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How the Public Trust Doctrine Can Save Us from the Perils of Climate Change
University of Oregon environmental and natural resources law Professor Mary Christina Wood tries to minimize her personal travel to reduce her carbon footprint. But as a professor, she believes that it is extremely important to constantly engage with future leaders who will have to deal with the growing impacts of climate change. That is why she traveled across the nation to offer her expertise at the Yale Law School on April 3rd.
Her message to the future leaders at Yale offered a glimmer of hope and a new way of thinking about how environmental law can help battle the perils of climate change and other environmental issues. The paradigm shift that she urges the environmental community to undertake in order to help solve the climate and environmental challenges of our time is also eloquently stated in her new book Nature's Trust: Environmental Law for a New Ecological Age.While reading her book, listening to her lecture, and having conversations with her throughout her visit at Yale, I was intrigued with this new way of thinking.
It's no secret that the many current environmental statutes and the strategies that the environmental movement has used to try to reduce greenhouse gas emissions have failed in many ways. It was all too evident this past week in Berlin, Germany, where the world's governments along with its most expert and credible scientists met to finalize an updated scientific report by the United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The report, released on Sunday April 13, is to be used for discussion at the 2015 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) conference in Paris where expectations are high for a strong international greenhouse gas reducing treaty.
In putting together the IPCC document, scientists agreed that humans are fuelingthe extreme storms and weather to which many parts of the world have fallen victim in the past decade. They also agreed that there needs to be a global shift on how we get our energy, and that moving to renewable energy sources will be critical. Yet many of the world's political leaders used the IPCC process in Germany to try to hack away the strong language that scientists agreed on. For example, Saudi Arabia's officials did not want the report to contain scientific findings that declare that emissions need to go down 40 to 70 percent by 2050 for the world to stay below a warming of two degrees Celsius. Saudi Arabia would stand to lose a lot if countries ultimately acted upon that language, since its economy relies heavily on the oil industry. While the language remained in the scientific document, it is unlikely to be ratified at the UNFCCC because the process requires unanimous consent.
Here in the United States, a recent Supreme Court ruling also paved the way for wealthy special intereststo influence the political process even more, which will likely have a lasting impact on climate-related law and policy. In the case McCutcheon vs. the Federal Election Commission, the Supreme Court ruled earlier this month that there can be no limits on how many candidates for federal office a single private donors can give to. Under the previous rules, a donor could only give a maximum of $123,200 in federal races and parties in each two-year election cycle. Now an individual donor can give up to $3.6 million in federal U.S. Senate and House races. Thisallows rich political donors connected to the fossil fuel industry, such as coal company CEO Shaun McCutcheon who brought the suit, to have more political influence.
Professor Wood argues that because of the grip that fossil fuel interests hold on the political process, we must look at another way to fight climate change. She argues that the Public Trust Doctrine surpasses legislative and regulatory environmental efforts that have thus far failed to curb greenhouse gas emissions. The doctrine, enshrined in constitutional and common law, states that governments hold certain natural resources needed by everyone, such as clean air and water, in trust. Government officials cannot just give those resources away for private ownership, and may not permit the demise of those resources. Public officials also have a continuous duty to safeguard the long-term preservation of those resources for the benefit of future generations. Professor Wood argued that the founding fathers recognized that the people rely on clean natural resources such as wildlife and streams to exist, and that our government must act as a trustee for these resources.
Use of the doctrine for environmental protections is reaching a critical point. In a recent groundbreaking case, on December 19,2013 the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that Robinson Township in eastern Pennsylvania was allowed to ban the practice of hydrologic fracturing or "fracking" for natural gas within their jurisdiction to protect their town's water supplies. In that decision, former Chief Justice Ronald Castille cited the Public Trust Doctrine and wrote that there are certain environmental rights that we all hold, such as a right to clean air and water, and in addition to being identified in the Pennsylvania constitution, these rights are inherent to the public at large.
The Public Trust Doctrine is currently being tested in federal court by a group of young people who argue that their rights to clean air are being compromised by increased greenhouse gas emissions. The youth are trying to force the Obama Administration to create a comprehensive Climate Recovery Plan in order to protect the "Atmospheric Trust" that they argue young people and future generations are entitled to. The Washington D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals will decide the case on May 2nd, and Professor Wood will undoubtedly be paying attention to what she believes will be a historic ruling.
Verner Wilson, III, is a first-year Master of Environmental Management candidate at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. He is originally from Bristol Bay, Alaska, and obtained a bachelor's degree in Environmental Studies in 2008 from Brown University. He previously worked for the World Wildlife Fund, as well as a coalition of Alaska Native tribes, on issues related to sustainable wild salmon fisheries, environmental justice, mining, oil and gas, and climate change.


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Rule #1 - Be Patient - Rule #2 - Don't ask when, if you don't contribute - Rule #3 - You have coding skills - LinuxMCE's small brother is available: http://www.agocontrol.com
thanks guys I will definitely like feedback and input. I will post back when things are integrated enough for testing purposes while I wait to see if anyone is interested in doing the graphic work.Jimmy - It just uses database information, so you will be abel to sort by type (music,movie),Genre and sub-media type. You will also have the option to display each listing as either Filname or Title. Between all of these options, its pretty easy to manage large collections
gbutter - if you are interested PM me your email and I will send the source graphic files. Just use them as templates to make it look nicer (maybe some 3D highlighting effect etc)
The playlist editor doesn't check for the existance of a file, it only relies on the database saying that there is a file. Maybe I will look into a way to actually verify that the file is there as the database says it is. The only problem is that to check it for each file while loading the list seems like a bit of overkill. There are other utilities to make sure your database and filesystem are in sync, so we should probably rely on those. Still, i'm going to try to reproduce it to make sure it isn't something else.

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text: On Mon, 2004-10-04 at 16:40, Mike wrote: > I know this is off topic, but I've not found an answer anywhere. > On one IBM doc it says the effective throughput for 10Mb/s is > 5.7GB/hour, 100Mb/s is 17.6GB/hour, but only lists TBD for 1000MB/s. > Does anyone know what this effective number is? This is for > calculating how long backups should take through my backup network. > Those are interesting numbers. I calculate the peak numbers to be: 10MB/s - 4.19GB/hour (less than your IBM number) 100MB/s - 41.9GB/hour (way more than your IBM number) 1000MB/s - 419GB/hour In reality, the answer depends on your hardware. With my setup I've pushed 114MB/s over gigabit for an excess of ten minutes, which tends to average out all the bursts. If I took that out, it'd come to about 400GB/hour. > (I'm not interested in how long it takes to read/write the disk, > just the network throughput.) See now, that's the trick. Gigabit maxes out around 119MB/s. I've not tended to see disks that can actually preform that well (maybe with sequential data, but not with random data).


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koontz1973 wrote:Would you like back into the fray or left here?
This made me think of Bugs, Daffy, and Elmer. Would you like him to shoot you now, or wait till he gets you home?
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koontz1973 wrote:Would you like back into the fray or left here?
-=- Tanarri -=- wrote:I don't have time to properly comment on this; however, a few brief notes regarding the design:
* The landscape looks nicer, perhaps if a few grey dots were added to the tan area, it would help add some extra texture? Looking great though Thank you.
* I assume the instructions will be added later? Yes they will be.
* The colour matching in the tech titles appears to be mostly gone and I think that helped make it clearer as to what was required for what getting the advanced techs I get it clearer once I get working on that part.
* The purple/pink color coding for the conscription techs is difficult to read on the current background. That will be changed
* All the mine and capital symbols have gone missing from the map They will be added back in once I find good icons to use
* The new font face and colour are easier to read, nice work And again thank you!
If I notice anything else, I'll let you know, but hopefully this helps get the ball rolling
-=- Tanarri -=- wrote:Hi Isaiah,
I just noticed East, SouthEast, and West homelands don't have the colours around them to help differentiate them from the other territories. Also, how are the numbers going to fit into the dial area? If the dials can be figured out properly, I think they'll end up making the map look better, since it breaks up the columns of techs. That`s it for now, but I`ll post more as I`m able to find time to take a look over the map.
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When someone told me this morning that Joe Biden had acquired a new puppy, I was really excited because I was pretty sure he would have done the right thing and gone to a shelter. After all, many of us think our vice-president-elect is a terribly smart guy, and that's what you expect a smart person would do.
Imagine my shock when I read this story saying that Biden's puppy comes not from a shelter but from a breeder in Pennsylvania.
Mr. Biden, I have just this to ask of you: in all your years as a politician who spends a lot of time (presumably) learning about injustices and working to set them right, didn't you ever learn about the nearly three million perfectly healthy dogs that are euthanized in animal shelters around the country each year because they cannot find good homes, even as breeders continue to irresponsibly churn out hundreds of thousands of more innocent puppies each year?
Hadn't you at least heard about the numerous petitions that animal rights groups and animal shelters have made in recent weeks asking your running mate, Barack Obama, to adopt from a shelter when he started talking about getting a dog for his daughters?
And while I assume that this puppy of yours comes from a "respectable" breeder, whatever that is, do you know that Pennsylvania is notorious for being home to hundreds of puppy mills, those terrifying places where humans enslave dogs in tiny crates and under terrifying conditions with the sole purpose of breeding them to make more puppies for pet shops?
If I sound really disappointed, Mr. Biden, it is because I am: I had much higher hopes of you. Animal rights might seem like the obsession of just a few, but compassion ought to be part of all of our hearts.
One of my favorite quotes from Mahatma Gandhi goes something like this: "A nation's progress can be judged by the way it treats its animals."
I think you just set us back quite a bit, Mr. Biden.


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With last week's developer news streams intertwined with announcements from the likes of Intel, SAP, Sybase, and some of the more vocal voices within the open source community, even comparatively large software companies (possibly headquartered in Redmond, Washington state) might have found it hard to gain a share of voice.
So it was at last week's BUILD conference that Microsoft introduced a new Windows Runtime for building XAML and HTML5 apps. While this has thrown up much talk of "key inflection points" and "a new age of innovation", this new model does appear to hold a wealth of opportunity for software developers in the form of emerging technologies, changing design paradigms, and unexplored markets. Time for the partner vendors to align their toolsets.
Telerik is set apart by its almost endearingly grandiose claims of being "the industry's premier provider of intuitive, top-quality tools and components" for developers. Whether programmers choose to continue using established platforms like WinForms, WPF, and Silverlight, or Microsoft's new Metro style apps with XAML and HTML5, Telerik says its toolbox provides complete coverage.
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The Esquire Guy on Not Losing Your Cool
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Silence! ...Not them. You.
The only thing more terrifying than getting yelled at by a superior is being calmly asked to change your behavior. Now that's scary.
Being out of control is scary at first but comical later on.
Remember: If you lose control, you will be mocked at a gathering of those you've yelled at. You will be ridiculed. Your mental state will be pondered.
A flash of anger is like a comet: long, long tail.
Think of yourself as a football team. Things aren't going well? Timeout.
Counting to 10 works. It's a little infantilizing, but it works.
Counting to 20 works, too. Takes longer, but it works.
Counting to 30 is a little much.
Think of anger as a cue--not that someone has done something wrong, but that you have been hurt, that your boundaries have been violated, that this is the last in a long series of events that have upset you.
Thinking about what those things might be is a good way to spend those 10, 20 or 30 seconds.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hang on.
Before you freak out, before you lose your mind, before you go over there and yell at Mindy or Steve or Mindy and Steve … calm down and ask yourself a few questions.
Is it worth the risk to your reputation, to company morale? Is it worth having to follow through on your threats? Is it worth raising the volume? Because the next time you're going to have to be even louder to make your point. Is it worth being so loud? Is it worth freaking people out?
Also: Is it worth the energy required to yell, to slam your fist? Is it worth the high blood pressure? The twitch in your eyelid? The twitch in both eyelids? The general bluster?
If you've decided that it's worth the risk and it's worth the energy, then let's figure out how to do it. Let's figure out how to be restrained and thoughtful about something that is mostly unrestrained and thoughtless.
Although anger is the most powerful impulse we have, it's the one we think about the least--if we think about it too much, it ceases to be anger--but nothing should be more considered. With anger we can change the way people work. We can motivate them. We can make them realize they've caused offense. Also, we can scare them. We can make them curse us to their spouses. We can make them burn us in effigy. We can make them cry. Anger is a tricky, effective, terrifying thing--which is why it requires etiquette.
How to Be Angry
First, a conversation all of us should have with a psychologist before we act on our rage.
All Of Us: We're pissed.
Michael McCloskey, associate professor of psychology at Temple University, who studies aggressive and self-aggressive behavior: In the heat of the moment, driven, competitive people can be quick to assume someone else's action as negative or that they're trying to get one over on them.
AOU: Oh, are we pissed.
MM: Before you act on that, give yourself time to ask yourself: Is that the real reason, or are there any other reasons?
AOU: We're listening.
MM: In the heat of the moment, especially when you're angry, you're going to think the fact that you're angry is evidence that you're right. So if an employee didn't get something done, and you think it's because they're lazy and don't care about their job or the business, you take your anger as evidence of being right. But if you stop, give yourself a moment and think about the hundred other possible reasons for it before you go in there screaming and yelling, you might find out the person's kid was sick.
AOU: Kids, doc? We wanted to be myopic and now you're making us look at things with a wider frame. You're making us be thoughtful.
MM: … or something else happened, and this was someone who usually does a good job. You want to work with the person, vs. coming down on them like a ton of bricks and losing the loyalty you've built up.
AOU: Ton of bricks. Damn.
MM: Humans have a wonderful ability to habituate to whatever we have to deal with. So what happens is that after a while, you have to scream more and louder and go to more extremes to get the same results. And then when you have to go to more extremes, you're talking about physical stuff, and that's how you get yourself fired and sued.
AOU: Yeah, we need to relax.
Anger is a defense mechanism, a cue to let us know that our boundaries have been violated--a wake-up call. How we respond to that wake-up call can be either constructive or destructive.
How to be Constructive
Don't act immediately. (Obviously.) Count to 10. Count to 20. Or don't count--you're not an 8-year-old. Maybe just sit there awkwardly staring at whoever is pissing you off. If you want to blow up, you can always do it later, but you can't undo it once you've done it. Displaying anger is like being given a bunch of data, picking out a random statistic and acting on whatever it suggests.
"If you stop and think about it, you might find there were other things that actually had you upset beforehand, and this is just the lowest-hanging fruit in terms of what to get upset about," McCloskey says. The etiquette of anger is in the restraint. The etiquette is in being quiet. The etiquette is in not doing anything. The etiquette is in the gathering of information, in listening, in not acting.
There are two currencies of business: money and information. By not acting you maintain your dignity and continue gathering key information that can help you make an informed decision--including the decision to get angry or not. Your anger will be implied anyway. And implied anger is the most effective anger--it forces the other party to temporarily guess at your feelings. They might end up apologizing and making corrections before you've allowed yourself to be vulnerable. (That's the thing about anger--it makes you powerful and vulnerable at the same time.)
As long as you're not reacting, you're controlling information. You are maintaining a dignified position. When it comes to anger, the etiquette is saving your ass--and possibly a relationship. Maybe even your business.


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Gucci is the world's foremost Italian fashion brand, and the firm's handbags and shoes are a business worth billions, with the promise of much more in China, all endorsed by James Franco.
Most of the film, however sticks to the fashion doc template.
The Director, by Christina Voros, will test the public's appetite for another fashion documentary. That appetite seems to be surging, especially in large booming economies (China, Brazil, India, Russia) where status objects have a special importance. The Director is likely to ride the fashion wave through the festival circuit, into art house release, and to television. Franco's involvement will help promote it, so (probably indirectly) will a corporate marketing budget.
Voros' film is an official portrait and she gets what looks like full access to Frida Giannini, Gucci's Creative Director since 2006 – in the firm's offices, on a trip to China, and backstage during runway shows. When the affable overworked Giannini speaks, even when she meanders in a sleepy-eyed ramble, the camera is there.
Recent documentaries on fashion, focusing on style empires built by strong quirky personalities, have amounted to infomercials that celebrate brands and their founders.
Voros has also produced such an infomercial, complete with James Franco as a charismatic pitchman. It's an asset for the film that Franco looks great in a Gucci suit, and that he seems blithely comfortable promoting a corporate product. (Gucci is also a sponsor of documentaries produced by the Tribeca Film Institute.)
Voros - an experienced cinematographer and director of the feature Kink (that screened at Sundance this year) and the "making of" doc accompanying 127 Hours - gives the film a range of looks…the shimmering radiance of the fashion boilerplate beauty shots, the brusque hand-held elbowing behind the scenes, and the near-pure beauty of teenaged models too young for much guile.
Like a Gucci product, the doc is a well-crafted package, targeting consumers that want to seem refined.
The film's visual textures place it in the company of other fashion films, and of clusters of reality shows with designers that are all over cable channels. Described as a work in three acts, The Director is episodic, and those episodes can look a lot like the unspooling of reality television.
Yet some of those moments explore the fashion world with real laughs. Among the best is a runway audition of lean male models who appear to be between 16 and 19. The boys seemed ready to please, but somewhat gawkily unaware of the rewards of a modeling job at Gucci. Giannini has her eyes on one handsome clue-less kid, who can't seem to walk normally.
Watching her coach awkward youth, repetitively, with warmth and gentle discipline and not much success, is pure comedy. Likewise, a session with Giannini and her team looking critically at new designs had an unstudied frankness that went beyond the posturing that fashion television seems to take from American Idol.
Most of the film, however sticks to the fashion doc template – scratchy archival footage of the Gucci leather shop in Florence, heartfelt reminiscences at a beach house, and runway chaos before the models appear, plus a trip to China for a runway show that won't hurt selling The Director (or Gucci bags) there.
Giannini says that the primary objective for any article of clothing is to seduce. Fashionistas who find The Director predictable won't be seduced by this doc. Yet Gucci's stalwart predictability was the foundation of its profits for decades. There are enough satisfied customers out there to build an audience.
Production company: Rabbit Bandini
International sales: Submarine, www.submarine.com
Producers: James Franco, Miles Levy, Vince Jolivette, Christina Voros
Executive Producer: Kim Spikes
Cinematography: Christina Voros
Editor: Filippo Conz
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hi i can't find the voices files anywhare.
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Downloading music, movies, e-books and Apps could soon cost Connecticut residents more as lawmakers consider a tax on digital downloads.
The bill, proposed by the General Assembly's Finance, Review and Bonding Committee, would have consumers pay the 6.35% sales tax on any electronic transfer.
Supporters say the bill would level the playing field for brick-and-mortar retailers in the state who are already required to charge Connecticut sales tax to consumers who purchase these products in their stores.
About 25 states around the country have already begun taxing digital downloads.
The Committee will hold a public hearing about the proposed bill Friday morning at 10am at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford.


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OSWEGO, NY – Before the 2012 edition of Grand Prix Night at Oswego Speedway, Mike Bond had 26 career SBS wins to his credit.
None of those previous wins however were likely as memorable, or long lasting, as his last lap heroics on June 30 of last season.
After running the consi as a result of a heat race accident, the No. 26 of Bond started 18th on the grid for the main event, and proceeded to climb his way through the field on his way to passing JJ Andrews coming out of the final turn nipping the No. 93 by .001 seconds.
Career win number 27 for Bond will go down as the closest official feature finish in Speedway history since the inception of AMB digital scoring at the Speedway in 2005.
In the overall 62-year history of Oswego Speedway there was one scored tie, or "dead heat," coming on June 28, 1997, between Ed Bellinger Jr. and Doug Didero. At that time races were still hand scored, and a photo finish was used to determine the winner.
Tim Barbeau, Jason Simmons, and Kreig Heroth would complete the Top 5 finishers in the Pathfinder Bank SBS Series main.
"I have to thank my guys for getting the car back together, it was a mess after that heat race," said Bond in Chris Nelson Insurance Victory Lane. "I saw JJ was getting a little loose of off four so I figured I would try and get a run on him underneath. I tried the outside earlier, but there wasn't anything there, so I knew I had to go underneath."
SBS Rookie Josh Kerr and long-time veteran John Ketcham led the SBS field to the Cam's NY Pizzeria green flag with rookie Kerr gaining the early edge in the No. 8. Andrews, who started 3rd in the order, made quick work of Ketcham to get to 2nd followed by Andrew Schartner in the No. 18 to 3rd.
With the field in a good rhythm Kerr, Andrews, Schartner, Barbeau and Mark Castiglia all lined up nose to tail in front of the field on lap 20. Kerr, a graduate of the Oswego Kartway, looked smooth in the race lead ahead of veterans Andrews and Schartner.
By the 23rd circuit Bond was really making moves through the field in a battle with Simmons for the 6th position. At the same time 5th running Castiglia broke and pulled to the pit area allowing Simmons and Bond to gain one more spot each.
As the field approached just five laps to go the Kerr No. 8 continued to lead the pack, as he had done since the drop of the green. Andrews and Schartner began to press harder and harder, which Bond could see. With five to go Bond was finally able to make the pass on Simmons, but his most important pass would come on lap 32 as he made his way passed Barbeau for 4th.
The pass would prove crucial as on lap 33 Andrews made a daring low side move on Kerr to take the races lead into turn three.
The No. 8 of Kerr washed high leaving room for Schartner as well, but the two cars touched resulting in Schartner sliding up and over the top of the motor of the Kerr machine ending the night for both drivers.
Kerr, who drove a brilliant race for 32 circuits, would have to head pit side ending his day.
With Bond passing Barbeau on lap 32, he would now restart on the back bumper of Andrews with just two laps to go.
When the race came back to green Andrews initially pulled away but Bond managed to close right back in at the white flag.
As the two drivers came out of turn four on the final lap, Bond pulled low and managed to squeeze passed Andrews for the .001 second win.
"I don't know if I want to puke, or die, or cry," said Andrews. "I screwed up. I gave it to him. I knew he was there, I knew I had to block him, but you don't hold off Mike Bond with a little bit of a mistake. He came from 18th, that's why he is in the Hall of Fame and the best driver ever in this class."
Tim Barbeau continues to have a banner year in the SBS division.
"This is the best we have ever started," said Barbeau. "It is a tough class and I have to thank Chris, Carlee, and Caylee Heagerty for giving me the opportunity to drive this car. They have given me everything I need to be competitive this year, we've been in the Top 10 every week, and it is just hard starting in the back every week to get up front."
Rob Pullen, Jack Patrick, Dalton Doyle, Ketcham, and AJ Bernys finished the Top 10 overall.


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From the traditional times, the dresses of Indian women have been an attraction to the most of the world's eyes. Saree, a six-yard long piece of women garment, has been known for ruling the hearts of millions of people for over centuries. Sarees nowadays have transformed a lot from those traditional dresses to designer piece of clothing that has been making women more attractive in looks, giving them a sexier look, while, also covering their modesty in order to keep them connected to the older traditions.
The Blouse
The blouse is an important part of the designer as well as traditional Indian sarees that cover the upper portion of the body of the women. This part of the clothing comes in the shape of a short sized tank top shirt with a fitting making the women look more attractive. Among the various parts of the saree, this part is the only one that is stitched and thus, can be varied in style by the number of designers working for this purpose today.
Styles of the Blouse
In general, where traditional women always prefer fully covered front and back blouses for a decent look. While, on the other hand, women of today's generation love to wear deep cut designer blouses with their sarees, that tend to show a lot of skin to others for a sexier look to attract more number of eyes towards them. In between these two types of blouses, can come a lot of varieties for blouses of women that can be designed to suit the requirements of all types of women.
The neck of the blouse as preferred by women nowadays is the deep type that most of the women like to wear to show off more and more, while the traditional women still like the blouses to cover their modesty and give a more decent look.
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The back of the blouse is another important factor, which helps in deciding a variety of designs for the women to wear according to their requirements. It can be of the variety of fully covered back for the women who do not want to show off. On the other hand, there is a variety of deep back necks for those who want to show off their neckline.
A special attention towards the color of the blouse is given as according to the tone of the skin. Some of the best designs have patterns and designs at the back and the neck to suit the saree color and design.
- Designer Blouses having halter necks and noodle straps are the common one with a variety in designs.
- Normal Blouses are meant for everyday use, having covered front with U-shaped or round backs giving a sensual and graceful look of the wearer.
- Another common one is AirHostess Blouse, with covered back but openable front with buttons or hooks. Due to its graceful appearance, it has become a favorite among Indian women.
- Sleeveless designs are of great comfort in summer that comes with different neck and embroidered backs.
- Last are the backless blouses with varying sleeve sizes, which are worn with zari and gotta work for a traditional look.


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If you're setting up a new iOS device, or to update to the latest version of iOS, go to the Settings menu, tap General, and tap Software Update to see if there's an update available.
When you turn on a new iOS device or after you've completed the update to the latest version of iOS, follow the instructions in the setup assistant to activate your device and set up iCloud.1
If you skipped the setup process, tap the Settings icon on the Home screen, select iCloud, then enter your Apple ID.
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The Bible is filled with characters who started out on shaky ground - Paul, David and Solomon, among them - before being transformed into epic figures. But it seems that Black leaders who dare to criticize President Obama don`t get second chances. Instead, they are the object of widespread ridicule and condemnation.
I spent some time last week with two such leaders - Cornel West and Jesse Jackson - at the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) national convention in Chicago. Although their standing among African-Americans has slipped, their analysis of where Blacks have been and need to go is as incisive as ever.
Neither Jackson nor West should be viewed in isolation. The Black community does not want to hear anything bad about Barack Obama, even if it`s true. If a White president had been as dismissive of African-Americans` interests as Obama has been, Blacks would have been ready to march on the White House. As Michael Eric Dyson says, "This president runs from race like a Black man runs from a cop."
Even so, Blacks treat him like royalty.
My friend Roland Martin is quick to insist that guests on his television program refer to the man who occupies the White House as President Obama. I refuse to play this game. Obama - yes, I said it - is a president, not head of some monarchy. I have called Carter, Reagan, Clinton and Bush by their last names. I am not going to say President Obama every time I refer to him. Sometimes he is President Obama, sometimes he is Obama. I refuse to treat him like King Obama.
The problem with West and Jackson is their critiques, however valid, were wrapped in language that was offensive to many African-Americans. To call Obama the Black mascot of Wall Street oligarchs - a term most people hadn`t heard since their last high school civics class - is over the edge in this instance. Don`t get me wrong: there are some Black Anglo-Saxons who deserve to be called mascots and worse - and I`ve called them that. But Obama is not in that category.
When I gave Cornel West a chance to soften his description of the president between him and Al Sharpton, he declined. He could have said, "I stand by everything I said about the president but not how I said it." That would have gone a long way toward refocusing the discussion on real issues, not the Al Sharpton-Cornel West sideshow.
Rev. Al Sharpton and Dr. Cornel West (24/06/2011)
In Jesse Jackson`s case, he has been largely excommunicated from the race for a comment that reeked of envy. After an interview on Fox News in 2008, he told a fellow guest that he wanted to cut Obama`s private parts off. He also used the N-word in a conversation that he did not know was being picked up by the microphones.
Jackson later apologized, saying his comments were "hurtful and wrong." By then, however, the damage had been done. At the time, Obama was making a credible bid to become president of the United States. And Blacks did not want to hear anything disparaging about the man who went on to win the nation`s highest elected office. Many, if not most, Blacks haven`t forgiven Jackson for his crude remarks.
Notwithstanding Jackson`s expressed desire to dismember Obama or West`s deeply personal attack on the president, each made valid critiques of President Obama. Jackson was correct to point out that sometimes Obama speaks down to African-Americans. That is particularly true when he lectures Blacks on moral responsibility but does not make similar speeches to White audiences. Cornel West is correct in stating that the administration does not pay enough attention to the needs of the poor and African-Americans.
Despite overwhelming evidence of disproportionate Black suffering during this recession, Obama refuses to target the specific needs of African-Americans. His response is: "It`s a mistake to start thinking in terms of particular ethnic segments of the United States rather than to think that we are all in this together and we are all going to get out of this together."
Yet, it was not a mistake to address the specific needs of Wall Street. He can speak to the specific agenda of gays and lesbians without it being considered a mistake. It was not a mistake in Obama`s mind to speak to the specific needs of the automobile industry. It was not a mistake to speak to the special interests of banks. But when it comes to the needs of African-Americans, we are supposed to wait for progress to trickle down to and upon us.
Yes, he is president of all of America. But all of America includes Black America.
The sad reality is that most civil rights leaders have given Obama a pass. If the unemployment rates and economic gap had widened under a White president, Al Sharpton would have been in the streets chanting, "No Justice, No Peace." Instead, the ultimate outsider has become the ultimate insider, defending the administration with the vigor of a cabinet member.
As a group, today`s collection of civil rights leaders are ineffectual and out of touch. For example, with all of the problems facing us, the NAACP chose to spend part of its limited national, state and local resources to make sure Black motorcycle riders were not discriminated against on the Memorial Day weekend in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
We have far more serious issues facing Black America. And we need the voices and analysis of all of our national leaders, even after they have put their foot in their mouth.
George E. Curry, former editor-in-chief of Emerge magazine and the NNPA News Service, is a keynote speaker, moderator, and media coach. He can be reached through his Web site, www.georgecurry.com You can also follow him at www.twitter.com/currygeorge.


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Winning at St Andrews is every golfer's dream: St Andrews is where golf was born in the 15th century. On our journey here we cross the Firth of Forth Bridge, a bridge that was completed in 1890. The Forth was heavily over-constructed in an attempt to regain the public's confidence after the … [Read more...]
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Bus Driver puts the player in the driving seat of twelve different buses, each beautifully detailed and inspired by real life buses in use from around the world. Types include: London double deckers, American-style school buses and European low-floor city buses. As you manoeuvre each of them around a realistic looking fictional American city you'll need to keep to planned routes and to within the restrictions of a very busy timetable.
You'll start to learn the basics of professional driving by obeying the Highway Code and treating your passengers' safety as an absolute priority. Unlike other driving games, Bus Driver's focus is on securing the well being of your passengers at all times and on 100% reliability of the service you provide. You'll get to drive around an expansive city environment featuring different suburbs and districts. Each one contains varying styles including modern, old town, residential suburbs, an airport and the local harbour.
"When I first saw the name Bus Driver, I said…really? After playing the game and learning of SCS Software's heritage with games like Deer Hunter II & III and the successful 18 Wheels of Steel series, I knew that Bus Driver would be a hit with the right audience." said Steve Milburn, Marketing Director at Meridian4. "Bus Driver will catch you off guard and have you obsessed within minutes."
"Having successfully launched the game across Europe, we are delighted to partner with Meridian4 to bring Bus Driver to Northern American fans of the game." said Pavel Sebor, CEO at SCS Software.
There are 30 routes to negotiate which are staged over five tiered levels of increasing difficulty. You'll enjoy the satisfaction of progressing up through the difficulty levels! Multiple duties include driving a school bus, transporting tourists and sightseers and even prisoners! Varying weather conditions (all realistically depicted) and set at various times throughout the day add to Bus Driver's realism.
Bus Driver also contains 'living roads' with intelligent traffic controlled by a sophisticated AI system. A high replay value is guaranteed by the constant learning and improvement in knowledge of traffic rules and gameplay related bonuses.
Features :
- 12 buses to drive 12 buses to drive – detailed models inspired by real-world buses, including London's double-decker bus, America's school bus, Europe'
- 30 routes arranged into 5 tiers with increasing difficulty
- Multiple duties, such as driving a school bus, transporting tourists, sight-seeing tours and even the transportation of prisoners
- High replay value based on sophisticated system of traffic rules and game-play related bonuses.
- Large city to drive in, with several districts of varying styles: modern, old-town, suburb, airport, harbor and more with day/night cycles and realistic weather conditions.
- Living roads with intelligent traffic controlled by AI system
- Non-violent, easy to pick up gameplay, suitable for all ages.
Already available in Europe, Bus Driver is coming to in North America and Australia. in May 2008.
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Grammy-winning singer Sheryl Crow has listed her compound in Hollywood Hills West at $15.95 million.
The 11-acre property includes a Spanish Revival main house, a 1909 Craftsman, a cottage built in 1885, an infinity-style swimming pool and a pergola with a fireplace and barbecue.
The main residence, built in 1914, features a two-story foyer with wrought-iron stair railings, a step-down living room, original Spanish tiles, beam ceilings, a library, a wine cellar, a music room, four bedrooms and 31/2 bathrooms.
The Craftsman house contains three bedrooms and three bathrooms, and the cottage, two bedrooms and two bathrooms. The grounds have mature trees, a bridge, trails and a playground.
Crow, 50, has sold more than 35 million albums. Among her Grammy-winning songs are "There Goes the Neighborhood," "Sweet Child o' Mine" and "All I Wanna Do."
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Training >> Browse Articles >> Officer Safety
Safe Driver Call Backs
Richard B. Weinblatt
Everyone who's been in the popo business for any amount of time knows that the two most dangerous activities law enforcement officers engage in are (I'll give you a moment to guess)… domestic disturbances and traffic stops. With traffic stops, you just don't know whom you are stopping. The person could be an emotionally disturbed person (the politically correct phrase for a crazy psycho type), a bank robber, or a little old lady on the way to church. You just don't know.
Traditionally, police academies and employing law enforcement agencies have taught the driver's side approach. Slowly, the passenger side approach has also been broached. Now there's a new trend afoot in the traffic stop lexicon.
The driver call-back, or no approach, is gaining traction as officers come to grips with the dangers of roadside traffic stops. Many progressive law enforcers, such as the 1,500 sworn patrol deputy sheriffs of the Orange County Sheriff's Office in Orlando, FL, now use this approach.
By the way this is not be confused with calling the driver back while you are firmly ensconced in the driver's seat. This is a lazy and dangerous way of doing a driver call-back that I would never advocate.
The safer (notice it is "safer" as nothing in this business is safe or a guarantee) approach involves calling the driver back and changing positions to have a tactical advantage.
There are many advantages to using this tactic. Here are a few of them:
1) Divide and conquer. By calling the driver or occupants back to your marked vehicle, you have taken away any strength in numbers advantage that they might have had otherwise. If you had approached their vehicle, you would be confronting all of them together.
2) Sizing up. Bringing them back to your world allows you to assess them before walking into uncharted waters.
3) Distance from Weapons. When you call the driver back, you remove him or her from the proximity of any weapons that he or she may have stashed in the passenger compartment.


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My name is Kadian and I'd love to welcome everyone to the Connecticut section of the forum!!!!
We'll use this section to help organize photo groups all around the state for those who are interested. This is a great state for photography and has so much to offer! I would like to welcome...
Check it out. Might have some good photo shots happening here plus some fun
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Salisbury CT Hosts Winter Carnival Jan 28 and 29 2012, Should be some good photo opportunities here.
Satre Hill is on Indian Cave Road, off Route 44 in Salisbury
It's back and better than ever. So they say, should be fun for many photos and great fair food
Neat little web site of events in Connecticut, well worth a look.
It's coming soon to Goshen CT
Just a little reminder, the Fall Festival of Connecticut Antique Machinery is coming, a great place of photos and fun
Don't miss CAMA's Annual Fall Festival for 2010!
September 24, 25, 26, 2010
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The Rodeo is coming June 18th thru the 20th at the Goshen Fair Grounds in Goshen CT. looks like a fun time and some great photo ops to be had.
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some of the attractions...
Chocolate Festival February 13, 2010 Downtown,Willimantic, CT
Eagle Watch on the Connecticut February 6, 2010 - March 14, 2010
10 a.m. - 2 p.m. New Haven, CT 203-245-905
Connecticut Flower and Garden Show Hartford Convention Center EventFebruary 18 - 21, 2010 Hartford, CT ...
Some events coming up at the BigE fairgrounds this month
the big train show
Springfield Motorcycle Show
Some coming in February
RV and Camping Outdoor Show
A few good things to practice your winter photo skills.
Main Event Championship for Snowboarding, Ski Sundown, New Hartford, CT
Make sure you also check out the EVENTS PAGE on this site.
This is a little late but not bad.
WEEKENDS & COLUMBUS DAY SEPTEMBER 26 to OCTOBER 18, 2009
Hebron Connecticut.
might be a fun time with some good photo ops
October 3, 2009
Goshen Fairgrounds, Goshen Connecticut 9:00am - 5:00pm - Rain or Shine!
Festival Admission:
$12.00 - 16 yrs and older
$10.00 - Seniors (over 65)
$5.00 - children 6-15
free - under six
A Reminder that the Connecticut Antique Machinery Open house is coming on
Friday, Saturday and Sunday, September 25, 26, 27, 2009
This is a fun day and some great photo ops, also on the same grounds is the Sloane-Stanley tool museum.
Here is the link to the CAMA event. for more info....
OK, kinda short notice, but I just found out about this myself (and just got back from shooting them on a long lunch :D) Wings of Freedom, which restores World War II aircraft and runs a flying display, is at the Groton-New London airport until tomorrow, 9/15/09. They're there today until 5pm...
Simsbury airport annual flying and car show this Sunday Sept 20th.
This is the largest event of it's kind in New England.
At the car show last year they had close to 300 cars.
A great family event.
Airport main page...
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photograph some artists?
here is a link on Facebook for more info:
and here too, but they have the wrong date of the event:
muralslam.wordpress.com - they'll post your pictures after the event and...
Yes Craig there is one going on in Wallingford.
the Wallyworld event
2. Trail of Terror
Described as both hilarious and frightful, Wallingford's Trail of Terror was voted Connecticut Magazine's Best...
If you're in the area you might want to check this farm out, corn maze, hay rides and more
Another Connecticut farm to check out
Here are five wonderful Connecticut foliage drives you will enjoy
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Rick Perry, the U.S. Energy Secretary, suggests Texas college student election was 'stolen'
U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry, a former Texas governor and Texas A&M University Aggies Yell Leader, said Wednesday the election of the first openly gay president of the institution's student body was "stolen" and that the student who had the most votes was disqualified through a process that "made a mockery of due process and transparency."
Rick Perry suggests election of the first gay Texas A&M student body president was 'stolen'
In an extraordinary submission to the Houston Chronicle's Editorial Board, the energy secretary also suggested that Bobby Brooks' victory was engineered by the Student Government Association in a quest for diversity on the traditionally conservative campus.
Brooks was declared the winner in the campus election by the SGA even though he came in second in the vote count to Robert McIntosh , who is white and was disqualified by student election officials.
McIntosh was disqualified on charges that he did not provide receipts for glow sticks used in a campaign video. He also faced charges of voter intimidation, which were later dismissed on appeal.
The student body's Judicial Court, Perry said, "admitted that the charges were minor and technical, but incredibly, chose to uphold the disqualification."
"The desire of the electorate is overturned, and thousands of student votes are disqualified, because of free glow sticks that appeared for eleven seconds of a months-long campaign," Perry wrote. "Apparently glow sticks merit the same punishment as voter intimidation."
Perry then went on to suggest that the outcome would have been different had McIntosh not been a white male.
"What if Mr. Brooks had been the candidate disqualified? Would the administration and the student body have allowed the first gay student body president to be voided for using charity glow sticks? Would the student body have allowed a black student body president to be disqualified on anonymous charges of voter intimidation?"


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FCC Approves Softbank Acquisition of Sprint Nextel, and Sprint's Acquisition of Clearwire
Subject: General Tech | July 6, 2013 - 07:40 PM | Tim Verry
Tagged: Sprint, spectrum, softbank, LTE, FCC, clearwire, 4g lte
The FCC recently approved the acquisitions of Clearwire and Sprint Nextel by Japanese company Softbank. The deals have already been approved by the shareholders and the US DoJ. Now, with the FCC red tape out of the way, the acquisitions can move forward and are expected to be completed later this month.
Specifically, Sprint Nextel will be acquiring Clearwire, and it will in turn be bought out by Softbank.Softbank is Japans third largest mobile carrier with approximately 22% of the market last year. Sprint shareholders approved the acquisition on June 25th in a deal now valued at around $21.6 billion. The FCC commented that the deal would have "no adverse competitive effects" due to the merger because Softbank and Sprint are not domestic competitors.
In fact, the FCC believes that the SoftBank acquisition may help competition among the wireless carriers in the US as SoftBank will be able to add resources and expertise to Sprint, including adding additional captial to aid in Sprint's Network Vision plans to roll out nationwide LTE and upgrade all of its existing towers to multinode base stations that can operate on multiple simultaneous bands, including Sprint's 800 MHz and 1.9GHz spectrum. The Clearwire 2.5GHz spectrum may also play a part in the Network Vision upgrade and add even more bandwidth to Sprint's LTE arsenal.
Sprint/SoftBank plans to bring LTE to 200 million people in the US by the end of 2013, with more upgrades coming in the future. The extra resources from SoftBank will help Sprint to take on Verizon and AT&T in the US, which is both good news for consumers and for Sprint.
In addition to SoftBank acquiring Sprint Nextel, Sprint will be acquiring Clearwire for $2.2 billion. This will give Sprint full control over the 2.5GHz spectrum, and is happening in spite of Dish's complaints and counter bids. Sprint will control a wide range of spectrum that will rival both AT&T and Verizion, in fact.
In all, the approximately $23.8 billion deal will see a reinvigorated Sprint, and increased pressue on Verizion, AT&T, and T-Mobile to offer competitive plans and pricing (though the effects will not be immediate). It is not clear from the various announcements if Sprint will remain branded as such, or what will happen to the MVNOs that operate on its network. It is an exciting time for Sprint though, and I hope that it works out to better wireless options for US consumers.
What do you think about the merger of Clearwire, Sprint Nextel, and SoftBank?
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Sprint/SoftBank plans to bring LTE to 200 million people in the US by the end of 2013, with more upgrades coming in the future. The extra resources from SoftBank will help Sprint to take on Verizon and AT&T in the US, which is both good news for consumers and for Sprint.


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I know that it's definitely true for me, because like most people I'm a) often in a hurry and sometimes need a quick meal solution; b) I have two fussy eaters to cater for and I try to avoid making different meals for everyone; and c) if I try new meals on my two girls they usually turn their noses up at it - "what's that? Can't we have a Maccy D?"
According to the survey, carried out by Merchant Gourmet, the most popular meals cooked on a regular basis are:
1. Spaghetti Bolognese
2. Roast dinner
3. Shepherds Pie/Cottage Pie
4. Pasta dish
5. Meat and two veg
6. Pizza
7. Casserole/stew
8. Sausages and chips/mash
9. Indian/Curry
My list looks slightly different, and these would ony normally be cooked in autumn/winter:
1. Scouse - I use my Mum's recipe and it cheap, healthy and the girls love it. Yum!
2. Nearly Cottage Pie - The Teenager likes a lot of mash and just a bit of the mince, the Tall Daughter likes a lot of mince and just a bit of mash (did I mention they are fussy?) so instead of cooking it in the oven, I just dish it up out of the pans and call it this.
3. Tuna Pasta - quick and a favourite with all of us.
4. Pizza
5. Chicken Kiev, jacket potato and veg
6. Spaghetti bolognese
7. Homemade soups - current favourites are tomato and red pepper; leek and potato; bean soup; vegetable mulligatawny.
8. Fish cakes and chips - cooked straight from the freezer
9. Lasagne
In really desperate measures I will even take the girls to the McDonald's drive-thru and where they can get their junk food fix - but I do this reluctantly and only when time is really at a premium, or we are on route back from somewhere and I haven't got the energy to cook a meal.
I occasionally cook different things but only if I know they are dead certs to be eaten. New recipes with unusual ingredients don't get a look in I'm afraid, nor do recipes that start with an instruction such as 'peel and chop 6 tomatoes'.....forget it!
Is this survey right? Do you rely on the same meals for your family, or are you an adventurous lot and think nothing of rustling up a banquet every night? Do tell...


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BRISTOL — Though the Bristol Elementary School board had initially hoped to announce a candidate for interim principal by May 20, that deadline has been extended by several weeks, according to Addison Northeast Supervisory Union Superintendent David Adams.
Current BES Principal Catrina DiNapoli announced last month that she would take on the role of director of curriculum and professional development at the ANeSU district office during the 2013-2014 academic year, filling in for Nancy Cornell who is taking a one-year leave of absence.
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Everything in the West is bigger. That was the thought going through my head as our car sped east on Route 2 through North Dakota just after sunset late last August, watching the fluorescent lights of Williston, N.D., flicker away behind us.
They weren't the only lights. As far as the eye could see, hundreds of fires blazed from holes blasted into the prairie. The scale of industry and vastness of the Great Plains were overwhelming. We drove east pushing 75 mph for almost two hours. For almost two hours, on either side of the road, the fields were burning.
STARKSBORO — After more than two decades at Robinson Elementary School, art teacher Vera Ryersbach is retiring this month. She leaves quite a legacy behind — when Ryersbach came on board as a volunteer in 1989, Robinson was the last school in the Addison Northeast district that did not have an art teacher.
VERMONT — As summer heats up and the growing season is in full swing, groups around Vermont are stepping up their activism on an agricultural issue that is stirring up controversy around the state and around the world: genetically modified crops.
Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) have deliberately modified DNA — scientists insert genetic material from other species to create a modified organism with different hormones, proteins or chemicals meant to do anything from repel insects to withstanding certain climates.
MIDDLEBURY — Unseasonably bad wind and rain on Sunday drove the Middlebury College commencement ceremony indoors for the first time in 21 years. The 557 graduates of the class of 2013 gathered in a packed Nelson Recreation Center to receive their diplomas, in a ceremony that was in turns funny, thought-provoking and emotionally moving.
Overflow spaces around campus live-streamed the ceremony for friends and relatives whom the Nelson space — which could seat only 1,800 of the anticipated 5,000 commencement visitors — could not accommodate.
LINCOLN — Two groups of Vermont students will hit the road this summer with documentary film equipment in hand, as participants in "Conversations from the Open Road," a creative new summer program founded by Vermont educator Mary Simons, in partnership with the Vermont Folklife Center.
Each group will travel to a region of the United States to explore what Simons calls the "stories behind the issue" most pertinent to that region. The program is designed for students age 16 to 19.
ADDISON COUNTY — Farmers in the Champlain Valley are forming a coalition to address water pollution in the Lake Champlain Basin. After a year of planning, the Champlain Valley Farmer Coalition incorporated earlier this year as a nonprofit organization.
BRISTOL — When the water systems in most towns are experiencing a leak, identifying the problem area can be a simple matter of watching for where the excess water bubbles up to the surface.
But in Bristol, which sits atop a plateau of gravel and has a water system that dates back to 1905, things are rarely that simple.
BRISTOL — Holiday weekends often seem to come and go too quickly, but those in the Bristol area can look forward to two celebratory weekends in a row.
This year, the fifth annual "Pocock Rocks!" music festival and street fair will be held on Saturday, June 1, the weekend after Memorial Day, on Main Street in Bristol.
"Attendance has grown each year," said Carol Wells, executive director of the Bristol Downtown Community Partnership, which sponsors the event. "We try to tweak it a bit each year to improve even more."
LINCOLN — Lincoln's selectboard has officially expanded from three members to five. Bill Finger and Paul Forlenza were elected to the board in a special election last Tuesday, May 14, joining incumbents Barb Rainville, Elwin Isham and Oakley Smith.
Forlenza garnered 169 votes and Finger received 189. The two bested opponents Joe Martell and Jim Adams, who received 30 and 22 votes, respectively.
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