In the last six weeks, the insidious influence and impact of the gaming industry on the Commonwealth's political and criminal justice systems has become clear. The Massachusetts Gaming Commission and the federal and state law enforcement offices have embraced and responded to the casino influence public policy in Massachusetts.
Since the gaming legislation was enacted, the Governor's Office, the Legislators, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission, and now the federal and state law enforcement communities, have facilitated the introduction of an industry which is subtly corrupt and insidious, and which often operates below the public radar screen.
There are two recent and striking examples of this insidious influence. In November 2013 the Globe investigative report revealed the organized crime relationships of some owners of the Everett casino site. Later, the Globe investigative report described the Everett Mayor's social life with convicted felons. These criminal relationships were known to the Gaming Commission and to Wynn.
Despite this evidence, in conflict with requirements of the Gaming Legislation, the Commission awarded a gaming license and Wynn celebrated. Yet, in early October, both federal and state prosecutors indicted the three owners for fraud, confirming the organized crime relationship and the steps to obscure it, and called Wynn a "victim" of the fraud despite his clear understanding and knowledge of the criminal relationship.
These events materialized due to powerful influences. The Governor's Office and the Legislators have their credibility at stake, and it is reasonable to assume that the political pressure on the Gaming Commission to name a winner was intense, despite the obvious difficulties with the Everett site and Mayor.
The decision to call Wynn a victim rather than a participant in fraud flies in the face of the evidence that he participated in the fraud by agreeing to continue $100,000 annual payments to the owners to secure his option to buy. What force persuaded both federal and state prosecutors to protect Wynn from an indictment for fraud? The answer to that question remains hidden.
This is undue influence on our political and prosecutorial systems points to a kind of subtle corruption that is insult to this state and its citizens, and is a cause for profound concern. We should repeal the Gaming Legislation before it contributes to further corruption.
First I would like to thank you for the time you spent with us last week discussing the issues that our community has with the selection of the Everett casino.
My opinion hasn't changed after the meeting and I am still very dissatisfied by what I am afraid is going to happen to our neighborhood, but as you mentioned early in the meeting changing our mind wasn't your goal. I have to admit your time on the podium was very informative and helped me understand your role in the process, your authority, and the accomplishments that were achieved during the negotiations with the Wynn corporation. I am looking forward to seeing the traffic study and solution documents you promised on your website.
I do realize that our traffic problems are there now and we can't expect a new business to solve problems they didn't create, I am very aware of Wynn's business plan that has less slot machines and more table games while promoting revenues through entertainment and retail, I am thankful of the millions of dollars you put on the table through your negotiations so we can finally start working on the infamous "Rutherford ave Sullivan Square" project. I disagree though with your optimism on the "Good Faith" of a big corporation like Wynn and know that the Gaming Commission's leverage over Wynn will be minimal when they threaten to shut down after 5 years of operation scaring local politicians with heavy job and tax revenue losses.
Maybe the Boston Mayor's office is playing politics by refusing to enter a surrounding community agreement and perhaps their intent is to veto Wynn's proposal but I am sure the law's intent wasn't to ignore the very people it serves. You may have been within the legal boundaries when you decided to "Ignore" us so you can move on with the process, as Commissioner Cameron told us last week answering a question, but in my opinion you overstretched you authority ignoring the people of Boston especially your neighbors in Charlestown.
In honor of my sister Kathy, I wish to thank everybody for making her final resting day so very special.
First, to Phil Carr, his son, and all the staff for the excellent job they did preparing her and us as to what to expect and for making sure we had what we needed. Thank you to all.
To you, Fr. Ronan, pastor of St. Mary-St. Catherine of Siena, Fr. George Evans, Deacon Tony, and Sr. Nancy Citro, for the fine funeral mass, the spiritual guidance you gave us made it so comforting. You were so supportive in bringing it all to a close. Also, a special thanks to, David Saucedo and vocalist Katie O'Reilly for the fantastic job, you both did a really awesome job.
Finally, I wish to thank all my family, friends, neighbors, co-workers, and everyone who came to the wake, to the church and to the cemetery to say a final goodbye.
Your Oct. 6, 2014 article "Local Facility to Start Turning Food Waste into Fuel" contained a number of errors that the Wastewater Advisory Committee wishes to correct.
1. Waste Management's site in Charlestown will not be turning food waste into fuel. Instead, it is a waystation for food waste that could eventually be barged to Deer Island to be digested along with sludge to create methane gas, a natural fuel.
2. The food waste would not be composted, it would be digested using the anaerobic bacteria in the digesters. Large-scale composting operations are already on-line in other areas of the state, but are usually not suitable for urban settings.
3. The MWRA will be producing the fuel for its Deer Island operation, increasing the availability of renewable, on-site, green energy from its current rate of 25% (representing more than $5million in savings annually for rate payers). The Charlestown site will not be producing gas.
4. The MWRA Board has not yet approved a pilot program for Deer Island waste food –to-fuel production. Grants and loans from the state will be required to start such a program up. The timeline is not fixed yet.
5. The Charlestown site was part of the proposed pilot that was put on hold when trucking through Winthrop was ruled out. It could be the site of processing and transportation via barge to Deer Island, if the pilot is approved.
6. The original pilot proposal would not have reached 9 truckloads a day (18 trips if each round trip were counted as two) until late in the first year of the pilot; it would have started with one truck and gradually increased as the capacity of the pre-processing at Waste Management's Charlestown facility increased and Deer Island's digesters had the capacity to receive the material.
7. The original pilot anticipated truck delivery of food waste five days a week, not seven.
The Wastewater Advisory Committee, a volunteer citizens group extant since 1990, has been closely following the MWRA's work on the proposed co-digestion pilot. If successful, the program could beneficially use organic waste and save MWRA rate payers funds now used to power the Deer Island facility with fossil fuels. We are pleased that the MWRA is exploring this option carefully to maximize benefits for the state and the ratepayers.
We appreciate your interest in the subject. We hope that the corrections we provided are useful in future coverage, and that you will share them with your readers.
Having been brought up in the shadow of Bunker Hill, I envy the 17 communities in the Commonwealth that have had the luxury of voicing their opinions and have voted down a casino in their area. Charlestown residents are in the unenviable position of bearing the brunt of the gaming commission decision with no input and little time to organize. If you lived here, you'd let out a big moan now.
Top among my list of innumerable reasons I'm voting Yes on 3 is because I'm not in favor of replacing Monsanto's toxic waste with Wynn-Everett's toxic greed.
Geographically and philosophically, I see the proposed Wynn-Everett Casino as an unwelcome pain in Charlestown's Neck. And more broadly, a great step back from the words of John Winthrop on a plaque at the Harvard Mall in City Square urging the early colonists to, "make others conditions our own…rejoice together…mourn together…Labour and suffer together as members of the same body.
I hope all the citizens of Massachusetts will recall the history so ubiquitous in the Metropolitan Boston but manly other places in Mass as well. Let's let history repeat itself as it did at the Battle of Bunker Hill and work for the Common Weal and not fall for the gambling industry's specious spiel.
It seems a very telling commentary on the whole process that 1.7 million citizens live within 10 miles of the proposed casino and only Everett, Revere and East Boston had the full use of our democracy at its most fair.


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Surat People's Co-op Bank: Dalal vows to scale Rs 10k cr deposits
Newly elected Dalal & Modi get applauded on social media
by Rohit Gupta
in Banks, Featured
Mukesh Dalal, the newly elected Chairman of Surat People's Cooperative Bank revealed his future plans while talking to Indian Cooperative. "We are eyeing to achieve a deposit base of Rs 10k crore in the span of three years. And we will also open 10-12 branches in the near future", Dalal said.
Readers would recall that recently Dalal and Sunil Modi have been elected unopposed as the President and Vice-President of the bank. Dalal and Modi replaced Ashit V Gandhi and Sanjiv N Tamakuwala respectively. The term of the board will come to an end in 2023.
"For the first time I have become the Chairman of the bank and I am thankful to the board of directors who reposed faith in me. I will meet their expectations.Our bank is completing 100 years of its existence next year, we will celebrate it with full gusto and enthusiasm", said Dalal who is also the General Secretary of Surat City Bharatiya Janata Party.
We will upgrade the existing technology soon. In a bid to make our presence felt on social media, we will make bank's accounts on social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc", Dalal underlined.
"Our plan is to merge 2-3 branches of the bank in a couple of months. We are organizing a brainstorming session with branch managers and others on the expansion of our business", he said.
As soon as Dalal became the Chairman of the bank, scores of his followers on social media congratulated him. He also met the Gujarat BJP State President C R Patil. Sharing this through social media Dalal wrote, "After becoming the President of The Surat People's Cooperative Bank, the largest urban co-operative bank in South Gujarat, I paid a courtesy call on the State President of the Bharatiya Janata Party, CR Patil Saheb, and received his blessings".
Recently, the bank held its Annual General Meeting and revealed its financial figures for the shareholders. "In spite of the negative effect of COVID-19 & lockdowns the performance of the bank in the areas of deposit, advances and profitability was satisfactory. The Bank's total business, which was Rs 7715.35 crore at the end of the year 2019-20, reached up to Rs 8643.26 crore at the end of the year 2020-21, registering a growth of 12.03%".
The total deposits of the bank increased to Rs 5302.01 crore as on 31.03.2021, which were at 4779.16 crore as on 31.03.2020. The bank's low cost deposits are 27.85% at the end of the year. The bank's gross advances have increased to Rs 3341.26 crore from Rs 2936.19 crore, registering a growth of 13.80%.
This year also the bank was able to maintain the net NPA at Zero level. The bank earned a net profit of Rs 32 crore, which is higher in comparison to the 2019-20 FY. In eight branches of the bank e-Lobby began operating.
The bank has a network of 30 branches, in Gujarat and Maharashtra.
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The Marin County Engineering Division of the Department of Public Works (DPW), is seeking to award a contract to a Consulting Firm or Team (Consultant) to perform engineering design and environmental compliance services for rehabilitation of multiple drainage structures and repair of two streambank failures. The project area encompasses three road segments along Point Reyes‐Petaluma Road, Lucas Valley Road and Nicasio Valley Road, in West Marin County. Work is expected to begin in June 2019 and is to be completed by April 30, 2020.
The County of Marin is inviting qualified consulting teams to submit a statement of qualifications to provide on-call construction management services to support the Engineering Division within the Department of Public Works. The Department will select one or more construction management teams ('Consultant') that will contract with and work under the supervision of a project manager in the Engineering Division ('County').
The County is intending to augment its internal construction inspection staff by obtaining a Consultant for several public works projects planned for the 2019 and 2020 construction seasons. Construction estimates for the anticipated work totals approximately $11 million. The road resurfacing projects range from traditional grind and overlay to cold-in-place recycling methods. The projects will also include ancillary work necessary to complete the projects including dig-outs, minor curb and gutter work, asphalt dike placement, accessibility improvements and minor drainage repairs which may include full culvert replacement.


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Ireland, also called the Emerald Isle, is a country known for it's wild natural beauty and friendly people, leprechauns and Guinness and of course, St Patrick's Day. This widely popular holiday is a religious and cultural celebration of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. It is celebrated every 17th of March the day he was believed to have died in 461 AD by not just the Irish but in other parts of the world with a large Irish population as well.
When I was in the 6th grade, I represented Ireland in my elementary school's annual United Nation's pageant. I do not remember why I was "Miss Ireland". I do not look Irish and I certainly do not have Irish blood. Maybe, it was just meant to be. But I was 5th runner-up in that pageant and memories of my younger self in that light pink lacy gown walking up the stage pretending not to be nervous I can still vividly recall.
Fast forward present time, I come to visit my adopted U.N. country at last! My mom laughed as I told her that my elementary pageant days was the reason why we were traveling to Ireland. Of course, the main reason was Guinness but that is another story for another day.
So what did we do in 7 days? We visited 5 cities and saw lots of interesting places in between. It helped that we mostly drove ourselves around. Here is a summary of the highlights of our trip. I will be eventually blogging about all the little details in separate posts. So, stay tuned!
To visit Dublin and not pay homage to the Guinness storehouse is a mortal sin. This is the number one tourist attraction in Ireland most sources claim. Even if you are not a beer lover, the experience itself is like no other as you make your way up seven floors learning all about the history of Arthur Guinness and his family and what goes into the making of every pint of this world famous beer. At the very top of this building, is the Gravity Bar where you will get a 360 degree view of the city while enjoying your free pint (included with admission). Hubby swears the Guinness tastes better here!
If you are a history buff, you will surely geek out over this one. I have never heard of the Book of Kells until I did my trip planning. The Book of Kells is an ancient manuscript containing the four gospels of the New Testament written in colorful intricately designed calligraphy. Today, it is on display at the old library of the Trinity College in Dublin. It seemed like a pretty popular attraction so this got added to my check list. Unfortunately, photos are not allowed inside the exhibits.
Coming out from the Book of Kells, you walk into the Long Room which is the main chamber of the old library. This is also Ireland's biggest library housing over 200,000 books. I could feel my jaw drop the moment I walked into this great room and its' hallowed halls.
We ended up our day in the Temple Bar area, a perfect place to people watch as we replenish our stomachs with food and drink. It can be touristy but sometimes, touristy can be fun. There's lots of restaurants and pubs, some with live Irish music. You can also find all sorts of shops here.
The following day, we took the only bus tour in this trip to the Giant's Causeway. We started really early in the morning at 645 and made a quick stop at Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland, for breakfast and to pick up a couple of people. We learned some about the bloody history and political turmoils of this city and for those who are not aware (like I was), the Titanic was built here. Belfast is also not a part of the Republic of Ireland but of the United Kingdom.
We then proceeded to our next two photo stops. The Dark Hedges and Dunluce Castle. If you are a Game of Thrones fan, you will recognize this pretty neat tree-lined road in one of its scenes. As I am not, then I can only appreciate its natural beauty. These beech trees have been planted by the owner who lives at the end of this road over 300 years ago. Beech trees live only to be about a hundred making this one of the most photographed natural phenomena in Northern Ireland.
Tip: try to come early if you are driving by car otherwise you will not really get a good picture as hundreds of tourists in tour buses flock here. I ended up frustrated and took photos of its surrounding scenery instead!
Dunluce Castle, or rather what remains of it, sits on the edge of a rocky cliff. Stories tell of how part of its kitchen fell into the ocean after which, the owners left because they didn't feel safe.
We spent the next hour and a half at the Giant's Causeway, a UNESCO world heritage site, where millions of years ago a volcano erupted and caused the unique geological formation of these interlocking basalt columns. The locals would like to believe though in the legend that says the Irish giant, Finn McCool built this causeway so he can fight with the Scottish giant, Benandonner but when he realized that the Scottish giant was much bigger than him, he asked his wife to help him. So his wife disguised him as a baby and put him in a cradle and dressed him in baby clothes. When Benandonner saw this massive "baby", he realized that its father could be even bigger so he ran back to Scotland and destroyed the causeway. Yay for having a smart wife eh?!
Our next stop was the Carrick-a-rede rope bridge. First built by Salmon fishermen in 1755, it is now managed by the National Trust. There is a fee to cross the swinging bridge. I was looking forward to doing that but unfortunately, the bridge was closed due to the strong winds that day. So we took a long walk around the area and just enjoyed the coastal views.
We only stayed overnight here so there wasn't much time to really do anything but head on out to downtown and eat. Cork is Ireland's 3rd largest city known for its culinary flair and cultural scenes. We made a beeline first to the English Market, Ireland's most popular covered food market. It opened in 1788 and continues to sell fresh produce, meat, cheese, seafood and even chocolates! The Queen herself made a visit here in 2011 on her Ireland tour.
I have this fascination with markets when visiting different countries and cities. If I find one by accident or learn of one that is in the area, I make it a point to stroll through its stalls and observe the local people going about their daily business. Sometimes even sampling the local fare. This also makes for great photo ops.
St Fin Barre's Cathedral is by far one of the grandest churches I have ever seen. I haven't been to Italy or Spain yet which I'm sure have more bigger and grander churches but for now, this tops my list. This church was consecrated in 1870 and is Ireland's most complete example of French Neo Gothic architecture.
Killarney National Park located in the town of Killarney is Ireland's first national park. It comprises more than 10,000 hectares of mountains, lakes and woodlands and Ireland's only native herd of red deer. This was just a tiny sample of what our next day itinerary would be as the park is part of the Ring of Kerry, one of Ireland's scenic drives.
The following day, we woke up earlier than normal to start our drive around the Ring of Kerry, a 179 km circular scenic drive around Southwest Ireland. This road takes you to some of the most stunning sceneries, quaint little towns and rugged landscapes. There are plenty of things to do here. You can drive around the ring in one day or go slow and stay for a night or two in one of the picturesque towns along the way.
Galway is a city located on the western part of Ireland and like every other Irish city, has lots of things to offer from shopping to hip places to eat and drink, local pubs and cute Bed and Breakfasts (Ireland is FULL of bed and breakfasts!). I would like to explore this city some more if only we had the time. Photo below was taken after we had a late lunch of rice and a couple of other Asian food as we were seriously having some rice withdrawals from eating Irish food for six days!
Spanish Arch, originally a 16th century bastion protecting merchant ships from looting. This is located on the left bank of the river Corrib and is close to the Latin Quarter on Quay street where you can stroll on its cobblestone pedestrian-only streets filled with pubs, boutiques, hotels, buskers and other quaint shops.
If visiting Guinness was my hubby's reason for coming, this is mine – the Cliffs of Moher. "They're just cliffs", says the hotel bartender when we asked him if seeing the Cliffs of Moher was worth it. I think when you are a local you tend to downplay the awesomeness of a tourist attraction. It's either you've been there and not impressed or you've never been there at all. I'm not saying don't trust a local's opinion because surely they are a plethora of information but when your time is limited, you go with what you really want to do.
Let's just say after Guinness, the cliffs are Ireland's number two most popular tourist attraction. Easily an hour and a half drive from Galway, the cliffs are made from shale and limestone and are over 300 million years old. They stretch for 8 km along the Atlantic coast and it's highest point is 702 ft.
There. My Ireland in a week.
I could say it was a very ambitious itinerary as we basically hit all the major spots in the country from the North to South, East to West. You might want to go slower and explore more off the beaten path places but with the time that we had, we had to do what we had to do.


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The two terms calories and fat are often thought to be the same. However they are different and one should have a clear idea about them before they start comparing them.
Calorie can be defined as the unit to measure energy. So if there is a label that says 300 calories it means that consuming that quantity of substance will provide energy that is equivalent to 300 calories.
Apart from fats of course, there are various sources of calories. Most of the food stuffs that people eat are sources of calories. Thus we can say – though all fats are sources of calories, all the foods are eaten are not fats.
Proteins, fats and carbohydrates are the sources of fat. The body gets approximately 4 calories by the consumption of 1 gram of protein and carbohydrate. However the 1 gram of fat is able to provide as much as 9 calories. There is another difference that concerns the utilization of fats and calories by the body. When a consumed food is digested then the calories within the food is released. If these calories are burnt out by means of physical activities, all will be normal. However if the food is stored in the body due to insufficient physical exercise then the calories are stored as fat. So even if people are consuming fat free food with less than minimum necessary physical activity then after some time the calorie will be stored as fat.
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The cholesterol level of the body is raised by fat. This is the principle reason of cardiac attacks.
Fat containing foods like bacon and chips doo not have much nutritive values but a huge amount of fat. However foods like fish and meat are also rich sources of calories however they will provide you with essentials protein and vitamins. Thus they do have some nutritious value.
When compared to other food stuffs it is seen that the fats can deliver twice the amount of calories when compared to other foods. Thus we see that people has to consume twice the amount of proteins and carbohydrates to get the same quantity of calories.
One who is trying to control weight, not only the fat containing food, but also the calorie intake needs to be controlled. We need to be remember that the extra calories from the low fat food is stored as fat. The best way to stay fit is to restrict foods of high calorie food and to do more physical exercise.


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Armed Civilian Stops Mass Shooting in Indiana
The best way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. We've all heard this phrase, but many people think of it more as a cliche or something that pro-2A people just repeat to feel good.
The fact is that it's statistically correct.
A quick scan of defensive gun uses in the United States shows the truth: there have already been 370 defensive gun uses in this country just in 2022. There have been 2,479 defensive gun uses since 2019.
Those are just the ones that have been on record.
The latest example comes out of the Greenwood Park neighborhood of Indianapolis where a tragic day was prevented from being even worse.
Gunman Interrupts Mass Shooting
Yesterday was a dark day in Indianapolis at the Greenwood Park Mall when a man entered the mall and began spraying bullets from an AR-15.
The gunman was in the process of mowing people down when something happened that he did not expect. A 22-year-old civilian in the mall pulled out his handgun and shot the attacker dead on the spot.
Greenwood's head of police Jim Ison is calling the civilian a "hero" after what happened, noting the defensive gun use occurred almost immediately after the attack began.
Four individuals have died as a result of the attack, while several others were hurt. However, police are noting the attack was ongoing at the time the civilian took down the shooter.
If this had continued even 30 seconds or one to two minutes more before police arrived, it's terrifying to think how many more people might have died.
A shooter, with a rifle and magazines, killed 4 people, and injured others at Greenwood Park Mall in Indiana.
A good samaritan WITH A GUN shot and killed him before he could kill more.
— 🇺🇸ProudArmyBrat (@leslibless) July 18, 2022
The Left Reacts
The left, including Moms Demand Action member Shannon Watts, said this shows just how dangerous guns are and how they need to be further restricted.
According to her logic and that parroted by many accounts on social media, the police in Uvalde and their slow response to the shooting there proves the worthlessness of high-powered weapons in the hands of good guys.
This shooting, meanwhile, proves the danger of powerful guns in the hands of bad guys. Therefore, guns should be much more heavily restricted and less relied on for protection and upholding the law.
Perhaps Watts missed the memo: the reason many, many more people aren't dead right now in Indiana is that a man armed with a pistol reacted rapidly and took down a guy with a semi-automatic weapon.
Acting like it's guns that are the problem is insane. It's criminals with guns who are the problem. The solution is brave people with guns, including most certainly trained and courageous civilians.
"Why couldn't all those armed men stop a bad guy? Also, why did that one man stop a bad guy?" It's just incoherent and insane. But she's paid very well to blurt out this nonsense. pic.twitter.com/6aYZqj31ay
— jimtreacher.substack.com (@jtLOL) July 18, 2022
Can We Please Stop This?
We need more good guys with guns. We also need much harsher punishment for violent crime.
Let's stop blaming guns. They're not responsible for crime and mass shootings: criminals are responsible for that.
This article appeared in Mainstpress and has been published here with permission.
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