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The UNISDR and its partners launched a campaign in May called ‘Making Cities Resilient’ and plans to convene an international conference in Geneva in May on increasing investment for local resilience. |
Meanwhile the freezing weather continues across the UK with heavy snow forecast. |
Shame on Francis Ford Coppola! I don't know what combination of egotism, greed and reprehensible bad timing could have prompted his foolish act of suing Carl Sagan ("Deep Space $250,000," by Claudia Puig, Jan. 26). This deed is blatantly offensive to Sagan's memory. |
I think what would have bothered Sagan most about Coppola's action is that it might torpedo completion and release of "Contact." The film tells the story of a dedicated scientist as she searches for evidence of intelligent extraterrestrial life. At a time awash in mindless alien monster movies and pseudo-science drivel... |
On behalf of the millions of young people who will be positively influenced by this film, and on behalf of the half a billion people who were enriched by Carl Sagan's "Cosmos," I ask Francis Ford Coppola to please terminate this disgusting real-life film noir he has created. |
It's too bad Francis Ford Coppola will never get the chance to speak with Carl Sagan regarding the "Contact" matter. One of our most original writers is now in heaven and poor Mr. Coppola doesn't stand a chance. |
Does he believe in karma? If so, his hell will begin long before his empty heart stops. |
Francis Ford Coppola has always been our favorite filmmaker; the "Godfather" trilogy and "Apocalypse Now" are as good as anything ever done in American film. We've also thought of him as a very kind and good man. |
If your story on his suit against the estate of Carl Sagan is true, he has become a very petty and vindictive man. How sad. |
A haunted house and Halloween party at Major Edwards Elementary School is being planned by the West Boylston Arts Foundation. Organizational meetings are scheduled for Mondays, Oct. 3, and Oct. 24 at 6 p.m., and Tuesday, Oct. 18, in the West Boylston Middle-High School cafeteria. People may come late if they cannot mak... |
Generations on the Move, will be at the West Boylston Senior Center, 127 Hartwell St., Tuesday, Sept. 27, to teach how to downsize “all the stuff,” how to decide what to keep and where to get rid of what is not needed. Call to reserve a seat, (508) 835-6916. |
The semi-annual town meeting is Monday, Oct. 17, at the West Boylston Middle/High School, 125 Crescent St., starting at 7 p.m. |
Tai Chi at the Senior Center, 127 Hartwell St., is held Wednesdays at 9:45 a.m. Cost will be $30 for 10 sessions or $5 per session. Space is limited, call to reserve your spot, (508) 835-6916. |
The Yard Waste Recycling Facility on Laurel Street will be open Saturday, Oct. 1, from 7 a.m. to noon. The entrance to the facility is located near the overpass of Interstate 190. Residents are urged to recycle their leaves, grass clippings and other easily raked materials through this facility, since disposal in the t... |
West Boylston Historical Society will be at the Fall Fest on Oct. 1, on the bandstand common, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., to sell pulled pork sandwiches with cole slaw and apple crisp with whipped cream; Historical Society items and drastically-reduced bicentennial items will also be available. Personalized family trees wi... |
“Lizzie Borden, The Mystery Continues” will be presented by the West Boylston Historical Society at its headquarters, The Bigelow Tavern, 65 Worcester St., on Wednesday, Oct. 5, at 7 p.m. The program is free and open to the public. |
Zumba Gold will be held on Wednesdays, from 9 to 9:45 a.m. at the First Congregational Church, beginning Oct. 12 and running six weeks. The cost is $60 for residents, $65 for nonresidents and $50 for seniors. |
The West Boylston Arts Foundation meeting is Tuesday, Oct. 11, at 7 p.m. in the faculty room at the middle/high school, 125 Crescent St. There is an opening for a board member. Interested candidates will be considered. |
Duo Divertimento, with Sheila Reid, violinist, and Carl Kamp, classical guitarist, will be held at Briarwood Retirement Community, 65 Briarwood Circle, Worcester, Tuesday, Oct. 11, at 2 p.m. This program is open to the public. For information, call Anita Thomas (508) 852-9007. |
“Science in Our Lives,” with Dr. S. Leslie Blatt, professor of physics and education at Clark University, will be discussed at Briarwood Retirement Community, 65 Briarwood Circle, Worcester, Thursdays, Oct. 13 and 20 at 6:30 p.m. This program is open to the public. For information, call Anita Thomas (508) 852-9007. |
Tennis for children will be held on Thursday afternoons, beginning Oct. 13, for five weeks. The sessions are in the Major Edwards gym, from 3:15 to 4 p.m. for first and second grade, 4 to 4:45 for third, fourth and fifth grade. The cost is $85 for five weeks. Rackets will be provided. Forms and inormation are on the to... |
Medicare Open Enrollment dates are Oct. 15 to Dec. 7. Recipients will receive information by mail in September. Call the Senior Center and ask for an appointment to receive confidential and free counseling on everything about health insurance: (508) 835-6916. For assistance from a Medicare customer service representati... |
A nature photo walk with the West Boylston Arts Foundation will be led by photographer Mike Backunas, Saturday, Oct. 15, from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Stillwater Farm in Sterling, Route 140, just east of the intersection with route 62. There is no registration or fee involved with this program. |
A Bereavement Support Group will meet at Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish, 111 Worcester St. The six-week session begins Monday, Oct. 17, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. in the parish hall. To register, or for more information, call John and Renate Isbell at (508) 835-3286. |
A Foxwoods trip with the Senior Center will be Tuesday, Oct. 18. The bus departs from the Mixter parking lot, 120 Prescott St., at a 8 a.m., arriving at the casino at 9:30 a.m. The cost is $20 per person and includes a choice of a full buffet coupon or $10 food coupon and $15 Keno coupons. Departure from the casino is ... |
The Happy Travelers of West Boylston will meet on Oct. 18 at 1:30 p.m. at the Shrewsbury Senior Center, 98 Maple St., and 6:30 p.m. at the West Boylston Senior Center, 127 Hartwell St. A representative from the tour company will present the 2012 trips available for booking. Residents from surrounding towns may attend. ... |
Art Matters, an art appreciation program, will be held at Briarwood Retirement Community, 65 Briarwood Circle, Worcester, Tuesday, Oct. 18, at 2 p.m. This program is open to the public. For information, call Anita Thomas (508) 852-9007. |
A podiatry clinic will be held at the Senior Center, 127 Hartwell St., Thursday, Oct. 20, at 9:30 a.m. The doctor accepts Medicare for his services, especially if you have diabetes. Call (508) 835-6916 for an appointment, which are limited. |
A Fallon Community Health Plan representative will be at the Senior Center, 127 Hartwell St., Friday, Oct. 21, at 1 p.m., to answer questions about changes in the Fallon Senior Plans for 2012. Open enrollment and ability to change plans runs from Oct. 7 to Dec. 11. If you are a Fallon Senior member, plan on attending t... |
Guitarist Ken Lelen will play and demonstrate on antique guitars while playing love songs from 1942 to 1956, at Briarwood Retirement Community, 65 Briarwood Circle, Worcester, Tuesday, Oct. 25, at 2 p.m. This program is open to the public. Call Anita Thomas (508) 852-9007 with questions. |
A Tufts Health Plan representative will be at the Senior Center, 127 Hartwell St., on Monday, Oct. 31, at 1 p.m. to discuss the company's 2012 Medicare Preferred Health Plans. You do not have to be a member of Tufts to attend. For reservations, call the center at (508) 835-6916. |
A Wachusett Earthday special collection of paints and chemicals will be Saturday, Nov. 19, along with bulk items, electronics and recycling, from 8 to 11 a.m. at the Recycling Center on 131 Raymond Huntington Highway. Fees will be charged for some items including paints and chemicals. Visit www.wachusettearthday.org fo... |
The Senior Center has an immediate need for help in the kitchen weekdays from 9 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Volunteers will assist with packaging food to be delivered by the caterer for Meals on Wheels and filling delivery bags for the drivers. Also, they will help serve meals in-house to congregate meal participants. Those int... |
The Beaman Memorial Public Library has resumed Saturday hours, weekly from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. There are special programs for children, a toddler play space, and experienced staff for all of your questions. Call the library at (508) 835-3711 for more information. |
Members are being sought for the West Boylston Finance Committee. Community members with an interest in the finances of the town are welcome. The mission of the committee is to act as an independent review body of any events or issues related to the finances of the town, both short- and long-term. Any resident interest... |
Play pitch at the Senior Center, 127 Hartwell Street, Monday and Friday afternoons from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Call Marcia if you need a ride at: (508) 835-6916. |
Join the Bridge Group at the Senior Center, 127 Hartwell Street, on Mondays at 9 or 10 a.m. The group will start when enough people are signed up. Call Marcia at (508) 835-6916 if interested in playing. |
The Italian Conversation Circle (Circolo di Conversazione) meets on the second and fourth Saturday of the month from 10 a.m. to noon in the Muriel Stiles Reading Room of the Beaman Memorial Library, 8 Newton St. Perk up your Italian language skills with this group. The only requisite for attending the circolo is to try... |
Wii Bowling for seniors takes place every Friday at 10 a.m. at the Senior Center, 127 Hartwell St. This is easy and can even be done sitting down. If interested in joining for lunch after bowling, call (508) 835-6916 a couple of days in advance to make a reservation. |
It is far from over. Expect October Surprises, November Surprises, and the unprecedented. |
Hillary Clinton is being bombshelled on a daily basis by hacker whistleblowers led by Wikileaks. |
Companion sites such as Most Damning Wikileaks, which sorts the raw data and provides analysis, have also been in overdrive. |
Countless Web/social media-based investigators, journalists and activists (Anonymous, DC Leaks, Guccifer 2.0, Michael Trimm, H.A. Goodman, Styxhexenhammer666, and anonymous posters at 4Chan, to name just a few), Project Veritas, Judicial Watch, and surging populist forces behind Donald Trump, are exposing the Clinton m... |
Now the FBI has opened two new investigations into Hillary Clinton’s emails. |
The most recent Wikileaks exposures provide clear evidence that Hillary Clinton and her team of aides and operatives knowingly used unencrypted private computers to conduct secret business (including exchanging classified information), knowingly tried to hide and destroy evidence of this activity, and were involved in ... |
Emails of Clinton associate Cheryl Mills also implicate President Barack Obama. Obama not only knew about Clinton’s private server, he knowingly communicated with Clinton via this private server. |
It is believed that the overwhelming amount of significant evidence compelled the FBI to act. |
At the center of it all is top Clinton aide Huma Abedin. The FBI has found some 650,000 emails on the computers and devices of Abedin and her estranged husband, former congressman Anthony Weiner. The classified Clinton-related emails were a surprise discovery made in the course of FBI’s investigation into Weiner’s pedo... |
What the new stash contains is being sorted out and catalogued by the FBI. The sheer number of surprise new emails raises questions all by itself. |
What exactly were Hillary and her team trying to hide? Was Clinton running secret operations, with Obama’s knowledge and participation, via private devices? If so, what were these secret operations? Was it to hide “shadow government” foreign policy, and “off the books” activities? |
Or was it about hiding the criminal activities of the Clinton Foundation, which has already been exposed by Wikileaks as a (very Iran-Contra) front for the covert funding of terrorists (including ISIS, via Saudi Arabia and Qatar), influence peddling, pay-for-play schemes, money laundering, fraud, weapons deals, and oth... |
Was it to hide personal depravity along the lines of pedophilia and connections to a larger Washington pedophilia ring? |
Will the new investigation go beyond the violation of security procedures, to the issue of criminal intent, as well as the evidence of crimes contained in the emails themselves? |
Both FBI Director James Comey and Attorney General Loretta Lynch (right) are compromised individuals with deep ties to the Clintons. Why did Comey take action at this time? Lynch was pressured or blackmailed by Bill Clinton to stop the initial investigation of Hillary, but did not, or could not, stand in the way of thi... |
President Obama has adopted a “neutral” stance. Obama has also stopped campaigning for or with Hillary. |
There is so much damning evidence that new probes had to be opened, according to the Hatch Act, which would make it a crime for Comey not to take action. So much that not even Comey/Lynch/Obama can cover for Hillary any longer. |
Serious internal pressure within the FBI itself caused Comey to do his job, or face a mutiny. Many FBI agents were furious about how Comey let Clinton off the hook the first time. Comey is now “covering his rear end”. |
Clinton’s campaign is damaged, possibly beyond repair. “Rats are jumping off the sinking ship”. The Democratic establishment may be forced to consider a backup plan to replace Clinton (with Tim Kaine) or cancel the election by some other means. |
Now that his own security-breaching communications with Clinton via her private server have been exposed by Wikileaks, Obama is distancing himself from Clinton, a major blow to Hillary’s campaign. |
Some skeptical observers have proposed that the FBI investigation could be a smokescreen diversion, a distraction from more potentially damaging, game-ending material expected to be released by Wikileaks and other sources in the coming week. However, it does appear that the actual “smoking guns” are so numerous and bla... |
The Democratic Party establishment is in panic mode. They have resorted again to blaming Russia. Comey is being attacked as a Russian agent. Comey (left) has now become as much of a target as Trump, who continues to be accused of being a Russian spy. |
The weak and empty response by an already weakened Hillary and the Democratic Party leadership is a sure sign that the election could very well be lost. |
In the Watergate scandal, Nixon’s surrogates took the fall, and Gerald Ford pardoned him. In Iran-Contra, numerous operatives “fell on the sword” to protect the Bushes and the CIA. |
What fate awaits Hillary Clinton? |
Will Hillary’s operatives (Huma Abedin, Cheryl Mills, Neara Tanden, John Podesta, Bob Creamer, etc.) protect her, or turn on her? Who will be left to protect her? |
Saudi-born (Muslim Brotherhood-connected) Huma Abedin, perhaps the key figure in the case, has asked for immunity. If Abedin tells the truth, she could destroy the Clintons, and be in danger for the rest of her life. Abedin, Hillary Clinton’s most personal aide, has been missing, not been seen with Hillary or the campa... |
On the other hand, it would not be surprising if Abedin resorts to pleading the Fifth, or the favorite technique used by the guilty: repeatedly saying “I don’t recall”. Huma has already suggested she had “no idea” how the emails wound up on her computer. |
It seems that some of the incriminating documents are contained in a file titled “Life Insurance”. This suggests that Abedin stashed incriminating material for insurance in the event that the Clintons threatened her life. |
Weiner, however, is a different matter. He is not beholden to the Clintons, and could be more inclined to “sing”. |
The incendiary warfare for this election, and the control of the US government is all happening without the knowledge of the large segment of the ambivalent/ignorant population that relies exclusively on mainstream (Clinton-dominated) corporate media. |
The war for information is being fought entirely on the Web and, as exemplified by the Clinton scandals, the battle is over the contents of computer data. Corporate broadcast and print media has not covered much of the action at all. Within the corporate media bubble, Hillary still retains a lead, Trump is still a perv... |
There is a strong possibility that this election will be fought and decided without the participation of this left-out segment. |
These people will be shocked, surprised and baffled by it all. There is not much time left to get them to begin to understand. |
Hillary Clinton and her campaign have been severely damaged by resistance from all sides. According to conditions on the ground, and according to a growing number of the more accurate national polls, Trump is surging. He may even have a significant lead. |
However, the election has already been rigged and stolen for a Clinton victory. They have the means, the technology, and it is already happening. The question now is whether the FBI investigation, and last minute bombshells from Wikileaks, completely changes the landscape in the remaining days. |
This conflict will last well beyond the election and its result. |
Nixon won the presidential election in 1972 in a landslide, but was forced to leave office because of Watergate. |
Even if Clinton gets her way, she will be also be scandalized and investigated a la Nixon. A constitutional crisis is virtually guaranteed. She could be indicted before or after taking office. She could be pardoned by Obama. She could be impeached. In the unlikely event that she survives all of that, resistance to her ... |
In the short term, the possibility of a major false flag event to distract from, and cancel election, remains the biggest and most terrifying scenario. And/or a martial law crackdown on the US in the event of civil unrest caused by a contested election. |
More bombshells, possibly the biggest ones yet, have been promised for the final weeks and days, including more Wikileaks, more from Project Veritas, more from Anonymous. |
This month's theme is Community. Space is limited. Tickets will be available 15 minutes before the program at the desk in the Children's Room. |
Welcome Back TJMS!!! You were truly missed! I just happen to be one of the unlucky ones who live in the northern suburbs and can't get you due to the poor signal. I was sitting next to my radio on 4-22-09 in disbelief when I didn't hear you guys. To the powers that be: Hurry, hurry, hurry with that signal! |
Tom Joyner is the man, glad to have him back. God is good all the time. |
I cry every morning knowing there is a party going on and I am not there. Please increase the frequency. I have tried 5 radios and I am still searching for the magic. |
You covered a topic on the NECA Program on Tuesday and I missed the program can you send me information on how and where to contact them. |
"I think in narrowing the scope of the jail perspective ... we can go back to doing those things we do best," he said. |
Having a larger in-house staff also would allow the jail to house more federal prisoners, for which the jail receives a daily stipend. |
Sabbatine also said deputy sheriffs with full law-enforcement authority are better equipped and trained to monitor inmates in the Community Alternative Program, or CAP. If more offenders could be enrolled in the program and monitored effectively, the jail would have more room for federal inmates, he said. |
County jails receive $70 a day for each federal inmate they house. Eighty additional federal inmates at the Fayette County Detention Center could net an additional $1.2 million a year, Sabbatine told council members. |
Councilwoman Diane Lawless, head of the public safety committee, agreed that court transports and CAP potentially could be done cheaper and more effectively by the sheriff's office, which receives state and federal funding and grants. |
Most of the cost savings would come from employee classification, Witt said. Corrections officers are classified as hazardous-duty employees, but court security officers are not. |
That means the sheriff's office would pay only half as much toward a court security officer's retirement fund as the detention center pays its employees. |
The state would pay the sheriff's office $8 an hour toward the court security officer's salary, Lawless said. Jail employees do not receive that stipend. |
"It's money that's laying on the table that we don't get back, but if the sheriff's office took over the transportation, at least that much would be recovered," she said. |
Witt said that it would take much discussion and planning before the changes could occur but that her office was willing to accept additional responsibilities. The possibility of the sheriff's department absorbing additional responsibilities came up at least twice this summer. |
In July, the public safety committee launched a study to determine who should run the jail and, specifically whether it should be Witt. Sabbatine, a former longtime director of the jail and a national authority on inmate risk assessment, was named interim director in July. He took the reins last month after Ron Bishop ... |
In August, the sheriff's office began escorting funeral processions in Lexington after the Lexington Division of Police stopped performing the service because of budget cuts. |
"The only way that we can fully serve the community is by working together and sharing resources," Witt said. |
If you thought the characters in the both the above pictures are similar, think again. The picture on the right is that of America's Olympic champion gymnast Simone Biles with her coach Aimee Boorman during the 2016 Rio Olympics. |
And the one on the left is that of actresses Kathleen Rose Perkins and Jeanté Godlock, who are essaying the roles of coach Boorman and Biles, in an upcoming biopic on the champion gymnast. We can't help but award a perfect 10 score to the film's casting director and costume designers. |
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