Well that marriage didn't last long. Frankly I'm not surprised.
Rent on "Noti's Clubhouse" at the Allentown golf course was $45,000 a year. Imagine what it cost the owner for heat, to pay the salaries all after sinking a wad of money into improving the place. Most of the food prices were $7 and under. He'd have had to sell 7,500 hamburgers at $6 a pop just to pay the rent. Specials were about half that price.
The 'Express-Times is reporting the 'National Museum of Industrial History' in Bethlehem "board of directors this afternoon announced that Donches has resigned as CEO and president, but will stay on as a museum employee, earning half the salary -- about $90,000 -- that he earned while at the helm of the embattled nonprofit for more than a decade."
Heads up. There's a new musical soon to hit Broadway I highly recommend.
I'm a purest when it comes to Broadway musicals. By that I mean I'm not a fan of musicals that are little more then glorified rock concerts. Written by Woody Allen' "Bullets Over Broadway" is nothing like that. It's pure Broadway at it's finest and has all the elements I look for. Tap dancing. Performers singing their guts out. A great musical score. Along with comedic overtones.
Most of the tunes are well known. People will likely be already familiar with them. It's the great rearrangements adapted by Glenn Kelly for the show that makes these musical numbers shine as if new again.
The musical is under direction & choreography of Susan Stroman (Young Frankenstein, The Producers, Steel Pier, Big, Crazy For You, etc.).
"Bullets Over Broadway" is scheduled to go into previews beginning Tuesday, March 11, 2014 at the St. James Theatre (246 W. 44th). I always try to go when these shows are a week or two into their previews. This is because often times after a few weeks/months of the show's opening the original stars leave. It's not unusual for producers to pay the big bucks to the most well known and talented performers in order to get the show off the ground by offering them a limited engagement contract.
If 'Safe Haven' were forced to shut down, what other locations are there currently that can provide for the number required or the hours available overnight without the prerequisites some of the others require before be allowed to stay?
There aren't.
How would kicking the rug out from under 'Safe Haven' in any way compel others to step in?
It doesn't.
I have a problem with so-called advocates who point their fingers at those who are trying to make the attempt even if conditions aren't ideal. This is like having a crappy old car and one deliberately scraps it without having a replacement. Then hoping somebody else will be forced to step in and provide for another one.
Some may criticize me for criticizing her because if I'm so worried about the homeless why don't I bring them home. Here's the difference. I'm not the one complaining to the City Fire Department, City Council and the media about these homeless organizations or the city's lack of response while self proclaiming myself to be a advocate.
Advocate-- Someone who supports a cause or pushes for a change in policy. That's all fine and dandy, but you know what's even more noble? When someone steps up to the plate and actually puts something into action, not just their intentions and words. Advocating for something is one thing. Actually getting something done when their own time, labor and wallet is on the line is entirely a separate matter.
Nothing personal. This is not a personal attack. There was simply no way other in talking about this without mentioning the players involved. This was not to single her out. I hold these same views when it comes to tenant groups animal groups and all the other "advocates" around here who complain.
Take for example the tenant group in Allentown that is complaining. Why not organize and get together with a bunch of other like-minded folks to the cause. Buy a couple of units if you don't like they way things are being done around here. Rent them out. Show us how it should be done. To the animal shelter group advocates. You too!
To they and those who are involved with the lack of homeless shelters I apply this in equal measure....
18 year old Rachel is the one suing her parents Sean and Elizabeth Canning.
My own personal opinion is she has promoted the reason for having the 'Planned Parenthood' organization around more then nearly anyone else I can think of. However, things don't seem to be going her way on 'Facebook'. Two of the comments left there reflect my views rather well.
Only two things I have to say: (1) I hope one day she has a daughter who will be just like her. (2) If your a guy who eventually runs across this girl in a dating situation... RUN LIKE HELL!
Crimea and the Ukraine are nearly two separate countries. According to Wikipedia, "The Autonomous Republic of Crimea is an autonomous parliamentary republic within Ukraine and is governed by the Constitution of Crimea in accordance with the laws of Ukraine."
Before everyone gets their panties in a knot I suspect Obama and Putin in their 90 minute phone call cannot say publicly what I suspect they may have agreed to. Here's how I think how it will end up. Both the USA and Russia will agree to carve out a separation between the two. What remains is for Russia and the United States to sell it to the Ukraine people and at home like it was some sort of negotiated peace agreement between all parties.
Face it Ukraine politically and economically is in a disarray. Russia and the United States will both thump their chests like both are at each others throats. It makes for good show with their own people at home. At the same time creates fear in the Ukraine. Fear creates a more willingness for Ukrainians to agree to just about anything to avoid war. Including splitting up the country.
This wouldn't be the first time world powers divvied up other countries to both their advantages. It's been done throughout history. Unfortunately when the British separated their colonies and after WWII the major players established political rather then cultural and ethnic boundaries. It's been an unending source of trouble ever since.
Rather then go into each of those in unending detail let's keep the focus on Crimea. According to Wikipedia Crimea alone had almost more occupiers then you could count. "The Cimmerians, Bulgars, Greeks, Scythians, Goths, Huns, Khazars, the state of Kievan Rus', Byzantine Greeks, Kipchaks, Ottoman Turks, Golden Horde Tatars and the Mongols each controlled Crimea in its earlier history. In the 13th century, it was partly controlled by the Venetians and by the Genoese; they were followed by the Crimean Khanate and the Ottoman Empire in the 15th to 18th centuries, the Russian Empire in the 18th to 20th centuries, Germany during World War II and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and later the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, within the Soviet Union during the rest of the 20th century until Crimea became part of independent Ukraine with the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991."
When the dust settles on all this political BS going around it all comes down to money. Who gets what and how much. Wars cost money. None of the players wants to screw up their economies. The United States don't want it. Europeans don't want it. The Russians don't want it. The Ukraine don't want it. In this case greed is good!
Enjoy the posturing and pretense that once again world leaders in politics and those in finance have saved us from some calamity they started in the first place by dividing one set of people against another. Let's hope these clowns aren't starting something they lose control over. Barring that should happen, it's pretty much a forgone conclusion the Ukraine and Crimea will be divvied up economically between the European Union, United States and Russia into two separate entities even if the borders should remain unchanged.
UPDATED (03/06/2014)
One day later it's happening just like I said in the last sentence above...
Crimea asks to join Russia, plans referendum-- "The parliament of Crimea has adopted a motion for Crimea to join Russia. It has asked the Russian president and parliament to consider this request...
Parliament also set a referendum for March 16 that will ask residents whether they want their region to "become part of Russia."
Written across the wall of the cave were the following symbols
It was considered a unique find and the writings were said to be at least three thousand years old The piece of stone was removed, brought to the museum, and archaeologists from around the world came to study the ancient symbols. They held a huge meeting after months of conferences to discuss the meaning of the markings.
The President of the society pointed to first drawing and said This is a woman. We can see these people held women in high esteem. You can also tell they were intelligent, as the next symbol is a donkey, so they were smart enough to have animals to help them till the soil. The next drawing is a shovel, which means they had tools to help them Even further proof of their high intelligence is the fish which means that if a famine hit the earth and food didn't grow, they would seek food from the sea. The last symbol appears to be the Star of David which means they were evidently Hebrews. The audience applauded enthusiastically.
Then a little old Jewish man stood up In the back of the room and said, "Idiots!" Hebrew is read from right to left. It says "Holy Mackerel, Dig The Ass On That Chick".
The machine is not yet available. The above was a pitch for these inventors looking for funding. They expect later this year to retail it for $499. You can read more about how this machine is suppose to work HERE. No, I'm not being compensated nor in anyway endorsing the product. I posted this solely FYI.
The second one is for your... well I'd rather not say..
..but it'll work something like this..
Wonder if like e-cigarettes they will be banned in airplanes, offices and restaurants?
According to the 2013 hate map Pennsylvania ranks near the top with 41 of them. Only about 5 other states are worse. Pennsylvania ranks right up there. Pennsylvania has more hate groups then Arizona, Louisiana, Arkansas or Mississippi who you would suspect have more.
COMMENTARY
What I found interesting, about the graphic above, are two things. (1) The false notion that liberals' claws come out whenever a Republican is elected President. (2) The peak number of haters when Clinton was President in 1996 was 858 groups as opposed to 1,360 groups in 2012 when Obama is President.
To hear the way FOX News tells it, progressives along with their protest groups are the haters. I also question when there are 63+% more hate groups around then there were under Clinton that race isn't a factor.
I also conclude from this information, Pennsylvania's more red neck then we've been led to believe. Compared to Kentucky's 15 groups when we call Pennsylvania "Pennsyltucky" it is an affront to Kentuckians. Maybe we should call Pennsylvania from now on "Pennsyfornia" instead.
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