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The west is imposing "illegal, unreasonable rent a sports car and counter-productive" sanctions against Russia based on internet forgeries that do not prove any of its missiles shot down the Malaysian airliner, the Russian ambassador to London has said.
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The EU agreed at a meeting on Thursday to add 15 people and 18 companies or other organisations to the bloc's sanctions list for undermining Ukraine 's territorial integrity, diplomats said. But they failed to reach agreement on economic sanctions and will resume discussions on Friday, they added.
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MH17 UPDATES: 21st Century Wire MH17 Files Shawn Helton 21stCentury Wire   There are many questions surrounding the downed Malaysian airliner MH17, one must keep their eyes peeled, as the volatile landscape within Ukraine and the Middle East is front and center with regards to this latest high-flying tragedy Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 was apparently bound from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur on Thursday evening and was said to have disappeared from radar prior to crashing near the settlement of Grabovo , in Eastern Ukraine s Donetsk royal garden hotel london region, with the deaths of all 298 members on the plane, after it was originally stated the count was 295.  The human tragedy is  incomprehensible, and a very sad ordeal for the victims families. The the potential damage doesn t end there, however, as Washington and its allies are working overtime to try and establish guilt in the court of public opinion. It s the type of pretext event which could easily spiral geopolitical rivals further towards a military confrontation in the short term. IMAGE: A section of MH17 fuselage on the ground is but one key identifiable piece found in perfect condition, no burn marks or impact damage without a scratch. (Photo: Mashable) royal garden hotel london Initial western media reports have suggested that the 777 Boeing was shot down by a SAM missile unit, leading Western governments and heavy-handed media outlets to hastily blame pro-Russian separatists for the incident without producing any real evidence. The sudden royal garden hotel london tragic end to MH17, has had a fiery backdrop provided by other regions of the world as well, as Israel has engaged in a ground invasion of Gaza, while Iraq has been wrought with manufactured terror for months, both of which are undoubtedly political royal garden hotel london factors contributing to the polarization royal garden hotel london of the MH17 incident.  There seems to be a heavy bias within media reports concerning the doomed flight, prompting  Russia’s Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov , to   lambaste the West for drawing such a quick conclusion, royal garden hotel london without any verifiable evidence,  as told to RT news : They try to show to the whole world that we are responsible for the crash. It is very strange royal garden hotel london that without any evidence my colleagues from western media would like to find somebody who is responsible for the crash,”  Antonov stated.  “It seems to me that this is part of information warfare which has been started against the Russian Federation and armed forces . He also added, royal garden hotel london As for me, I don’t want to use this opportunity to blame anybody. I would just like to raise few questions for my colleagues from the armed forces royal garden hotel london of Ukraine,”  Antonov said.  “I hope they try to answer the questions, it will be a good opportunity for us to realize where we are, whether there is a possibility royal garden hotel london for us to restart cooperation and to find who is really responsible for the tragedy. It should also be mentioned that Putin condemned the apparent plane attack when it was first announced, calling for a ceasefire between what Washington refers to as pro-Russian separatist rebels and Kiev s Western-backed Ukrainian armed forces in the wake of MH17 s downing royal garden hotel london the third such ceasefire proposal which Washington has worked hard to undermine, preferring to politically and financially fuel the Ukrainian civil war from the outside. IMAGE: Burning evidence The MH17 crash site near Grabovo in Ukraine s Donetsk region. MH17 was apparently royal garden hotel london downed on the anniversary of TWA flight 800. While officials have stated that Flight 800 was downed in the Atlantic royal garden hotel london Ocean because of a feul tank explosion in 1996, many critics have doubted those claims stating that the plane was shot down due to the forensic evidence compiled. (Photo channelnewsasia .com)  Many will debate the cause of the MH17 s demise, as there are many anomalies surrounding this incident, as critics have already begun to question the crash itself, something of which we ll look into a bit later, but before we do, one should examine those who are most likely to carry out such a dark event, via their access to air-defense equipment. 21WIRE s own Andrew McKillop,  weighed royal garden hotel london in on this very idea in his article entitled, FLIGHT MH17 – KIEV FLASH MOB S LAST FALSE FLAG? : While there is no certainty the pro­-Russian rebels hold advanced SAM air defence weapons, they are certainly in the hands of the Kiev flash mob government, alongside the advanced AAM weapons they also “inherited” from the elected government they overthrew. The onus of military proof is stacked against Kiev, leaving royal garden hotel london only the question of political motive or motives for the incident . Relevant Background History Siberia Airlines Flight 1812  was shot down over the Black Sea in October of 2001 by the Ukrainian military in a flight traveling from Tel Aviv to Russia. It was first reported that Russian royal garden hotel london forces had been responsible for the areonuatical disaster, but the Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) stated that the incident was caused royal garden hotel london by a surface-to-air royal garden hotel london missile strike by the Ukrainian military following a more lengthy investigation. US intelligence has claimed that Russia royal garden hotel london supplied the air-defense system but history tells a different tale. There was said to be at least three cargo planes shot down this week by Ukrainian forces and according to Anton Lavrov , an independent aviation analyst and noted military expert, Ukraine has held many air-defense systems royal garden hotel london since Soviet times, royal garden hotel london outlining a trail of money leading back to the United States government, revealing its foreign policy blow-back:  Ukraine has had many portable air-defense royal garden hotel london systems royal garden hotel london since Soviet times. They were even disposing of them with the help of U.S. money . Washington s World War via Social Media So what about reports suggesting Russia supplied the armaments used to allegedly shoot down MH17? United States intelligence has been busy trying to build a case against Russia in the aftermath of MH17 and have suggested that the SAM defense system allegedly used to shoot down MH17 was brought back to Russia. Western media been been busy, heavily pressing on the unverified conversations released on YouTube allegedly depicting a BUK SAM missile royal garden hotel london system for 5 seconds with no verification of where or when the brief video clip originated, but that hasn t stopped royal garden hotel london ever major US media and radio program from stating that this somehow constitutes a closed case. The other evidence US media is holding up is an unconfirmed Tweet from rebels boasting about shooting down a passenger airliner. The distortion through various social media over MH17, seems reminiscent of Secretary of State John Kerry s open source evidence in Syria, allegedly showing young victims of chemical warfare - later we learned these videos had been fabricated to justify Washington s war ambitions royal garden hotel london with Syria .
According to military royal garden hotel london analyst at the Institute for Political and Military Analysis, Alexander Khramchikhin , Ukrainian s were the ones with ability to down the aircraft from weapons procured from Ukrainian bases after their change in government. The following quotes are from a recent interview that Khramchikhin had with The Moscow Times :
The only reason Russia would supply armaments to insurgents now is get rid of its own scrap metal, continuing he added,  The proof that the Ukrainian authorities presented is laughable. It is aimed at a Ukrainian public that does not care about evidence .   MH17 has followed the unprecedented and highly controversial disappearance of Malaysia Airlines royal garden hotel london flight MH370 back in March. Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 was said to have disappeared from the sky in the early hours of Saturday, March 8th, 2014, subsequently over at 35,000 feet heading in a flight bound for Beijing. The flight royal garden hotel london was carrying some 227 passengers and 12 crew members and had its flight path redirected, triggering many theories, royal garden hotel london as evidence royal garden hotel london suggested the flight had been deliberately taken off course and possibly landed. Many aeronautical experts agreed that the MH370 s apparent vanishing did indeed defy logic as it was highly unusual if not outright  unprecedented  - at that altitude.  During the wave of MH370 reports in March , I outlined the many systems in place used to track the whereabouts of a Boeing 777 at all times, making the false reports by satellites very questionable: Rolls Royce and Malaysian Airlines are said to have a partnership that requires royal garden hotel london the engine to transmit live data to its global engine health monitoring center in Derby, UK every 30 minutes. Investigators are said to have used the ACARS information uploaded to the engine maker.   Additionally, we learned about the controversial on board device known as the  Boeing Uninterruptible Autopilot  (Fly-By-Wire remote control) that has supposedly been equipped in all Boeing planes since 1995, according to  Field McConnell , a retired   35 year Delta pilot, This information was apparently not released until March of 2007, following a subsequent lawsuit by McConnell. The modification was reported to the FAA, NTSB and ALPA ( airline pilots association). According royal garden hotel london to McConnell’s documents, Boeing royal garden hotel london is said to have stated that by end of 2009 all Boeing planes would be fitted with the BUAP  -  making them impossible to manually hijack within the plane but susceptible to remote control by the military, royal garden hotel london according the flight veteran . MH17 Was Diverted For Explosion So what could account for the lapse in radar systems just before MH17 crashed? royal garden hotel london According to a YouTube report by POTRBLOG, royal garden hotel london there was evidence that military craft had been deployed in the area, which would reveal what could have provided the radar coverage, corroborating other accounts by Spanish air traffic control, that fighter jets were nearby the passenger plane before it was downed. There are  other pressing questions that need to be answered, as it has been confirmed by Malaysia Airlines itself, that Kiev-based Ukrainian air controllers had requested that MH17 lower its altitude just before the plane s demise. Add to this, the fact that this MH17 passenger royal garden hotel london jet was redirected so it woul

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No one knows for sure just how many people Patrick Sawyer came into contact with the day he boarded a flight in Liberia, had a stopover in Ghana, changed planes in Togo, and then arrived in Nigeria, where authorities say he died days later from Ebola, one of the deadliest diseases known to man.
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Three points are worth (re)emphasizing. First, none of the above rules out the possibility that Russ

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Nearly immediately after Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 was downed by a surface-to-air missile on Thursday, all eyes in the West turned to Russia. Ukrainian and Western officials, along with most of the Western press, have all but blamed the incident on Russia. Even if Russian agents weren’t directly involved in the incident, total sports travel Russia is accused of providing the rebels with the material and technical support necessary total sports travel to carry out the attack.
For Ukrainian total sports travel and Western officials, this is a smart strategy. If I was an adviser to the U.S. or Ukrainian government, I would undoubtedly advocate that trying to leverage the tragedy to pressure Russia to abandon total sports travel its support for the pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine (albeit, I would advise against making falsifiable accusations before the facts were in). I would also advise total sports travel that the American or Ukrainian government seek to use the situation to rally greater European support for sanctions against Russia if Moscow did not back down. There are good reasons to think that this strategy would work and the downing of MH17 will end up being a game changer in the ongoing civil war in the Ukraine.
That being said, the Pacific Realist is not on the payrolls of the U.S., Ukraine or any government. As such, I feel at liberty to state what seems to be increasingly obvious but largely ignored: namely, that it’s quite possible total sports travel that Russia wasn’t directly involved in the MH17 incident.
Which isn’t to say that it is not possible that it did play some role. U.S. and other intelligence seem to confirm that the surface-to-air missile was fired from rebel-controlled areas of the Ukraine, not from Russian soil. Still, Russia has non-uniformed military and intelligence officers on the ground in eastern Ukraine, and some of these forces could have participated in the operation that shot down the plane. Alternatively (or additionally), Russia could have provided total sports travel the rebels with the Buk surface-to-air missile system that was used to shoot down the plane. Even if Moscow total sports travel didn’t provide the system itself, it could have provided the rebels with technical training to allow them to operate total sports travel the system.
Still, it seems increasingly likely that Russia wasn’t involved at all (at least directly). While Russia certainly has some military and intelligence officers on the ground, it’s difficult to believe they’d be incompetent enough to think it’s a good idea to shoot down an aircraft flying at a high altitude without having any idea whether it is a military or civilian plane. total sports travel I understand that many in the West see Russia as an adversary, and rightly so. But it is foolish to assume that one’s adversaries are stupid.
It’s more likely that Russia provided total sports travel the rebels with the Buk surface-to-air missile system that was used in the attack. After all, Moscow total sports travel has been providing the rebels with anti-aircraft weaponry for some time now. At the same time, there’s good reasons to doubt the system used against MH17 came from Russia. To begin with, it’s not clear what Russia would stand to gain from providing the rebels with such sophisticated AA systems. Russia clearly has an interest in disrupting and neutralizing Kiev’s ability to use air power against the rebels. However, given the fairly limited air capabilities of the Ukraine military, the rebels could significantly disrupt air operations using more rudimentary anti-aircraft weaponry like MANPADS. Transferring these to the rebels would carry far less risk for Russia total sports travel than giving them more sophisticated systems (for example, MANPADS can’t shoot down civilian aircraft flying at high altitudes).
More importantly, the Ukraine military also operates Buk surface-to-air systems, and there were reports total sports travel last month that the rebels had captured at least one of these systems from the Ukraine military. Thus, while it wouldn’t be shocking to learn Russia total sports travel had provided total sports travel the Buk system that shot down MH17, it seems at least as likely that the system originated total sports travel from Ukrainian forces.
Russia would be most likely to have provided technical training to the rebels to enable them to operate a Buk system they had captured. Although the system is fairly easy to use relative to other sophisticated anti-aircraft missile systems, the individuals operating the system would have to have had some training. And training the rebels to use a Buk system would be less detectable and less egregious if Russia was caught red handed doing it (at least, it would have been seen as less egregious had the rebels not shot down a civilian aircraft.) Moreover, Gen. Philip Breedlove, head of U.S. European Command, told reporters last month that Russia has training the rebels in using anti-aircraft total sports travel weapons. For all these reasons, it’s more likely that Russia provided training to the rebels rather than provided them with the actual Buk systems. total sports travel However, there is an equally plausible alternative explanation; namely, the rebels using the Buk system had been trained by the Ukraine military. Of course, the Ukraine military wouldn’t have trained them to use the system total sports travel while they were rebels. However, it stands to reason that some of the current pro-Russian Ukrainian rebels formerly served in the Ukrainian military. After all, only a few short months ago the Ukraine government was controlled by Viktor Yanukovych. total sports travel Not only is Yanukovych pro-Russian, but he was born in Donetsk Oblast (the province where the plane was shot down), became its Vice-Head in 1996 and then served as its governor for five years between total sports travel 1997 and 2002. In other words, the plane was shot down in Yanukovych’s home base. It’s hardly unthinkable that some members of the Ukraine military were loyal to the Yanukovych government and Russia, and therefore left the armed forces to join the rebels total sports travel when the former government was overthrown by western Ukrainians.
Thus, some of the rebel forces most likely have prior experience operating the Buk systems total sports travel from their days serving in the Ukraine military. Since rebel forces reportedly acquired the Buk missile systems from retreating Ukraine forces last month, total sports travel but only started using them earlier this week, it’s possible it took the rebel leaders two weeks or so to locate former military men who had experience operating the systems, and/or spent time having them train other rebels in how to use the system.
Three points are worth (re)emphasizing. First, none of the above rules out the possibility that Russia was involved directly in downing MH17. It merely suggests that Russia wasn’t total sports travel necessarily total sports travel involved directly in the incident, as many in the Western media seem to assume. Second, regardless of whether Russia was directly involved or not, American officials should continue to try and blame Russia for it in order to get Moscow to withdraw its support for the rebels or convince Europe to increase pressure against Russia. In doing so, the Obama administration should be careful to avoid making accusations that Moscow can later disprove conclusively. However, the situation is murky enough that the White House has adequate ammunition to use against Russia, especially if its charges are more general and vague.
Finally, even if Russia wasn’t directly involved total sports travel in the downing of MH17, it is not altogether faultless. In fact, it shoulders a significant amount of blame simply because it has been giving the rebels enough support to allow the conflict to continue to escalate this far. The MH17 tragedy has underscored the risks states incur when arming non-state actors. Hopefully this lesson will be taken to heart not only by Russian officials, but also by their counterparts in other states that arm or are considering arming non-state actors including Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states, Turkey, the EU, the U.S and many, many others. total sports travel More on this later.
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For the past 67 years, United Airlines has played an important role at Raleigh-Durham International Airport. When it first touched down at RDU in 1947 as Capital Airlines, it was one of the original four airlines to serve the airport. The others were Delta, Eastern and Piedmont.
Originally, Capital, which merged with United in 1961, connected RDU with Chicago, Washington and Newark. As the airline became known for its strong international service, many are residents relied upon the airline to connect them to Europe and Asia, giving our region strong uk travel companies list one-stop connections to these regions as far back as a few decades.
In January 2011, Continental and United merged operations at RDU, expanding the carrier’s presence at RDU with service to Houston Intercontinental Airport.  Nonstop service to San Francisco began in August 2012, which is one of RDU’s most successful and popular domestic routes.
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Throughout the 1980s, US Air was the primary way to travel from N.C. to Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, which were both strong international hubs. With the acquisition of Piedmont in the 1980s, the airline gained Charlotte as a hub, opening up more one-stop international opportunities for regional residents. US Air then became US Airways in 1997.
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We usually take land vacations in the Caribbean or Mexico and stay in smaller boutique style resorts. This time we didn't travel italy want to be lying out in the sun all day, so I thought a cruise would give us a balance between the beach and non sun activities. We wanted to take an easy week long jaunt and I wanted to go somewhere that we hadn't been before. We decided on a cruise to Belize, Honduras, travel italy Grand Cayman and Cozumel. travel italy Belize sounded intriguing to me and cave tubing was just the adventure that we needed.
We booked right before the whole Carnival Triumph fiasco. Talk about horrible timing! If I would have known what was going to happen I may not have booked, but since we booked late, past the final payment date, we were going no matter what. Any vacation is a good vacation. We booked too late to get an early saver rate, so we couldn t get price reductions.
For our pre cruise night we were fortunate to get a room on points at the Hyatt Coral Gables. We have stayed at Hyatt Hotels in Cancun, Maui and Aruba in the past and never used any of our points. I was happily surprised that we qualified for a free room. The Hyatt Coral Gables is an older distinguished hotel that has a Spanish hacienda vibe to it. It isn t on the beach so we had to settle for a few hours lounging by the pool. I would definitely stay there again for a short stay. They had interesting breakfast travel italy selections like key lime waffles and orange French toast. travel italy Their concierge was helpful in suggesting a Cuban restaurant, Azucar, for dinner. We shared several tapas dishes and listened to live music from the Cuban band.
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On our first day we hung out on the Lido deck listening to music in front of the Tequila Bar. I had a funship special for my first drink and it packed a punch. My husband got picked to do some dancing to the Tequila song. We stayed for the line dancing since that s my favorite. I requested the electric slide for the 80 s crowd and the DJ played it. It was a good start to the cruise!
We mostly ate in the MDR and had Your Time Dining. On our first night the hostess asked us what kind of a table we wanted and we told her a two person. We were in an awkward travel italy table seated on the L side of the hostess station in a long line of two person tables. Later in the cruise we were seated twice at a very nice table by a window on the right. We made friends with the drink waiters since we ordered from them each night. We had a special occasion one night and ordered a very nice bottle of Prosecco.
I was looking forward to the escargot since it s one of our favorites and it was delicious. I told my husband to order two of the escargot travel italy dishes because I mistakenly thought they only served two on the dish. Instead we were both served two dishes of six escargot which were a bit much. I think I ve had enough escargot for a while but it was really nice to see it back on the menu. I ordered a vegetarian Indian dish one night. I usually don t like vegetables but it was really spicy and tasted great. We only remembered to try the Taste Bar once and we liked it. I wish we would have remembered to go more often.
We ate at the dinner buffet twice instead of in the MDR. The first time was the Belize day since I was so tired. We had seafood newburg from the buffet and contrary to some reports, we both thought it was pretty good. They didn t seem to have a good variety of soup or desserts in the buffet even though they have such great hot and cold soup selections in the MDR. They should have a large pot of both a hot and a cold soup each night at the buffet which would be a great inexpensive addition. I couldn t find the warm chocolate melting cake on the buffet which was probably for the best. By going to the buffet we missed the Bitter and Blanc which we seem to have done each cruise we ve been on.
When I heard that the Liberty had the Alchemy bar in it, I was excited since I like trying different martinis. I tasted the Spicy Chipotle Pineapple Martini and Forty is the New Twenty. The spicy martini was something I ordered a few times since it was so good but make sure you also order water. My husband really liked a drink called a Negroni when we were in Barbados travel italy several years ago. When he asks for one in our area most bartenders have no clue what he s talking about. My husband made a friend with the Alchemy bartender, travel italy Dario who also likes them. For those who ve never tried one, it has gin, Campari and vermouth in it. My husband says that Dario made a great Negroni. We also enjoyed hanging out with Inna and Jovanna at the Alchemy Bar. One of them made a special very spicy drink for another patron who was braver than I am. If you want a drink with more of a kick to it, just ask them. The Alchemy travel italy bar is a great addition to the ship for the discerning adult crowd.
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The first night in the piano bar it was so freezing that I actually ordered a specialty coffee to warm up. The rest of the week I made sure I wore capris and it didn t seem so cold. I think they may have adjusted the temperature. The lights in the piano bar amused us as they had a mind of their own. They would suddenly dim or all come on at once. It was like divine intervention. Ahhhh!
I m an eighties girl and my sweet husband humored me by going to the eighties dance hour in the nightclub one night. They overestimated the crowd s taste for Michael Jackson, but they did play a few fun one hit wonders. They also played my favorite, the Electric Slide. travel italy We had a good time!
The atrium lobby is another good venue to listen to live music. One night in the piano bar one of the singers on board stopped in and sang a song. We happened to be in Atrium lobby the next day when he started his regular set so we stayed for it. He had a great voice. We also enjoyed listened to a duo there one night before dinner.
I was disappointed that they changed the rules (probably to save money) and we weren t eligible to attend the Past Guest Party. They also stopped having the Fun Farewell Party. They were both events that we enjoyed and made us feel special on past cruises. I was looking forward to going to them again and was disappointed that I couldn t.
We always find favorite food to order on our vacations and this time it was the huevos rancheros and arepas at the Blue Iguana Cantina. I have since tried to find arepas at the supermarket and at Spanish restaurants in our area to no avail. The ones that I have found don t have the same sweet corn taste to them.
On the sea days we lounged in the Serenity area. There was an interesting incident that occurred on our first sea day. As always the area was full. A really nice older gentleman had been sitting next to us but he left and a couple who seemed like they had too much to drink then sat in the chairs. I was in the ladies room for the beginning of the incident so I didn t actually witness it. When I came back my husband told me that the couple next to us were arguing and rolling travel italy around on the ground. I was surprised that security didn t come and break it up. Several people left the area. My husband isn t fazed easily and just stayed there until they calmed down.
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Dante's Down the Hatch is the best fondue in town. It is near Lennox and Phipps in Buckhead. You can sit inside the pirate ship inside the restaurant and listen to a jazz band. There is an extra charge for that, but it is worth it.
See if there are any Dwarf Houses around. They are sit-down Chick-fil-A establishments that serve breakfast (more than biscuits), hamburgers, straight fries, steaks (not high quality), baked taters, and hot browns.
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Not as close as I wanted to stay, but we were able to stay 2 nights for the price of the hotel we could have stayed 1 night downtown...and this is a nice hotel. Besides, MARTA will get us to wherever we need to go easily and without liberty travel com a headache.
I picked up 2 rooms at the Northeast Hilton (near Peachtree) on Priceline (name your price). $39 per room for a 3.5 hotel. A little further than I wanted to be but the price is right and the hotel is nice.

Again, the whole region and the whole state has profited from MARTA. But only three local governmen

The tentative agreement reached between the omni north hotel indianapolis the City of Atlanta and the Atlanta Falcons holds great significance — far beyond the building of a new home for one of the state’s top professional sports teams.
Virtually every company that locates in Gwinnett or Cobb or North Fulton or any other county in the metro Atlanta region mentions the airport as a major reason. Many communities south of the airport, Peachtree City in particular, would not exist if it were not for the airport.
Think MARTA. Those three jurisdictions passed the MARTA Act in 1971 building the omni north hotel indianapolis a rapid transit system that has served as a skeleton to what should the omni north hotel indianapolis be a regional system (had other counties and the state joined in).
Without MARTA, Atlanta never would have won the 1988 Democratic National Convention, the 1994 and the 2000 Super Bowls, and most importantly the 1996 Summer Olympic Games. And without MARTA, Georgia never would have become one of the country’s leading convention centers.
Again, the whole region and the whole state has profited from MARTA.  But only three local governments have been paying for its annual operating the omni north hotel indianapolis costs. In fact, rather than provide financial support, that state keeps trying the omni north hotel indianapolis to impose onerous conditions on MARTA making it even more difficult for it to fulfill its mission.
When the Georgia Dome was being built, the State of Georgia issued $200 million in revenue bonds, that were backed by hotel-motel taxes collected in the City of Atlanta and unincorporated Fulton County.
But this time around, Gov. Nathan Deal and the State of Georgia did not want to take a political risk to get legislative the omni north hotel indianapolis approval to issue either $300 million or $200 million in revenue bonds (still backed by the city’s hotel-motel taxes) for the $1 billion project. The Atlanta Falcons the omni north hotel indianapolis have agreed to cover the balance of the project’s costs.
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Read and his team were able to negotiate a much more favorable deal for the city and the surrounding community than they ever would have been able to had it been a state-driven agreement.
The tentative deal announced on March 7 calls for $50 million of the actual construction agreement to go towards infrastructure improvements related to the stadium project. It also calls for 31 percent minority and women participation in the construction.
And that’s not all. The agreement includes a commitment of $15 million from the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation and a matching commitment from Invest Atlanta in Westside Tax Allocation District funds (for a total of $30) to go towards community rejuvenation.
Much credit for this enlightened agreement, which still must be approved by the Georgia World Congress Center Authority and the Atlanta City Council, must go to Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank and his entire organizations.
Gov. Deal was invited to come to City Hall, but I don’t think any one expected him to come. Up until now, no Republican governor has ever made it across the street to Atlanta’s City Hall for any reason.
Because of all the new cities that have been created in Fulton County, there are so few hotels and motels left in the unincorporated areas that the deal makers decided it just was not worth the effort to get it through the Fulton County Commission.
Gregory Pierce, chief financial officer for the Atlanta Convention Visitors Bureau, said the annual share of hotel-motel taxes going to the new stadium project from unincorporated Fulton County would only be a little the omni north hotel indianapolis more than $50,000 (compared to a total of about $19.5 million).
So think about it. When it comes to this deal, the state legislature has made itself irrelevant. So has Fulton County because of all the new city governments. And given the disarray in DeKalb County, with its own fair share of new city governments, its political influence has been diluted.
Overlay these truths with all the Atlanta leaders who have provided the vision and the moral high ground over the decades — lifting Georgia and the South to a place of tolerance, wisdom the omni north hotel indianapolis and relative prosperity and peace.
Just where would Georgia have been without Henry Grady, William B. Hartsfield, Ralph McGill, Ivan Allen Jr. Martin Luther King Jr., Ted Turner, the omni north hotel indianapolis Coretta Scott King, Anne Cox Chambers, Maynard Jackson, Andrew Young, Shirley Franklin, Jimmy Carter, Sam Nunn, Carl Sanders, Bill Foege and so many others?
To idiots critical of this deal let me educate you. As a native Atlantan I remember this area prior to construction of the Omni which started the rebirth of this area. (By the way the Omni was 100% financed by the city of Atlanta.) People seem to have some misguided idea that construction of the GA Dome and the Georgia WCC somehow damaged vine city. I say you have no idea of what you speak. Find some old photographs of that area. It was so bad you wouldn't the omni north hotel indianapolis let your dog go to the bathroom there.( the omni north hotel indianapolis check the website the omni north hotel indianapolis Return to Atlanta for a great old photo of the area the Dome "ruined") The truth is this is a good deal for the city of Atlanta. The St. Louis paper had a recent article about financing stadiums around the country and the average cost born by the cities was on average well over 50%. No where did I see where any owner was contributing 80%. Even Jerryworld in Arlington TX required 380 million in Arlington bonds. So to "Atlanta the omni north hotel indianapolis Lawyer" I say go do something important like chase an ambulance.
Hate to burst your bubble Maria, but I am going to decimate this transaction at the Supreme Court of Georgia. Stop being such a blatant cheerleader for the Chamber crowd and show a little journalism, if you have that capacity.
I am compelled to respond to Native the omni north hotel indianapolis Atlantian's assertion that; " The success of Atlanta, like the new stadium deal, is not that hard to come by as the city is so great because of its airport, climate, location and people to name a few. Atlanta is by no means great because of it’s government " .
The referenced statement is demonstrably untrue. The tremendous leadership of the government of the City of Atlanta is what has made this city great. What distinguishes the omni north hotel indianapolis the "climate,location and people" of Atlanta from other cities in the southeastern United States ? The obvious answer is nothing ! The Atlanta MSA in 1960 was the same size as Birmingham and Memphis. the omni north hotel indianapolis Why is Atlanta seven times larger than either city today? It is because of the leadership of the City of Atlanta. The "airport" ,cited by Native Atlantian as a reason the omni north hotel indianapolis for the city's greatness, was built, is owned and managed by the government of the City of Atlanta. This contradicts the very point Native the omni north hotel indianapolis Atlantian seems to be attempting to make.
A brief and incomplete list of examples the omni north hotel indianapolis of crucial decisions the omni north hotel indianapolis made by past leaders of the government of the City of Atlanta include: William Hartsfield who had the vision to build the airport. Ivan Allen, Jr. who was the only southern mayor to testify in favor of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.Sam Massell who pushed the omni north hotel indianapolis hard for MARTA and won. Maynard Jackson who built the new "midfield terminal" and required equal business opportunity in city contracting. Andrew Young who built the GA 400 extention and the "Buckhead Loop" and also brought the 1988 Democratic Convention and the 1996 Olympics to the City. Shirley Franklin who enhanced integrity and ethics in the government, resolved longstanging infrastructure problems and grew the housing stock and the population of the city.
I consult with governments across the omni north hotel indianapolis America and the first question everyone asks is "how can we be more like Atlanta". That question attests to the tremendous leadership of this great city. I often reflect on the fact that without the visionary leadership of the City of Atlanta the State of Georgia would resemble the State of Alabama. The oft repeated adage is "Georgia without Atlanta would be Alabama". If "Native Atlantian" were not a native maybe he or she would appreciate the tremendous blessing of the extraordinary leadership we enjoy in this city. I am pleased that Mayor Reed is maintaining the tradition to which he is heir.
City of Atlanta finally does one simple thing correct. This stadium deal was a no brainer and very easy to make. While it appears to be for "the personal benefit of a private billionaire", as stated by The Last Democrat in Georgia, is actually for the benefit of all Atlanta's and Georgian's. Please do not forget the fun we have cheering the omni north hotel indianapolis on the home team, then add in the revenue and jobs associated with having the team and facility and the ability to host other major sporting events.
Ms. Saporta seems to forget the true problems the city has that affect so many people. The school system, basic infrastructure and endless corruption within the city government tends to have the city lagging way behind the omni north hotel indianapolis where it should be. The success of Atlanta, like the new stadium deal, is not that hard to come by as the city is so great because of its airport, climate, location and people to name a few. Atlanta is by no means great because the omni north hotel indianapolis of it's government.
Though, Citizen J makes an excellent and very valid point about whether a deal to replace the omni north hotel indianapolis a still very-serviceable, very well-kept and excellently-conditioned two-decade-old stadium for what is mostly the personal benefit of a private billionaire should really be compared with the legendary societal-impacting accomplishments of the great leaders the omni north hotel indianapolis that you cited in the article.
{{"The dynamics of Thursday’s press conference were fascinating....Gov. Deal was invited to come to City Hall, but I don’t think any one expected him to come.  Up until now, no Republican governor has ever made it across the omni north hotel indianapolis the street to Atlanta’s City Hall for any reason.  (Former Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin told me that she and former Gov. Roy Barnes used to visit each other when they were both in office)."}}
Besides Nathan Deal, there's only been one other Republican governor in Georgia since 1871 and that was of course, the omni north hotel indianapolis Deal's immediate predecessor, Sonny Perdue, who was noted as having an extremely-adversarial relationship with his own state legislat

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Saturday didn’t go exactly as I had hoped. atlantis hotel casino The game between the University of Georgia and Alabama was one for the ages.  Alas, this was not to be Georgia’s year.  I was in 6 th grade the last time it was our year.  My incoming gray hair reminds me that was a long time ago.  As a true fan, I will keep waiting, and keep cheering.
The day at the Georgia Dome was special.  For the first time, I was a guest in one of the Dome’s suites to watch the game, courtesy atlantis hotel casino of a great friend who is someone I know well outside of politics.  These suites are much of the focus in the desire to replace the current facility with a new one, though the official reason is so that the Falcons can play under a retractable roof.
Retractable roofs do not improve a team’s cash flow, however.  More luxury suites which cost even more will.  Georgia taxpayers are being asked to back $300 Million in new bonds that will be paid with Atlanta Hotel Motel tax dollars between now and 2050.  They’re also being asked to waive sales taxes on construction materials.  And to buy the land for the new stadium.  And to make traffic infrastructure atlantis hotel casino improvements around the area of construction.  A half billion dollars is a nice, round number that taxpayers should atlantis hotel casino use when looking at their total contribution for this gift to the Falcons and their owner, Arthur Blank.
As evidenced by Saturday’s game, the Falcons are not the only team that uses the Dome. The SEC Championship game is one of the highest profile events held there, with a contract to continue doing so until 2017 – conveniently the time that the Falcons would like their new home ready.
SEC Commissioner Mike Slive gave glowing praise to the existing facility this past week in an interview with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, saying “the Georgia Dome has been terrific for us. The facility has been good and the Dome staff is really superb. atlantis hotel casino And having the proximity atlantis hotel casino of the World Congress Center so that we can have our FanFare running in conjunction with the game, that has become very popular. It’s that, plus the fact Atlanta is an easy city to get to. With the development of Centennial Park and all the surrounding events and places that people can go, it has worked out extremely well for us. And we are looking forward to continuing on, even beyond our current contract.”
The AJC’s natural follow-up was regarding his opinion of the plans for a new stadium and extending the SEC’s contract there.  He said that once the plans are finalized they will resume discussions, adding “we’ve not been unhappy at all with the current atlantis hotel casino Dome. But we like the fact that the new stadium is projected to be in essentially the same footprint with the World Congress Center. It reaffirms the fact that Atlanta is committed to staying at the forefront and therefore even makes the game more attractive for us there.”
Supporters and detractors are likely to use these words as their own, as Slive is a good politician and understands he’s wading into an area of controversy.  Of note is that his primary concern – and strengths of the current setup – is the overall logistics of Atlanta and the Dome/Georgia World Congress atlantis hotel casino Center campus.  While a new stadium would be shiny and a presumed upgrade, the package offered by Atlanta includes a relatively new Domed Stadium attached to a world class convention center, atlantis hotel casino all surrounded by a convention and tourism district with restaurants and attractions for out of town guests.
The SEC, Georgia State’s Panthers, and many other groups use the Dome throughout the year.  It is part of the World Congress Center complex and as such, is an integral part of Atlanta’s convention business.
The case has not  been made, however, that committing a half billion dollars of taxpayers’ funds to replace one part of this complex with a similar building that functions largely the same for most spectators will provide more benefit to the city and state than it will cost.
Beware of rosy estimates that place the “value” of a new stadium as economic activity that we already have, with an existing facility.  I’ve spent a lot of time in the cheap seats, and one Saturday afternoon in the nicest of them.  What we have pleases the SEC and every other user of the Dome.  Additional taxpayer funds are not warranted for a replacement at this time.
Can t they just ship the whole butt-ugly circus tent somewhere other than Atlanta? How about Wayne or Randolf County, some BF place like that? Those good folk down there could sure use the kinds of jobs that come with a sports arena, like selling overpriced weiners and watery beer to people who want to watch other humans fetch balls.
There d be plenty of parking somewhere other than The Gulch and the Castleberry district too, and I wouldn t have to get routed right into Joe Tailgater Blow s stinky, smoking grill just trying to get home from work.
Traffic on game days around the Dome (the Dome we got now or a Super Deluxe Model, doesn t matter to me) is beyond terrible. Why do we always atlantis hotel casino have to have stuff that clogs-up our streets like the Varsity atlantis hotel casino clogs-up arteries?
If you are going to make 30,000 the marker and have it in the middle of nowhere, then why not say somewhere like Dawson County (Pop. 20,600), Pickens County (Pop. 29,600), Butts County (Pop. 23,500), or Lamar County (Pop. 18,300)? After all, at least they are all in the Atlanta area and as we all know, you people love to keep everything Atlanta-centered anyways.
atlantis hotel casino The case has not been made, however, that committing a half billion dollars of taxpayers’ funds to replace one part of this complex with a similar building that functions largely the same for most spectators will provide more benefit to the city and state than it will cost.
The case has not been made because there is no case to be made for committing at least half-a-billion dollars for replacing a perfectly good Georgia Dome that has quickly become obsolete in the current increasingly absurd NFL stadium arms race.
Replacing atlantis hotel casino a 20-year-old Georgia atlantis hotel casino Dome isn t about need, it s about want. It s about staying one step ahead of a hard-charging Jerry Jones and a wickedly ambitious Dallas establishment that would quite literally sell their own mothers (and kipnap your mothers and sell them, too) to get the SEC Championship Game at Jerryworld.
20 years ago when the Georgia Dome opened, Atlanta was one of the very few games in town in terms of being a then up-and-coming landlocked big city with a then brand spankin new state-of-the-art football stadium and was almost literally the only game in town in terms of hosting an event as big as the SEC Championship Game, an event whose popularity has since skyrocketed through the roof into the stratosphere and has by far unquestionably become one of the biggest events in all of American sports.
Screw the NFL Falcons, even though the Georgia Dome is obviously still more than serviceable in the realm of rational thought, the powers-that-be that in the Atlanta establishment are not going to take even the slightest chance of losing the behemoth SEC Championship Game to a ruthlessly hard-charging Dallas establishment which features the relentless Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and the 105,000-capacity Jerryworld (Cowboys Stadium).
Simply put, losing atlantis hotel casino the SEC Championship Game would be akin to a city hosting the Super Bowl every year and losing it, seeing as how increasingly financially important the game of football and the Southeastern Conference have become to college athletics.
As the annual atlantis hotel casino host of the SEC Championship Game, Atlanta has become the most important city in a conference in the SEC that has become the most important conference in a sport in college football that has become the most important sport in the world of college athletics and the powers-that-be in the Atlanta establishment are not about to in any way risk losing that ultra-important social status to Dallas, a city that so desperately wants to take Atlanta s place atop the world of college athletics atlantis hotel casino and transportation logistics.
This stadium issue isn t about rationality or practicality, it s about being #1 in social and financial status in an increasingly high-stakes competition with highly-aspirational Sunbelt competitors atlantis hotel casino like Dallas (particularly Dallas, a city that has let it be known in no uncertain terms that they are out for Atlanta s blood).
I admit, I don t love this project. atlantis hotel casino I support it because in this current economic and political environment, this is the only big project likely to come to Atlanta anytime soon. The longer atlantis hotel casino Atlanta does nothing, the further it falls behind.
What city does love having a filthy rich billionaire put a gun to their head and threaten to move their NFL team to Los Angeles unless they replace a perfectly serviceable two-decade old stadium with a needlessly unnecessary billion-dollar stadium loaded with a zillion luxury suites for the super-wealthy and uber-connected privileged few? Especially when there are so many other pressing needs that should seemingly be addressed first and foremost (infrastructure, atlantis hotel casino schools, public safety, etc).
And this starts the circular arguments going again. Prove to me that the $300 million from this revenue source is going to go towards infrastructure, schools, public safety, etc. Or that if the legislature shoots down this project, they are going to replace it with $300, let alone $300 million, for anything.
Funny that the Occupy rhetoric that is despised in other contexts is embraced in this one. When did all these Romney atlantis hotel casino voters atlantis hotel casino turn class warfare populists? atlantis hotel casino Most Falcons fans won t ever be able to sit in a luxury box. Big deal. How many inner city Atlanta school atlantis hotel casino kids can afford atlantis hotel casino to go the Georgia aquarium at $50 a pop? Maybe we should atlantis hotel casino use the GWCC hotel/motel tax to subsidize field trips to the aquarium for APS kids getting free or reduced lunches instead because it is educational ? See if Neal Boortz would like that idea.
I will back a more worthy project when the powers that be who oppose atlantis hotel casino this identify s

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