do all you fellow seamstresses plan your sewing? Do you get a jump start on the season ahead of time (i.e. start making all your summer clothes before winter has truly ended, thus ensuring that you have something amazing to wear when the weather turns) or do you just sew things as you fancy it? I'd love to hear what you do - this curious mind wants to know!
For the record I'm going to stick with my plan of wrapping up the winter sewing and begin my summer sewing right away. I did some wardrobe planning with Grumbles the other day, and boy oh boy does she have some garment requirements (some very necessary, like new shorts and t-shirts because her others were rather, um, small by the end of last summer... so small it was almost indecent!) and some not so necessary (can you make me this dress? and this one? and that one too?!). Plus I have that shameful stash of my own that needs to be worked through (ahem!)
So I'm planning to get a crack on, and have plenty of things to wear when summer truly arrives. What will you be doing?


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Sunday's San Francisco Theater Festival Is Free, Features Beach Blanket Babylon & More
Comedians, people in very large hats, one-man shows, and the world's only pencil musician join the dozens of theater companies converging on Yerba Buena Center this weekend.
In a cunning plot to rope in new audiences, the San Francisco Theater Festival puts on a whole cluster of shows at Yerba Buena Center once a year - all for free.
Now in its seventh year, the festival expects some 10,000 people to flood in for 120 shows from companies like Beach Blanket Babylon, the Marsh, Pianofight, and Lamplighters Musical Theater. Rob Ready of Pianofight says, "Theaterfest allows us to reach thousands of people in one day, and offend all of them at once."
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We present a simple and delicious 30-minute meal. Prepared in a cast iron skillet, this Mexican egg dish is intensely flavorful and seriously filling—not to mention quite a feast for the eyes.
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In the spirit of starting off 2011 with good habits, I've been thinking about ways to upgrade my eating routine — starting with breakfast. I've always been a fan of sweet breakfasts, and have been known to order toast with peanut butter and banana in restaurants (yes, I am five years old). But it's time to break out of the rut. Savory breakfasts, here I come. I'm planning to make Mark Bittman's Coconut Oat Pilaf soon, but first up: a savory twist on traditional oatmeal, courtesy of Daphne Oz.
Gladiator Oatmeal
I make this thing called gladiator oatmeal: Start by cooking steel cut oats on the stove top. In a separate pan, I saute shallots in a bit of olive oil with a sprig of rosemary. I add cut up dates and fake Canadian or real bacon. Once that's done, I put it over the rice or oatmeal. It's the perfect balance of a little bit of sugar and fat, combined with complex carbohydrates.


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On November 11, we honor the veterans who have served our country throughout the years on Veterans Day. It's noble and lovely, and Facebook is full of old photos of grandfathers and fathers in their military uniforms and heartfelt thank-yous to the men and women who serve our country every day. But on November 12, it's over. And that's wrong.
Veterans Day shouldn't be the only day we care about soldiers. The rest of the year, many veterans are going through struggles, both financial and emotional. We, as a country, aren't providing them with enough services to help overcome them.
It's wonderful to thank a veteran for their services, but we need to do it every day, not just one day a year. Here are five reasons to think about a veteran every day, not just on November 11:
Veterans need money and effort to provide them with safe and stable housing, balanced meals, health care, substance abuse counseling, mental health counseling, personal development, and job training and placement. This isn't something we can limit to one day a year, but is a drive that needs to be present all year long, every day.
How will you help veterans going forward?
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This is so important. These men and women leave their hearts and minds on that battlefield. I have seen first hand how they sacrifice far more than their bodies for this country. They come home to less than helpful conditions and very few places to turn.
Veteran's should be celebrated every day. A veteran is defined by federal law, moral code and military service as "Any, Any, Any"... A military veteran is Any person who served for Any length of time in Any military service branch. A war veteran is any GI (Government Issue) ordered to foreign soil or waters to participate in direct or support activity against an enemy. The operant condition: Any GI sent in harm's way. A combat veteran is any GI who experiences any level of hostility for any duration resulting from offensive, defensive or friendly fire military action involving a real or perceived enemy in any foreign theater. For any reading, please don't not confuse Veterans Day with Memorial Day... there is a difference.
I'm so sorry Staci, that is my biggest fear as a fellow military wife, God bless you, you've served your country with a very high price, thank you!
You can support a War/Combat woulded Veteran right now by liking that page and reading Matt's story and checking the other link on his page.
I completely agree with everything you said in this article.. The majority of my family are vets, and my sister is thinking about enlisting after high school.. Everyday is veterans day in our house, we always make sure my dad feels appreciated.. He also, is unemployed and disabled, its a struggle everyday for us, especially now that I'm pregnant and my family is all I have.
**However, we are also VERY grateful for the VA Hospitals in the surrounding area, they provide extraordinary care for him, all vets can get free health care through the VA, and if you know someone that needs the care, PLEASE pass that along!**
Great article; I agree! I hear about so many young people losing their lives over this war and its such an honorable thing to do; being able to be away from your lives, families, children,etc. so long and honestly they are not paid enough for all the stress and sacrifices they make.


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Lady Gaga Performs 'Born This Way' With 10-Year-Old YouTube Sensation (Video)Pop Culture — By Goran on 2011/03/04 4:43 AM
YouTube star Maria Aragon joined Lady Gaga on stage at her concert in Toronto to perform 'Born This Way' live in front of a sold-out crowd.
Ten-year-old 'Lady Maria from Winnipeg' played a cover of the song at home and the clip (almost 18 million views so far!) impressed Lady Gaga so much she requested a duet.
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If you hear East Coast visitors or transplants complaining that they miss New England's autumn color display, point them to Yosemite, where black oaks are peaking with bright orange and yellow leaves sparking glints of sunny colors in the dark Merced River. Or to Weaverville, awash in pink, yellow and orange hues from liquidambar, yellow […] [Read More]
'Easy Rider' and beyond: Best road trip movies
As college students and families with school kids gear up for the last few weeks of summer vacation, here's a look at some of Hollywood and independent filmmakers' interpretations of the road trip, comic or otherwise. Definitions of "road trip" may vary. Not included here is the sublimely silly "Eurotrip," for example, because virtually all […] [Read More]
"Make a U-turn if possible": 63% of drivers say GPS got them lost
They may not have driven into a lake à la "The Office's" Michael Scott, but the majority of U.S. drivers who have used GPS technology say they've been led astray at least once – either by being sent in the wrong direction or by receiving "complex, confusing and incorrect routes," according to a recent online survey […] [Read More]
California's roadside attractions: big, kitschy, fun (or all three)
Someone needs to tell VisitCalifornia to embrace our state's big, kitschy fun side. Oh sure, there's a passing mention of Vacaville's semi-revived Nut Tree complex in the newly released 2013 edition of California Road Trips, the visitor bureau's compendium of "12 exclusive itineraries to perfect family-fun vacations." But the annual guide, which will appear in 600,000 […] [Read More]
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Last week's 10 small-town escapes worth the drive brought in dozens of suggestions for specks on the map worthy of burning fuel — and braving traffic. Multiple readers mentioned the following 20 Northern California small towns as must-sees. The last five spots in the gallery — Fort Bragg, Gualala, Mendocino, Sierra City and Truckee — are […] [Read More]


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Having the confidence to feel good about who you are, how you look, and the lifestyle you lead.
There are many situations in life that grant us the opportunity to feel good about ourselves, but we are often easily distracted and tend to focus on the negative. It's time to turn that around, celebrate who we are, and feel good about the lives we are living!
I spent years longing for the blond hair and blue eyes I knew I could never have, and even more years of torture wanting a smaller more delicate nose. Then one day it struck me - without my nose I wouldn't be me anymore. So I decided to accept the way I looked, for better or for worse, and have some fun! It hasn't always been easy; it is human nature to want what we don't have. I have my good days and my bad, but I have realized that I would much rather spend time enjoying what I do have rather than wishing for something else.
The idea is to make a simple shift in the way we think about ourselves. Instead of wishing we looked differently, we should focus on acceptance. Once we accept the way we look can we celebrate it - and that is what feeling good is all about!
So, where to begin?
1. Find a style role model.
Pick someone whose style you admire and would like to emulate. This will help define your personal style. Try to choose someone who shares some of your physical qualities, but remember, use this person as inspiration, not a personal clone!
2. Learn what styles and colors look good on you and accentuate your best features. Spend a day shopping with a friend whose opinion you trust. Try on a variety of clothing: this will give you the perspective to see how different things change the way you look and feel. Also, experiment in the makeup department. Rather than trying to makeover your entire face in one day, focus on your best feature: eyes, lips or cheeks, and find a product that will accentuate that.
3. Pay attention to what other people are wearing.
Take notice of people whose body type or coloring is similar to yours and make mental notes when you see someone who looks really good or really bad!!
4. Try not to compare yourself to people who don't look at all like you.
Instead, enjoy the physical qualities you have that make you special and that other people may envy: long legs, clear skin, beautiful healthy hair, a great smile, exotic features.
5. Trust yourself.
If you are staring in the mirror and you are not sure if something looks good on you, chances are it doesn't!! We all know when we look good because we feel it. It is a combination of comfort and confidence that we present to the world. That's what we are aiming for!
Looking good is about trial and error - the most important thing to remember is to have fun and feel good about yourself!
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With the PBA50 Treasure Island Resort & Casino Open kicking off, there is plenty of action that you will need to follow as the bowlers hit the lane. Qualifying rounds for the tournament begin today with squad A, while the B squad goes in to action on Tuesday morning. After Tuesday's qualifying, the tournament will shift to elimination rounds where the field will begin to work towards the championship.
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Monday, August 19
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Round of 4 (one game) immediately following
Round of 2 (one game) immediately following
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Speculation is building that the Busch theme park chain might be the next one to change owners.Tweet
Belgian brewer InBev is trying to round up $50 billion in financing to take over St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch, owner of the Busch Entertainment Corporation, which operates the Busch Gardens and SeaWorld theme parks.
Busch is hiring its own financial advisers to fend off the attempt. Busch recently moved its theme park operations from St. Louis to Orlando, and some analysts believe that InBev would have little interest in running theme parks, and might look to sell the parks to raise money to help cover the cost of the potential deal.
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That's left Busch as the model of stability in the industry. So much for that stability, now.
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From Brian Emery on June 3, 2008 at 9:56 AM
As I already said in the past, I will be disappointed if Anheuser-Busch sells out.
Sea World and Busch Gardens will probably be sold if the deal goes through. Therefore no more free beer at the hospitably centers. Plus Discovery Cove and Aquatica……
I really hope not. I enjoy the parks the way they are now…
Here is an idea; maybe the TPI's can buy these parks. We will chip in a few bucks and buy out the parks from InBev…
From Michael Barkdoll on June 3, 2008 at 10:00 AM
Let me this start by saying I am a huge Busch Gardens fan. I hope that Anheuser- Busch can fend this takeover attempt off. I would hate to see a great American company be sold to a foreign company. To me Busch's theme parks are the best run and who knows what would happen if it is sold. This really bothers me.
From Gareth H on June 3, 2008 at 10:04 AM
How often does bud claim to be the King of Beers, proud to be American Owned.
I would HATE this if it goes through. As I get older, as supposedly wiser, I am enjoying SeaWorld more and more, it would be awful to change any aspect of it.
I am also planning a trip to Discovery Code this month, and again, changes there may not be the best. Hopefully they can sell of to someone else, Heck, even Miller (OK, South African Owner, but still strong US routes).
Maybe Universal could buy it up, that would be some Major comp for Disney then!
From Robert Niles on June 3, 2008 at 10:06 AM
Who would buy them? Who has the resources left to do that? Not Cedar Fair. Not Six Flags. It's not in Disney's corporate culture to do this. Universal? Where's the synergy there?
That would leave Merlin, or an investment bank. Personally, I am intrigued by a Merlin fit. I think the synergies are there with SeaWorld/SeaLife and the educational aspects of the Busch parks fits well with Legoland's market niche.
That said, I hope that Busch fights off the deal. We need more diversification in the global market, not more consolidation.
From Bradley Robertson on June 3, 2008 at 11:14 AM
When I first read about the possible InBev takeover a week or two ago, my first thought was what's going to the happen to the Busch Parks? Then I remembered that the parks headquarters was moved. I think the most likely action initially is that the theme parks might be spun off as a separate company with InBev as the primary shareholder. This would allow them to concentrate on the alcohol business and worry about the fate of the parks later. I think it might make it easier for other investors to consider buying the park.
Also, I don't know if they would have the capital or be able to get the funding to do so, but what about Herschend Family Entertainment as possible suitor?
From Justin Spisto on June 3, 2008 at 12:18 PM
Please GOD NO! I love Busch and the way they run their parks. InBev would for sure ruin these parks.
From Donna Tolliver-Walker on June 3, 2008 at 1:14 PM
I would really, really hate to see A-B sold. Definitely think the last thing we need is more globalization/homogenization. And although I am suspicious of unthinking "knee jerk" patriotism, I admit I'm proud A-B has remained an American company.
It's hard to see how the parks could be better run, so I think a change in ownership could only be worse.
I love the way one time when I took a concern to a customer service rep, part of the reply I got was, "Mr. Busch wants us to do ... " as part of the explanation for what I'd seen. Gosh, the last time I worked for a big corporation, in a senior-level management (albeit professional) position, I don't think I ever had cause to invoke the name of the CEO. But this employee spoke as though she felt she received personal directives on how to do her job from Auggie IV. In short, it is apparent when you visit BGE that there is a real culture in A-B of customer service and company pride, and that can't be bought and shouldn't be sold.
So many Busches have their jobs wrapped up in the companies, too. Now, I'm sure they could all retire today, with or without selling the company, and live comfortably the rest of their lives. But when you have that kind of family history with a company, why would you want to? Can't tell me Ginny doesn't like her position with the Conservation Fund, and so on.
It seems clear they don't want to be taken over, and I hope they can withstand any hostile takeover bids. Many really special things would indeed be lost, both with the outstanding and always-changing brewery operations (it astounds me the way they keep old brands alive but also constantly introduce new and seasonal products)and the wonderful BEC.
From Anthony Murphy on June 3, 2008 at 1:46 PM
I think its more of a shakeup than everybody being bought by somebody else.
I also do not think that Busch parks will be bought. They have invested way too many time and effort in this
From David Kirby on June 3, 2008 at 5:35 PM
I love Anheuser-Busch and would be extremely disappointed if the company was sold.
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