the first and second spot in the 2014 Fifa World cup after a 7 ‑1 drubbing from Germany, it is up to Argentina to ensure that this World cup is not totally a European affair.
Waiting for the winner of the Argentina Netherlands match Wednesday, Germany has some time to rest and plot strategy for whichever team emerge to face them on Sunday.
Lionel Messi
This may be a watershed moment for South American Soccer, depending on whether Argentina can stave off a surging Holland team.
Argentina will lean heavily on it’s diminutive Star Lionel Messi.
Messi is the first and only player to top-score in four consecutive Champions League campaigns, and also holds the record for the most hat-tricks scored, plus a host of other accolades , all in his ripe old age of 27. Many argue that Messi is the best ever to play the game, it remains to be seen whether this diminutive Titan can not only save Argentina but to some extent the entire South American Continent.
Lionel Messi may be the one who decides whether this world cup will be a classic between Europe and South America, or an all European affair.
It was the end of the road for host Nation Brazil in World cup sem-finals play as they were embarrassed by Germany 7 goals to 1.
In the most extraordinary World Cup match in history, Germany demolished Brazil 7 – 1. They are the first team to progress to the final and await the winner of the Netherlands and Argentina match. Miroslav Klose scored his 16th goal in the World Cup making him the highest scorer ever in the finals. Brazil will play the lose of the second semifinal in a third place play-off.
The true reason behind Commissioner Ellington’s departure is starting to emerge. We will update you on this exploding bombshell of a story as more information becomes available.
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The Jamaican public deserves the truth and nothing but the truth.
The City of Poughkeepsie began the installation of multi-space parking meters on Thursday, June 5th.
John C. Tkazyik Poughkeepsie, Mayor
Installation will be completed by Monday, June 9th and enforcement will begin Tuesday, June 10th. On-street parking signs will be changed directing motorists to pay the parking meter and display the receipt on the dashboard.
Enforcement will be Monday through Saturday 8:00am to 6:00pm. The parking rate is .25₵ per 10 minutes for a maximum 2 hour period.
What this communiqué does not do is make allocation for business-owners who need to park daily , some for up to 12 or more hours per day.
At the stated rate of 25c per 10 minutes , business owners will be forced to fork out $1.50 per hour . A whopping $18.00 for a 12 hour work day. This translates into a $108 for a 6 day work week . In addition to that humongous burdensome and unconscionable tax, missing a minute of feeding those shiny new parking stations will incur hefty fines through the ticketing system. The ever available Meter Maids are already hovering around the meters like desert Buzzards waiting for an injured animal’s demise.
I called the Parking Department identified myself and sought clarification from a woman who identified herself as Darlene, on what business-owners should do with their cars after the 2 hour maximum allowed. She claimed she had no idea why the Parking Department’s phone number was put on the site. She told me the decision was made by the big-wigs . I told her I am not concerned about big-wigs in Poughkeepsie, she promptly hung up the phone. I called back just to make sure I was not mistaken and she hung up again. I guess my voice was not Caucasian enough.
My next call was to City Hall. The Mayor’s voice came on reading off a menu of extensions for the various Departments of city Government. The Mayor’s extension was the last, extension (6001 produced a curt voice mail, “This mail-box is full, goodbye. That’s our Government working for us!!
Years ago someone had the novel idea that sealing off Main street the main artery
Poughkeepsie Journal story 2001
running through the city was a good idea.
Result of diversification
The Main Mall was an outdoor pedestrian shopping plaza in downtown Poughkeepsie, New York, which was in existence from 1973 until 2001. An urban renewal project designed with the intention of stopping the decline of the central business district of downtown Poughkeepsie, the mall was created by blocking off a section of Main Street (from Market to Catherine/Academy Streets) to automobile traffic. The growth of Poughkeepsie’s immediate suburbs, along with the decline of the City of Poughkeepsie, doomed the project not long after its construction. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Mall.
I started a small business in the city just before the time when the decision was taken to reopen Main street. Excellence Barbers was born at 537 Main street. The idea was to bring a well run professional Barber-shop to the neighborhood. I got the idea after moving to Poughkeepsie in 1998 and received less than stellar service in that Industry. I could not venture into anything more adventurous because of lack of resources. Rental was affordable though , there simply were no legitimate businesses in my neck of the woods. I signed a 10-year Lease with a monthly rental of $350 . Had I pushed the Land Lord harder I probably could have gotten the premises for less. There were no takers for commercial space in 2001.
Most of the Barber shops then were mere fronts for other illegal activities . Going to the Barbers was an adventure I wanted to change that. I interviewed a group of men and opened my shop then. I had no idea how to cut a strand of hair so I totally depended on the professionalism of the people I hired. Despite the fact most of these men were Masters Barbers , I found out pretty soon this was not the best Idea I could have come up with for Poughkeepsie.I quickly found out that though there was adequate potential for growth , most of the men were not prepared to go about earning a living the old fashioned way.
The process of diversification began in earnest soon after.
new pay station
The city then was a cesspool of drug activity, shootings were almost a daily occurrence. Drug dealers peddled their wares openly in groups, sometimes as many as ten or more on each corner. I made it known I wanted no drug dealing in front of my business-place. One morning as I stopped by to open the Barber shop before leaving for my job a group of about 10 men stopped by. Some openly displayed guns . They bragged that they were selling drugs there for years and no one was going to stop them. I watched and assessed the situation.I figured if those punks were going to kill me they would not have wasted all that time with bravado. I told them to stay put I would be right back . On my return about 10 minutes later, not a single man could be found on the block. I haven’t had any problem since.
Hassle free shopping town of Poughkeepsie
City Detectives arrived a little later , they asked that I allow them to handle things . I told them if what I witnessed with the drug dealing and open display of illegal guns was their way of handling things I would have to decline their offer. One African-American Cop was not particularly pleased with that statement, he never spoke to me after that. Big deal, I later learned he wasn’t exactly a pristine cop.
The City has recorded a slow and a painstaking climb out of that abyss of drug, prostitution and murder. It is by no means where it should be. With the large influx of Mexican and South American Immigrants, many of whom have started businesses of their own, the city has seen a marked Renaissance however. The Town of Poughkeepsie has in the meantime blossomed into a Mecca for shopping and dining. Every Effort should be made to encourage businesses to stay in the City. There is nothing offered here which cannot be sourced in the Town. Shoppers will simply shop and receive their services in the Town where parking is free and plentiful. By the time The big-wigs figure this out we will all be out of business as those business people were decades ago.
In a shocking political defeat guaranteed to upend Republican Party politics, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia lost his primary election Tuesday to a tea party newcomer who hammered the No. 2 leader on immigration reform. It was the first downfall of a congressional leader in a generation.
Establishment Washington reeled from the moment the polls closed as Cantor, the ambitious leader with his sights on becoming the next House speaker, trailed Dave Brat, a local college professor who rustled for tea party support at a time when GOP leaders elsewhere have succeeded in halting the ascent of hard-right candidates.
In the end, Brat claimed an easy victory over the seven-term incumbent in the Richmond-area district.
“Serving as the 7th District congressman and having the privilege to be the majority leader has been one of the highest honors of my life,” said Cantor, his wife, Diana, at his side.
The outcome was certain to not only ignite a leadership battle among the Republican majority in the House, but also to send a shudder though rank-and-file lawmakers who may become less willing to stray from tea party orthodoxy, particularly on the still looming debate over immigration reform.
The Ku Klux Klan plans to begin military-style combat training under the direction of military troops returning home from overseas deployments, according to a Barcroft Media report.
The notorious hate group has been attempting to recruit new members – children, in particular – in recent months, and the Loyal White Knights faction has begun preparations for a long-awaited race war.
“We’re going to do something a little different for probably the next couple of years to try to get our men and women ready for the upcoming battle that we’re about to take upon us, and this is something that no Klan has ever done and we’re going to start it,” said one Klan leader during a rally in Parkersburg, West Virginia. “All our boys are finally coming back home from the military, which is good, and we’re getting a lot more military members to join.”
Klan members have dropped leaflets and candy in neighborhoods across the United States, and the group has also used social media in hopes of attracting teenage recruits Other young people are recruited by their own parents to join the gro“I enjoy days like today, because I like being around people, not disgusting people, not drug addicts,” said one hooded boy whose parents brought him and his brother to the Parkersburg rally – which drew about 40 people.
The boy’s mother said she believes black and Hispanic students take drugs from their parents and sell them at her son’s school.
“Their parents are so worried about doing drugs than providing for their own children, that’s what I think,” said the woman, who was wearing full Klan regalia like her husband and two sons.
Barcroft reported that Klan leaders claim existing members serving in the military will begin training other members in armed combat, hand-to-hand combat, and survival skills.
The group, which has an estimated 6,500 members, has never before trained its members in combat tactics.
“We got police officers in the Klan, we got lawyers, we got doctors – your next-door neighbor could be in the Klan, and you’d never know it,” said James Moore, grand dragon for Virginia.
Klan expert Brian Levin said the biggest threat comes from individual members trying to make a name for themselves, rather than an army affiliated with the hate group.
“This is something we’ve seen throughout recent decades, where the Klan has gone through cycles, where they’ve armed themselves, gotten in trouble, then mellowed out and then armed themselves again,” Levin said.
He said Klan members hope to signal their social relevance by arming themselves and warning of racial unrest.
“The ultimate goal for myself is to have our membership get to the point where we can affect change through the political system,” said one Klan official. “Right now, our numbers aren’t quite good enough.”
But members are confident their message will attract new followers.
The Canadian city of Moncton remains on lockdown as authorities hunt for a man accused of shooting five police officers, killing three, on Wednesday.
Officials say the suspect, Justin Bourque, 24, was spotted multiple times early on Thursday morning. They have warned people to stay inside and lock their doors.
One of the wounded Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has been released from hospital, and one remains in hospital in stable condition. It is the deadliest attack on the country’s police force since four officers were killed by a gunman on a farm in the western Canadian province of Alberta in 2005.
‘Complete investigation’
Police said on Wednesday they still did not know where Mr Bourque was, but he was armed and dangerous. RCMP Supt Marlene Snowman warned that the suspect was armed with high-powered firearms.
“He’s not known to us, he’s a young person,” she said. “We’re doing a complete investigation to learn as much as we can about him, about his history, what may have sparked this.”
Supt Snowman said the RCMP was thankful for all the messages of support the force had received since the shooting.
“Our guys and gals are doing the very very best they possibly can and they have done exactly that in the past day,” she said.
Police forces from around and outside the province of New Brunswick were contributing to the search, as well as special air support and canine search teams.
New Brunswick Premier David Alward said he felt “incredible grief” stemming from the incident.
The officers were shot while responding to a report of an armed man at the north-west side of the town at about 20:00 local time (23:00 GMT) on Wednesday.
“We opened up the windows in the family room and there he was going across through the back with this rifle on his shoulder,” witness Joan MacAlpine-Stiles told Canadian media.
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It was the end of the road for host Nation Brazil in World cup sem-finals play as they were embarrassed by Germany 7 goals to 1.
match in history, Germany demolished Brazil 7 – 1. They are the first team to progress to the final and await the winner of the Netherlands and Argentina match. Miroslav Klose scored his 16th goal in the World Cup making him the highest scorer ever in the finals. Brazil will play the lose of the second semifinal in a third place play-off. 
The Ku Klux Klan plans to begin military-style combat training under the direction of military troops returning home from overseas deployments, according to a 
The Canadian city of Moncton remains on lockdown as authorities hunt for a man accused of shooting five police officers, killing three, on Wednesday.
sparked this.”