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views and news from a connecticut grrrl (who voted AGAINST blue back TWICE). grating on nutmeg and everyone's nervesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09336609450397937789noreply@blogger.comBlogger1946125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19974566.post-45335288512003822652012-01-02T08:47:00.002-05:002012-01-02T08:47:33.037-05:00yet ANOTHER bit of in the hood coolness<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><b><i><span style="color: #351c75;">great for us and even greater for officer manson</span></i></b><br />
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<a href="http://courant.com/community/hartford/hc-hartford-cop-show-0102-20120102,0,4001075.story"></a><br />
<h1 style="background-color: white; color: #004276; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="http://courant.com/community/hartford/hc-hartford-cop-show-0102-20120102,0,4001075.story">Crime Drama Set In Hartford Coming To TV In 2012</a></h1><div><br />
</div><div><span class="byline bordered" style="background-color: white; color: #292727; display: block; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">BY HILDA MUÑOZ, <a href="mailto:hmunoz@courant.com" style="color: #004276; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none;">hmunoz@courant.com</a></span><span class="titleline" style="background-color: white; color: #292727; display: block; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">The Hartford Courant</span><span class="titleline" style="background-color: white; color: #292727; display: block; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><br />
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<div class="storyDateline" style="color: #292727; display: inline; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 5px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="titleline" style="background-color: white; display: block; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">HARTFORD ——</span></div><span class="titleline" style="background-color: white; display: block; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="color: #292727;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"></span></span><div style="font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #741b47;">A fictional television series about gangs and cops in Hartford is scheduled to air in the fall of 2012, according to the show's creator, Hartford Police Officer Mark Manson.</span></b></div><div style="font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #741b47;">Manson said the show, "The Second District," landed a syndication deal that will bring the series to majors cities across the country, including Los Angeles, Miami, Dallas and, of course, Hartford............</span></b></div><div style="color: #292727; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #292727; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://theday.com/article/20101204/ENT09/312049946"></a></div><h1 style="color: #336699; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://theday.com/article/20101204/ENT09/312049946">A Hartford 'Wire?'</a></h1><div style="color: #292727;"><br />
</div><div><div style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0.85em; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: 5px;">By <strong><a href="http://www.theday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/personalia?ID=k.warchut" style="color: #336699; text-decoration: none;">Katie Warchut</a></strong></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0.85em; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: 5px;">Publication: The Day</div><div style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0.85em; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: 5px;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0.85em; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: 5px;"></div><div class="largeBlueLeadText" style="color: #006699; font-size: 0.9em; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;">A cop and a criminal collaborate on a new television series</div><div class="fullStory" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;"><div style="color: black; font-size: 0.85em; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: 5px;"></div><div style="font-size: 0.85em; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: 5px;"><b><span style="color: #741b47;">It's not hard to imagine how Mark Manson, a Hartford police officer, and Felix Soto, a known criminal in the city, felt about each other upon their first meeting.</span></b></div><div style="font-size: 0.85em; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: 5px;"><b><span style="color: #741b47;">"I think (he's) like, the scum of the scum," Manson remembers thinking, "and he thinks I'm a jerk 'cause I'm a cop. I never would have thought in my wildest dreams I would associate with him."</span></b></div><div style="font-size: 0.85em; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: 5px;"><b><span style="color: #741b47;">But their mutual passion for entertainment, along with a well-connected Groton attorney, Donald L. Williams, led to a project called "The Second District," a television series they are negotiating to get on the air.............</span></b></div></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #292727; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Nfe6r6K1jX8/TwGeEdujLwI/AAAAAAAAMEk/aDZHPcCdB6w/s1600/bilde+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="154" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Nfe6r6K1jX8/TwGeEdujLwI/AAAAAAAAMEk/aDZHPcCdB6w/s320/bilde+%25282%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0.85em; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: 5px;"><br />
</div><div style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0.85em; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: 5px;">pic: <span style="font-size: 14px;">A scene from the trailer of the pilot episode of "The Second District," which creators Groton attorney Donald L. Williams and Hartford police officer Mark Manson are hoping to sell as a television show.</span></div></div></span></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09336609450397937789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19974566.post-3059368435574970612012-01-02T08:47:00.000-05:002012-01-02T08:47:04.264-05:00my brain (on math)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Fd0rxNyJApw/TwG1FSz2knI/AAAAAAAAMEw/88_wxZVs0RA/s1600/fym.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Fd0rxNyJApw/TwG1FSz2knI/AAAAAAAAMEw/88_wxZVs0RA/s320/fym.gif" width="228" /></a><a href="http://fuckyeahmath.tumblr.com/">via</a></div><br />
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09336609450397937789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19974566.post-90429441198766695722012-01-02T07:09:00.000-05:002012-01-02T07:09:04.097-05:00yet ANOTHER bit of in the hood coolness<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><b><i><span style="color: #351c75;">great for us and even greater for officer manson</span></i></b><br />
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<a href="http://courant.com/community/hartford/hc-hartford-cop-show-0102-20120102,0,4001075.story"></a><br />
<h1 style="background-color: white; color: #004276; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="http://courant.com/community/hartford/hc-hartford-cop-show-0102-20120102,0,4001075.story">Crime Drama Set In Hartford Coming To TV In 2012</a></h1><div><br />
</div><div><span class="byline bordered" style="background-color: white; color: #292727; display: block; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">BY HILDA MUÑOZ, <a href="mailto:hmunoz@courant.com" style="color: #004276; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none;">hmunoz@courant.com</a></span><span class="titleline" style="background-color: white; color: #292727; display: block; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">The Hartford Courant</span><span class="titleline" style="background-color: white; color: #292727; display: block; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><br />
</span><span class="titleline" style="background-color: white; display: block; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><div class="storyDateline" style="color: #292727; display: inline; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 5px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">HARTFORD ——</div><span style="color: #292727;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"></span></span><div style="font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #741b47;">A fictional television series about gangs and cops in Hartford is scheduled to air in the fall of 2012, according to the show's creator, Hartford Police Officer Mark Manson.</span></b></div><div style="font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #741b47;">Manson said the show, "The Second District," landed a syndication deal that will bring the series to majors cities across the country, including Los Angeles, Miami, Dallas and, of course, Hartford............</span></b></div><div style="color: #292727; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #292727; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://theday.com/article/20101204/ENT09/312049946"></a></div><h1 style="color: #336699; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://theday.com/article/20101204/ENT09/312049946">A Hartford 'Wire?'</a></h1><div style="color: #292727;"><br />
</div><div><div style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0.85em; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: 5px;">By <strong><a href="http://www.theday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/personalia?ID=k.warchut" style="color: #336699; text-decoration: none;">Katie Warchut</a></strong></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0.85em; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: 5px;">Publication: The Day</div><div style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0.85em; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: 5px;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0.85em; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: 5px;"></div><div class="largeBlueLeadText" style="color: #006699; font-size: 0.9em; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;">A cop and a criminal collaborate on a new television series</div><div class="fullStory" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;"><div style="color: black; font-size: 0.85em; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: 5px;"></div><div style="font-size: 0.85em; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: 5px;"><b><span style="color: #741b47;">It's not hard to imagine how Mark Manson, a Hartford police officer, and Felix Soto, a known criminal in the city, felt about each other upon their first meeting.</span></b></div><div style="font-size: 0.85em; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: 5px;"><b><span style="color: #741b47;">"I think (he's) like, the scum of the scum," Manson remembers thinking, "and he thinks I'm a jerk 'cause I'm a cop. I never would have thought in my wildest dreams I would associate with him."</span></b></div><div style="font-size: 0.85em; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: 5px;"><b><span style="color: #741b47;">But their mutual passion for entertainment, along with a well-connected Groton attorney, Donald L. Williams, led to a project called "The Second District," a television series they are negotiating to get on the air.............</span></b></div></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #292727; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Nfe6r6K1jX8/TwGeEdujLwI/AAAAAAAAMEk/aDZHPcCdB6w/s1600/bilde+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="154" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Nfe6r6K1jX8/TwGeEdujLwI/AAAAAAAAMEk/aDZHPcCdB6w/s320/bilde+%25282%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0.85em; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: 5px;"><br />
</div><div style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0.85em; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: 5px;">pic: <span style="font-size: 14px;">A scene from the trailer of the pilot episode of "The Second District," which creators Groton attorney Donald L. Williams and Hartford police officer Mark Manson are hoping to sell as a television show.</span></div></div></span></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09336609450397937789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19974566.post-63958584911883742802012-01-02T06:59:00.001-05:002012-01-02T07:00:46.662-05:00Women's Roller Derby Making A Comeback<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://www.courant.com/news/breaking/hc-roller-derby-1229-20111229,0,7513514.story">Women's Roller Derby Making A Comeback</a><br />
<div>i had NO idea we had this coolness in the hood<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">pic: <span style="background-color: white; color: #292727; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Hartford Area Roller Derby skates through a drill in practice at Ron-A-Roll in Vernon Monday night. Photo by Brad Horrigan | Hartford Courant. </span><span class="credit" style="background-color: white; color: #292727; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">(<span class="photographer">Brad Horrigan, Hartford Courant</span> / <span class="dateMonth">December </span><span class="dateDay">27</span><span class="dateYear">, 2011</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #292727; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">)</span></span></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09336609450397937789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19974566.post-57042193451555974852011-09-07T07:24:00.000-04:002011-09-07T07:24:29.534-04:00i'm just wondering..............<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">if her name was juanita gomez or alia hamid or something like that................WOULD she have gotten the very same slap on the wrist?<br />
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you and i both know the answer<br />
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<a href="http://wtnh.com/dpp/news/crime/socialite-hardly-punished-for-thefts"></a><br />
<a href="http://wtnh.com/dpp/news/crime/socialite-hardly-punished-for-thefts"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #454545; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"></span></a><h1 class="fontStyle51" style="color: #333333; font-size: 22px; font: normal normal bold 22px/normal Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://wtnh.com/dpp/news/crime/socialite-hardly-punished-for-thefts">Socialite hardly punished for thefts</a></h1><div><br />
</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #454545; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">Greenwich, Conn. (WTNH) - A New York socialite accused of stealing two scarves in Greenwich worth about $12,000 got a slap on the wrist from a Connecticut judge.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #454545; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-s6W198a6r_E/TmdT9WsDVjI/AAAAAAAAMAk/r_tXgxZzsDI/s1600/screen-shot-2011-06-16-at-25912-pm.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-s6W198a6r_E/TmdT9WsDVjI/AAAAAAAAMAk/r_tXgxZzsDI/s320/screen-shot-2011-06-16-at-25912-pm.png" width="264" /></a>o don't know who took the pic but this is where i got <a href="http://itsveryexpensive.org/2011/06/five-fingered.html">it</a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #454545; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;"><br />
</span></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09336609450397937789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19974566.post-60280518661853162022011-09-07T07:14:00.000-04:002011-09-07T07:14:46.319-04:00my pop's house was broken into and robbed yesterday<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">no one was home (thank the goddess) but still, it's disquieting</span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">here's a brochure from the west hartford police on <a href="http://west-hartford.com/veterans/towndepartments/PoliceDept/Brochures/Robbery.pdf">how to survive a robbery</a>. this is of course if you are CONFRONTED by a robber (we were not)</span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">speaking of the west hartford police, they did an OUTSTANDING job. a shout out to the officers and detective who came over. </span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">my pops called ME first when he came home and saw the door busted. then he called the police. i was minutes away so i arrived almost at the same time they did. my dad and i both entered the house and were in the front hallway. we were strongly reminded we should have stayed OUTSIDE until AFTER the police went in. that was for our safety. we didn't know if the robber/robbers were still inside. that's a point i want to pass on. if you notice anything amiss at your home, call the police and wait OUTSIDE until they arrive.</span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">all in all, no one was hurt. the door was busted and is being replaced. some items were taken, but like i said, no one was hurt. </span></i></b></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09336609450397937789noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19974566.post-66709042499659717442011-09-06T08:16:00.000-04:002011-09-06T08:16:36.963-04:00pretty cool find in montville!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://wtnh.com/dpp/news/new_london_cty/montville-officials-find-historic-documents"></a><br />
<a href="http://wtnh.com/dpp/news/new_london_cty/montville-officials-find-historic-documents"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #454545; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"></span></a><h1 class="fontStyle51" style="color: #333333; font-size: 22px; font: normal normal bold 22px/normal Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://wtnh.com/dpp/news/new_london_cty/montville-officials-find-historic-documents">Montville officials find historic documents</a></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-z66Cc33PqpM/TmYPHL4eYkI/AAAAAAAAMAE/qVaQ4wbcSpc/s1600/Montville_20081016060630_320_240.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-z66Cc33PqpM/TmYPHL4eYkI/AAAAAAAAMAE/qVaQ4wbcSpc/s1600/Montville_20081016060630_320_240.JPG" /></a></div><div><br />
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<a href="http://courant.com/community/west-hartford/hc-west-hartford-street-robbery-0905-20110904,0,368632.story"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"></span></a><h1 style="color: #004276; font-size: 24px; font-weight: 700; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="http://courant.com/community/west-hartford/hc-west-hartford-street-robbery-0905-20110904,0,368632.story">West Hartford Police Investigating a Street Robbery on Farmington Avenue</a></h1><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #292727; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span class="byline bordered" style="display: block;">By DANIELA ALTIMARI, <a href="mailto:altimari@courant.com" style="color: #004276; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none;">altimari@courant.com</a></span><span class="titleline" style="display: block;">The Hartford Courant</span><span class="titleline" style="display: block;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;">WEST HARTFORD – Police are investigating a street robbery near 772 <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.courant.com/topic/us/connecticut/hartford-county/farmington-%28hartford-connecticut%29-PLGEO100100202110000.topic" id="PLGEO100100202110000" style="text-decoration: none;" title="Farmington (Hartford, Connecticut)">Farmington</a> Avenue late Saturday.</span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;">A woman told police she was walking home from her waitressing job at a <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.courant.com/topic/us/connecticut/hartford-county/west-hartford-PLGEO100100202260000.topic" id="PLGEO100100202260000" style="text-decoration: none;" title="West Hartford">West Hartford</a> Center restaurant 11:20 p.m. when a man approached her and asked if she needed help carrying her bag.</span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;">When she said no, he grabbed her from behind and tried to seize her pocketbook, slapping her in the face during the ensuing scuffle, police said.........</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #292727;">....</span></div></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09336609450397937789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19974566.post-92137439297218492822011-09-03T07:28:00.000-04:002011-09-03T07:28:04.722-04:00i want to go!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
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<a href="http://courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-marteka-poquetanuck-cove-0826-20110825,0,1971684.column"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><h1 style="color: #004276; font-size: 24px; font-weight: 700; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative;">Poquetanuck Cove: Spooky And Beautiful</h1></span></a><h2 style="color: black; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-marteka-poquetanuck-cove-0826-20110825,0,1971684.column">Preserve Is 234 Acres On Banks Of Thames River In Ledyard</a></h2><div><br />
</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span class="byline bordered" style="color: #292727; display: block;">Peter Marteka</span><span class="titleline" style="color: #292727; display: block;">Nature's Path & Way To Go</span><span class="titleline" style="display: block;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"><br />
</span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">At first, the description of The Nature Conservancy's Poquetanuck Cove Preserve in Ledyard seems to go a bit overboard. "Go back in time to when Native Americans camped along these shores to harvest oysters, and bald eagles soared overhead."</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">After a slight chuckle and roll of my eyes, I got out of the car and started my journey along the 1.5-mile trail that travels through the 234-acre preserve on the banks of the <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.courant.com/topic/travel/thames-river-HPL23.topic" id="HPL23" style="text-decoration: none;" title="Thames River">Thames River</a>. After passing through a second-growth forest crisscrossed by stone walls with a half-dozen wolf trees seemingly standing guard next to them, the path entered a ravine filled with huge hemlocks. The bright, sparkling day had suddenly been turned into a spooky twilight................</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">from the dep</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://lisrc.uconn.edu/coastalaccess/site.asp?siteid=113"> poquetanuck cove water access</a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zISIg_QBsvs/TmIPLVAbwuI/AAAAAAAAL_Y/OmKB-ZaaCeI/s1600/PrestonPoquetanuckCoveWaterAccess3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="260" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zISIg_QBsvs/TmIPLVAbwuI/AAAAAAAAL_Y/OmKB-ZaaCeI/s400/PrestonPoquetanuckCoveWaterAccess3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">pic from the dep site linked above</div></span></b></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09336609450397937789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19974566.post-21313067359799593262011-09-03T07:23:00.000-04:002011-09-03T07:23:33.159-04:00stupid connecticut crimes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">yes, it's been a while, but it was indeed worth the wait!</span></i></b><br />
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</div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><div class="storyDateline" style="color: #292727; display: inline; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 5px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">SHELTON—</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;">A local man who called police on himself for illegally parking in a handicapped spot, and berated a dispatcher and officers for not enforcing parking laws was arrested early Thursday, and issued a parking ticket.</span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;">Michael Andes, 29, of Howe Avenue, called police at about 2 a.m. and told a dispatcher he parked his car in a handicapped parking spot without a permit because police don't enforce parking laws, police said. Andes called police 15 more times over the next several minutes and yelled at the dispatcher about the lack of enforcement.</span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;">When officers arrived they found a vehicle in a handicapped spot without a permit, and then Andes approached the officers yelling and screaming about the lack of enforcement, police said............</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #292727;">.</span></div><div style="color: #292727; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="330" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ZS_6-IwMPjM" width="400"></iframe></span></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09336609450397937789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19974566.post-9949952539646505592011-08-02T01:12:00.000-04:002011-08-02T01:12:18.960-04:00art after hours at teh wadsworth<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"></span></b></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Art After Hours: Cirque du Wadsworth Block Party<u></u><u></u></span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">WHAT:</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"> <u></u><u></u></span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art partners with Cirque du Soleil and the XL Center to create a spectacular fantasy evening at August’s Art After Hours.<u></u><u></u></span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">WHEN:</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"> <u></u><u></u></span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Thursday, August 4, 2011<u></u><u></u></span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">5 – 9 pm<u></u><u></u></span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">$10; Free for Members<u></u><u></u></span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">WHERE:<u></u><u></u></span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"><u></u><u></u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Travelers</span></span><u></u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"> <u></u>Plaza<u></u></span></span><u></u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"><u></u><u></u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Wadsworth</span></span><u></u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"> <u></u>Atheneum<u></u> <u></u>Museum<u></u></span></span><u></u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"> of Art, <u></u><u></u>600 Main Street<u></u>, <u></u>Hartford<u></u>, <u></u>CT<u></u> <u></u>06103<u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u></span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">BACKGROUND:<u></u><u></u></span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Experience what it’s like to run away with the circus! Immerse yourself amongst street performers as they awe and amuse the crowd. Become part of the show by getting your face painted “Cirque-style” by Amazing Face Art. As you wander through the various spectacles, be sure to keep a look out for Anne Cubberly’s costumes as they parade around the street. Stop by the bar and indulge in some refreshments, then rock out underneath the big top with the sounds of XY Eli Band as they fuse blues, funk and rap. Don’t forget to catch the film <i><span style="font-style: italic;">Desert Flower</span></i> at 8 pm in the theater.<u></u><u></u></span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Art After Hours takes place the first Thursday of every month. First Thursdays at the Wadsworth Atheneum offer a wide variety of programming - art, live music, cocktails, gallery talks, and films.<u></u><u></u></span></span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TzZIQqeXcG0/TjeHAe2SSqI/AAAAAAAAL6U/5_PnB3hJFfU/s1600/wadsworth.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="210" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TzZIQqeXcG0/TjeHAe2SSqI/AAAAAAAAL6U/5_PnB3hJFfU/s320/wadsworth.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">MORE INFORMATION:<u></u><u></u></span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.wadsworthatheneum.org/" target="_blank">www.wadsworthatheneum.org</a><u></u><u></u></span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">CONTACT: </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"> <u></u><u></u></span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Sarah A. Ferri<u></u><u></u></span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Communications Assistant<u></u><u></u></span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"><u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="mailto:sarah.ferri@wadsworthatheneum.org" target="_blank">sarah.ferri@wadsworthatheneum.<wbr></wbr>org</a></span></span></u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="tel:860.838.4081" target="_blank" value="+18608384081">860.838.4081</a></span></span></span></b></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09336609450397937789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19974566.post-58918940397635800662011-07-29T01:10:00.000-04:002011-07-29T01:10:23.915-04:00any family or friends vietnam war casualties?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://courant.com/community/new-britain/hc-new-britain-veterans-0729-20110728,0,1301356.story"></a><br />
<a href="http://courant.com/community/new-britain/hc-new-britain-veterans-0729-20110728,0,1301356.story"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"></span></a><h1 style="color: #004276; font-size: 24px; font-weight: 700; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="http://courant.com/community/new-britain/hc-new-britain-veterans-0729-20110728,0,1301356.story">Photos Sought Of Vietnam Casualties</a></h1><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #292727; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><i style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://bio.tribune.com/DonStacom" style="color: #004276; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none;">Don Stacom</a></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #292727; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The state veterans affairs department wants to hear from relatives of soldiers, sailors and Marines killed in<a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.courant.com/topic/intl/vietnam-PLGEO00000162.topic" id="PLGEO00000162" style="color: #004276; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none;" title="Vietnam">Vietnam</a> to ensure the deceased veterans are properly honored at a new memorial in <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.courant.com/topic/us/washington-dc-PLGEO100101200000000.topic" id="PLGEO100101200000000" style="color: #004276; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none;" title="Washington, DC">Washington, D.C.</a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">U.S. Rep. <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.courant.com/topic/politics/john-larson-hpp2945.topic" id="hpp2945" style="color: #004276; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none;" title="John Larson">John Larson</a>, D-1<sup style="vertical-align: text-top;">s</sup><sup style="vertical-align: text-top;">t</sup> District, and state Veterans' Affairs Commissioner Linda Schwartz will start Connecticut's "Call for Photos" initiative on Friday at 10 a.m. at Central Connecticut University's Founders Hall..........</div></span></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09336609450397937789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19974566.post-66357327006177309842011-07-28T01:53:00.000-04:002011-07-28T01:53:46.840-04:00i got the following email from the wadsworth atheneum<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></span><br />
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.5pt; font-weight: bold;"><i>and wanted to share it. by the way, if you've never been, you're missing out. GO GO and GO. it's a fine museum. </i></span></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.5pt; font-weight: bold;"><br />
</span></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.5pt;">Community Engagement Initiative at the <u></u><u></u>Wadsworth<u></u><u></u> Atheneum</span></span><i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></i></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"><u></u><i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">Wadsworth</span></span></i><u></u><i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;"> Atheneum Seeks Ongoing Feedback from Greater <u></u><u></u>Hartford<u></u><u></u> Community on Its Community Engagement Initiative<u></u><u></u></span></span></i></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"><u></u><u></u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">HARTFORD</span></span><u></u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">, <u></u>Conn.<u></u></span></span><u></u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">, July 27, 2011 </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">– After the first year of new programming and events launched by the Wadsworth Atheneum’s Community Engagement Initiative, the Museum will hold <i><span style="font-style: italic;">ChatBacks Part II,</span></i> and invites the public to participate. During these sessions participants will be updated on the initiative’s progress. Following the update, researchers will seek additional feedback from participants.</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Please review the Community Engagement Initiative 2010 Annual Report, which will be on our website shortly, at <a href="http://wadsworthatheneum.org/" target="_blank">wadsworthatheneum.org</a>.<u></u><u></u></span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><b>In order to better serve the community, the Museum invited visitors to a series of ChatBacks, or town-hall style discussion groups in 2008 and 2009. These ChatBacks provided invaluable feedback from the local community about the <u></u><u></u>Wadsworth<u></u><u></u>. For example, information was collected on how well the institution was doing to reach and involve people in the Greater Hartford area, what perceptions of the Museum existed by various constituencies, and how to better engage diverse populations. As a result, the Community Engagement Initiative is the overriding focus of the <u></u><u></u>Wadsworth<u></u><u></u> and the development of responsive programming is an ongoing process. <u></u><u></u></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><b>To accommodate various schedules and constituents, we are holding three <i><span style="font-style: italic;">ChatBack Part II</span></i> sessions at the Museum:<u></u><u></u></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-indent: 0.5in;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">1)</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"> Thursday, August 4, 4 - 5:30 pm<u></u><u></u></span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><b>Participants will receive free admission to First Thursday (members will receive an extra bonus). The August 4 First Thursday is a Cirque du Wadsworth block party from 5 – 9 pm.<u></u><u></u></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.75in; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><b>Please note: <u></u><u></u>Atheneum Square North<u></u><u></u> will be closed on this date for our block party so please use the<u></u><u></u>Main Street<u></u><u></u> entrance or the entrance in the back of the Museum at <u></u><u></u>Prospect Street<u></u><u></u>.<u></u><u></u></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-indent: 0.5in;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">2) Saturday, August 13, 11 am - 12:30 pm<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><b>Join us before or after the session at Second Saturdays for Families from 10 am – 1 pm with fun-filled, hands-on art activities related to the theme of Water!<u></u><u></u></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">3) Saturday, September 10, 11 am - 12:30 pm<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><b>Participants are invited to partake in the Museum’s Community Day with free admission and art activities all day from 10 am - 5 pm! <u></u><u></u></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><b>Interested participants can RSVP by email, <a href="mailto:chatback@wadsworthatheneum.org" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: none;">chatback@wadsworthatheneum.org</span></a> or by phone <a href="tel:%28860%29%20838-4058" target="_blank" value="+18608384058">(860) 838-4058</a>.<u></u><u></u></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><b>Funding from the Hartford Foundation for Public <u></u>Giving<u></u> has provided essential support for this initiative. As a result, the <u></u><u></u>Wadsworth<u></u><u></u> has made great strides in addressing the above issues for our primary target audiences by connecting art and people through establishing an ongoing dialogue with our community. In the words of Wadsworth Atheneum Director Susan L. Talbott, “The whole face of the Museum looks different. The grant from the Hartford Foundation really made that possible.”<u></u><u></u></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><b>In the past year, the <u></u>Wadsworth<u></u> has implemented programming in conjunction with more than 60 community partners, such as the Hartford Public Library, the <u></u>American<u></u> <u></u>School<u></u> for the Deaf, <u></u><u></u>Charter<u></u> <u></u>Oak<u></u> <u></u>Cultural<u></u> <u></u>Center<u></u><u></u> and Mi Casa. A new Artist-in-Residency Program has engaged community members in a meaningful way. Museum on the Move has brought the Museum to <u></u>Hartford<u></u> <u></u>Public School<u></u> classrooms as part of <u></u><u></u>Hartford<u></u> <u></u>Public School<u></u><u></u>’s Hartford Performs initiative. A multi-lingual, cross-cultural marketing strategy was launched and programming was expanded to include free multicultural-themed performances and hands-on art activities. Bilingual promotional materials have also been produced and distributed. To enhance the experience for each visitor to the Museum, a new informational map that improves orientation was developed. In addition, the Connections Gallery was created as a new interpretive space to create relevancy by presenting innovative art installations. Lastly, free and discounted admission has been provided to various partner non-profit organizations in order to make the Museum more affordable and accessible to members of the community.<u></u><u></u></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><b>The Community Engagement Initiative will be the overriding focus of the <u></u><u></u>Wadsworth<u></u><u></u> in the years ahead and program development will be an ongoing process of implementation and evaluation. The Museum invites the community to participate in <i><span style="font-style: italic;">ChatBacks Part II</span></i> in order to update them on its CEI progress and to welcomeadditional feedback to further its mission towards greater engagement with the diverse local and regional populations of Greater Hartford.<u></u><u></u></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Contact:<u></u><u></u></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Luiselle Rivera</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Community Programs Coordinator</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"><u></u><u></u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Wadsworth</span></span><u></u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"> <u></u>Atheneum<u></u> <u></u>Museum<u></u></span></span><u></u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"> of Art</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"><u></u><u></u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">600 Main Street</span></span><u></u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">, <u></u>Hartford<u></u>, <u></u>CT<u></u> <u></u>06103<u></u></span></span><u></u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="tel:860-838-4058" target="_blank" value="+18608384058">860-838-4058</a></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="mailto:Luiselle.Rivera@wadsworthatheneum.org" target="_blank" title="blocked::mailto:Luiselle.Rivera@wadsworthatheneum.org
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<a href="http://nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/New-Info-This-Afternoon-on-Mountain-Lion-Greenwich-126195988.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"></span></a><h1 class="title" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-size: 36px; font-weight: bold; font: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.05em; line-height: 40px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/New-Info-This-Afternoon-on-Mountain-Lion-Greenwich-126195988.html"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 36px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Lion Traveled 1,800 Miles to Connecticut</span></a></h1><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><h5 class="author" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 7px; margin-top: 6px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">By <a href="http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/results/?keywords=%22LeAnne+Gendreau%22&author=y&sort=date" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0074bc; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: capitalize; vertical-align: baseline;">LeAnne Gendreau</a> and <a href="http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/results/?keywords=%22Debra+Bogstie%22&author=y&sort=date" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #0074bc; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline !important; text-transform: capitalize; vertical-align: baseline;">Debra Bogstie</a></h5><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"><br />
</span></b></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"><div id="paragraph1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 15px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;">The mountain lion killed on Route 15 in Milford last month traveled about 1,800 miles to get here.</span></b></div><div id="paragraph2" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 15px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;">It came from Black Hills of South Dakota and traveled through Minnesota and Wisconsin before eventually ending up in southern Connecticut. This is the longest journey recorded for a land mammal and nearly double the distance ever recorded for a mountain lion, according to state Department of Energy & Environmental Protection.</span></b></div><div id="paragraph3" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 15px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;">The animal's nickname, the St. Croix Cougar -- a mountain lion and a cougar are the same thing -- a state wildlife official said. Its journey <a class=" external" href="http://dnr.wi.gov/org/land/er/mammals/cougar/sightings.htm" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 15px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">was tracked on a Web site</a>.............</span></b></div><div id="paragraph3" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
</div><div id="paragraph3" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://courant.com/news/breaking/hc-mountain-lion-dna-20110726,0,3798831.story"></a></div></span><a href="http://courant.com/news/breaking/hc-mountain-lion-dna-20110726,0,3798831.story"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><h1 style="color: #004276; font-size: 24px; font-weight: 700; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative;">DEEP: Mountain Lion Killed In Milford Was From South Dakota</h1></span></a><h2 style="color: black; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://courant.com/news/breaking/hc-mountain-lion-dna-20110726,0,3798831.story">Said Animal Traveled 1,500 Miles</a></h2><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #292727; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span class="byline bordered" style="display: block;">By KIM VELSEY, <a href="mailto:kvelsey@courant.com" style="color: #004276; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none;">kvelsey@courant.com</a></span><span class="titleline" style="display: block;">The Hartford Courant</span><span class="titleline" style="display: block;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The mountain lion killed by a car in <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.courant.com/topic/us/connecticut/new-haven-county/milford-%28new-haven-connecticut%29-PLGEO100100205130000.topic" id="PLGEO100100205130000" style="text-decoration: none;" title="Milford (New Haven, Connecticut)">Milford</a> in June probably traveled 1,500 miles from its birthplace in the <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.courant.com/topic/economy-business-finance/black-hills-corporation-ORCRP001975.topic" id="ORCRP001975" style="text-decoration: none;" title="Black Hills Corporation">Black Hills</a> of <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.courant.com/topic/us/south-dakota-PLGEO100104400000000.topic" id="PLGEO100104400000000" style="text-decoration: none;" title="South Dakota">South Dakota</a> before dying on the Wilbur Cross Parkway in Connecticut, the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">This mountain lion's trip was the longest one documented for a mountain lion and quite possibly the longest undertaken by a mammal in North America, said DEEP wildlife biologist Paul Rego.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">"It was an incredible journey that ended in a tragic death on our highway here," said Daniel C. Esty, commissioner of the DEEP............</div></span></b></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09336609450397937789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19974566.post-47787466575004407772011-07-21T01:28:00.000-04:002011-07-21T01:28:35.819-04:00bunch o' steamin' piles o' hipster scenesters<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">number one, i didn't know we USED to be able to have open containers in west hartford<br />
number two, i don't give a flying <s>fuck</s> yoo hoo if we can have an open container in black and blue square or west hartford center or not. i will NEVER GO TO BLACK AND BLUE. i just won't. and as far as the center goes, i can't remember the last time i was there. there are some good restaurants there which i'd go to (and several restaurants which simply cater to posers and the like). as i've said MANY times before and will say again, I HATE WHAT MY TOWN HAS BECOME<br />
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pic: creative commons <a href="http://moblog.net/view/96116/hipster-tire-fire">from moblog</a> NOT wh but it sure as shite COULD be. effin' hipster scenester posers<br />
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</div><a href="http://courant.com/news/weather/ctn-weather-forecast-connecticut-fox-ct,0,4543231.story">Fox CT Weather: Sunny And Hot; Temps In The 90s</a><br />
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we have offices in both des moines and minneapolis. i have been talking to my collegues there. it's NASTY. really NASTY. with the heat index it's well into the 110s. coming here now.........<br />
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and please please please remember to care for your pets in this weather. they suffer as much as we do. </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09336609450397937789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19974566.post-65008917341700791162011-07-12T00:55:00.000-04:002011-07-12T00:55:25.513-04:00this by NO means is funnyyet when you read the courant headline, you cannot help but laugh<br />
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<a href="http://courant.com/community/west-hartford/hc-westfarms-restaurant-assault-0712-20110711,0,2312897.story"></a><br />
<h1 style="color: #004276; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-weight: 700; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="http://courant.com/community/west-hartford/hc-westfarms-restaurant-assault-0712-20110711,0,2312897.story">Lil Wayne Dancers Beat Up Waitress At Westfarms Restaurant, Cops Say</a></h1><h2 style="color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://courant.com/community/west-hartford/hc-westfarms-restaurant-assault-0712-20110711,0,2312897.story">Disagreement With Waitress Over Splitting A Check Escalated</a></h2><div><br />
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09336609450397937789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19974566.post-16140424438236822612011-07-07T02:04:00.000-04:002011-07-07T02:04:39.432-04:00a long long time ago in a galaxy far far far away.........<b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">i got a dog, baby roo! at the magic pet shop. i distinctly remember going in there and buying her (i told my parents someone gave her to me and we couldn't abandon her). it was SO long ago, it was before the current owners were there</span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">to this day, i still do an impression of the man sitting there talking to his bird (who most likely WAS NOT the bird in the photo) and saying GIVE ME A LITTLE KISS JOE JOE</span></i></b><br />
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</span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">i miss you baby roo</span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">(i'd NEVER go to a pet store these days. i'd of course rescue a dog or a cat from a center)</span></i></b><br />
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<a href="http://courant.com/business/hc-magic-pet-store-closing-20110706,0,3783919.story"></a><br />
<h1 style="color: #004276; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-weight: 700; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="http://courant.com/business/hc-magic-pet-store-closing-20110706,0,3783919.story">Magic Pet Shop Closing After 50 Years, Ziggy The Parrot Jobless</a></h1><div> <embed align="middle" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" bgcolor="#ffffff" devicefont="false" flashvars="&titleAvailable=true&playerAvailable=true&searchAvailable=false&shareFlag=N&singleURL=http://courant.vidcms.trb.com/alfresco/service/edge/content/885812f9-0719-4562-9f23-3229cbfac903&propName=courant.com&hostURL=http://www.courant.com&swfPath=http://courant.vid.trb.com/player/&omAccount=tribglobal&omnitureServer=courant.com" height="450" loop="true" menu="true" name="PaperVideoTest" play="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" quality="high" salign="l" scale="showall" src="http://courant.vid.trb.com/player/PaperVideoTest.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="300" wmode="transparent"></embed></div><div><br />
</div><div><span class="byline bordered" style="color: #292727; display: block; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">By JANICE PODSADA, <a href="mailto:jpodsada@courant.com" style="color: #004276; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none;">jpodsada@courant.com</a></span><span class="titleline" style="color: #292727; display: block; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">The Hartford Courant</span><span class="titleline" style="color: #292727; display: block; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><br />
</span><span class="titleline" style="display: block; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Ziggy, a raucous tenor who's been serenading customers at the Magic Pet Shop for 20 years, is about to be out of a job.</div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">The shop's owners Edward and Ellie Kinsella are closing the 50-year-old pet store at the end of the month, which means that Ziggy, a yellow-fronted Amazon parrot, will have to practice his wolf whistles and pop tunes including "Rolling in the Deep" elsewhere.</span></span></b></span><span class="titleline" style="display: block; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"><br />
</span></b></span></span><span class="titleline" style="display: block; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;">"Everything is for sale," said Edward Kinsella, 66, who put up a dozen handmade signs in <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.courant.com/topic/us/connecticut/hartford-county/newington-PLGEO100100202190000.topic" id="PLGEO100100202190000" style="text-decoration: none;" title="Newington">Newington</a> and <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.courant.com/topic/us/connecticut/hartford-county/wethersfield-PLGEO100100202270000.topic" id="PLGEO100100202270000" style="text-decoration: none;" title="Wethersfield">Wethersfield</a> to announce the store's closing.</span></b></span></span><span class="titleline" style="display: block; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"><br />
</span></b></span></span><span class="titleline" style="display: block; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">A combination of the economic downturn and competition from big-box pet stores made the Kinsellas and their daughter Jen Lowy, 30, who works at the shop, decide to close the business.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">"If it had only been one of the two, we could have survived," said Lowy. A year ago, in an effort to diversify, Lowy added fresh flower arrangements to the pet store's offerings. But it wasn't enough...........</div></span></b></span></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09336609450397937789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19974566.post-70764670086370315172011-07-05T05:46:00.000-04:002011-07-05T05:46:16.699-04:00my personal feeling?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">well i think you know it but i'll articulate it any damn way. it's just this: IF you join this church or follow this EX CON (yes, i believe SOME - NOT ALL people can and do change) you deserve EVERYTHING you get (taken away from you)</span></i></b><br />
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<a href="http://courant.com/community/enfield/hc-enfield-bishop-walzer-0705-20"></a><br />
<a href="http://courant.com/community/enfield/hc-enfield-bishop-walzer-0705-20"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"></span></a><h1 style="color: #004276; font-size: 24px; font-weight: 700; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="http://courant.com/community/enfield/hc-enfield-bishop-walzer-0705-20">Conservative Sect's Leader, Who Served 12 Years In Prison For Larceny, Opens Church In Enfield</a></h1><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #292727; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span class="byline bordered" style="display: block;">By KIM VELSEY, <a href="mailto:kvelsey@courant.com" style="color: #004276; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none;">kvelsey@courant.com</a></span><span class="titleline" style="display: block;">The Hartford Courant</span><span class="titleline" style="display: block;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><div class="storyDateline" style="color: #292727; display: inline; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 5px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">ENFIELD ——</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"><b>Archbishop John P. Walzer's <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.courant.com/topic/arts-culture/genres/biography-%28genre%29-GENRE000071.topic" id="GENRE000071" style="text-decoration: none;" title="Biography (genre)">biography</a>, posted on the website of the Catholic Charismatic Church, begins with his consecration in 1990 and ends with his succession to church patriarch in 2009.</b></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Walzer, who operated churches in <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.courant.com/topic/us/connecticut/new-haven-county/branford-PLGEO100100205040000.topic" id="PLGEO100100205040000" style="text-decoration: none;" title="Branford">Branford</a>, <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.courant.com/topic/us/connecticut/new-haven-county/west-haven-PLGEO100100205250000.topic" id="PLGEO100100205250000" style="text-decoration: none;" title="West Haven">West Haven</a> and <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.courant.com/topic/us/connecticut/hartford-county/east-hartford-PLGEO100100202080000.topic" id="PLGEO100100202080000" style="text-decoration: none;" title="East Hartford">East Hartford</a> prior to his conviction, and in <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.courant.com/topic/us/connecticut/new-haven-county/new-haven-%28new-haven-connecticut%29-PLGEO100100205150000.topic" id="PLGEO100100205150000" style="text-decoration: none;" title="New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut)">New Haven</a> afterward, said that the church — which is not affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church — decided to move to the red clapboard house at 195 N. Maple St. because of the "opportunity to buy an ideal property for a missionary district."...........</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The biography omits the 12 years that Walzer — who has just opened a new church in Enfield — served in prison for first-degree larceny. But church officials say that what is in the past is in the past. ...............</div></span></b></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09336609450397937789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19974566.post-85394452483136863602011-06-29T01:20:00.000-04:002011-06-29T01:20:04.832-04:00because i'm SO with it...........<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">i didn't know about this stupid new sales tax until yesterday when a co worker mentioned it.</span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">i don't mind paying taxes, i don't BUT this is getting ridiculous </span></i></b><br />
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good luck!<br />
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<a href="http://courant.com/business/hc-ct-new-tax-law-confusion-20110628,0,1848891.story"></a><br />
<a href="http://courant.com/business/hc-ct-new-tax-law-confusion-20110628,0,1848891.story"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b style="font-weight: 700;"><i style="font-style: italic;"></i></b></span></a><b style="font-weight: 700;"><i style="font-style: italic;"><h1 style="color: #004276; font-size: 24px; font-weight: 700; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="http://courant.com/business/hc-ct-new-tax-law-confusion-20110628,0,1848891.story">As Friday's Sales Tax Changes Loom, Confusion And Scrambling Continue</a></h1></i></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b style="font-weight: 700;"><i style="font-style: italic;"><div class="articlebody " id="story-body" style="color: #292727; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="toolSet" style="display: inline-block; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-right: -50px; width: 345px;"><div class="byline" style="color: #292727; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="byline bordered" style="display: block;">By KORKY VANN and JANICE PODSADA, <a href="mailto:kvann@courant.com" style="color: #004276; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none;">kvann@courant.com</a></span><span class="titleline" style="display: block;">The Hartford Courant</span></div></span></div></i></b></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><i style="font-style: italic;"><div class="articlebody " id="story-body" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div id="story-body-text" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative;"><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Whoever said there was nothing certain but death and taxes didn't have to figure out the new Connecticut sales tax package that takes effect Friday.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Uncertainty and last-minute scrambling over which goods and services will or won't be taxed is widespread as state agencies are still researching some of the finer points, and merchants are still learning the new law.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">"There have been a lot of changes, so there has been some confusion," said Sarah Kaufman, a spokeswoman for the Department of Revenue Services. "We want to be sure that businesses and consumers have the correct information, so we're continuing to update."</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div></div></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><i style="font-style: italic;"><div class="articlebody " id="story-body" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div id="story-body-text" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative;"><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Kaufman said the agency has been contacting businesses, retailers and trade organizations to clarify the new tax rules. But some groups, such as <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.courant.com/topic/health/physical-fitness-exercise/yoga-PHYEX000001.topic" id="PHYEX000001" style="text-decoration: none;" title="Yoga">yoga</a> instructors, are harder to reach than, say, the owners of package stores.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div></div></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><i style="font-style: italic;"><div class="articlebody " id="story-body" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div id="story-body-text" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative;"><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">And speaking of yoga, we know that classes at yoga studios are now taxable — they've long been taxed at fitness centers — but what about training and workshops for instructors?</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Paula Scopino, owner of Sacred River Yoga Studio in Glastonbury, says she received a letter from the Department of Revenue Services, but she said the communiqué left her with unanswered questions..................</div></div></div></i></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b style="font-weight: 700;"><i style="font-style: italic;"><div class="articlebody " id="story-body" style="color: #292727; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div></i></b></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09336609450397937789noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19974566.post-60808323657257233102011-06-23T01:34:00.000-04:002011-06-23T01:34:54.726-04:00i didn't forget solstice<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">i just didn't get a chance to post my rose<br />
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09336609450397937789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19974566.post-90587916669745062492011-06-21T01:03:00.000-04:002011-06-21T01:03:39.996-04:00asses<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://elizabethpark.org/">elizabeth park</a><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;"><i><b>is such a wonderful place. i grew up right next to it. i walked there almost every day. in the winter we skated and skated and skated. that's where i learned how to play ice hockey (on figure skates mind you). the boyz let ME, a rose is a rose, the ONLY grrrl play! hmmmmmm is THAT where i got it from???????</b></i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;"><i><b>hands off of the park you vandals. it's an escape. don't damage it. love it. it's there for YOU just as much as it's there for me</b></i></span><br />
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<a href="http://courant.com/community/hartford/hc-elizabeth-park-tree-0621-20110620,0,3175455.story"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"></span></a><h1 style="color: #004276; font-size: 24px; font-weight: 700; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative;"><a href="http://courant.com/community/hartford/hc-elizabeth-park-tree-0621-20110620,0,3175455.story">Damaged Tree Expected To Survive, But Some Limbs Could Be Trimmed</a></h1><div><br />
</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #292727; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span class="byline bordered" style="display: block;">By VANESSA DE LA TORRE, <a href="mailto:vdelatorre@courant.com" style="color: #004276; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none;">vdelatorre@courant.com</a></span><span class="titleline" style="display: block;">The Hartford Courant</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><div class="storyDateline" style="display: inline; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 5px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #292727;">HARTFORD ——</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"> </span></b></div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;">The vandalized tree at Elizabeth Park is expected to survive, but will be "somewhat disfigured" after a few of its long, sleepy limbs were severely damaged over the weekend, the park's foreman said Monday.<br />
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One thick branch that curves skyward will likely die, Rocco Cianfarani said. It was stripped smooth of its bark sometime during the annual Rose Weekend Festival and carved haphazardly with names, initials, hearts and other signs of juvenile love or boredom.</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;">If the limb starts to brown, Cianfarani said, the park will saw it off. Another branch might also die.</span></b></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;">"It will be standing, it just won't look as nice as it does," Cianfarani said of the red cedar, believed to be at least a century old and original to Elizabeth Park. "It's a shame."<br />
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Police were investigating the vandalism on Monday after the park filed a formal police report in the morning............</span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"><br />
</span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;">pic: </span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #292727; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">Damaged tree limbs at Elizabeth Park in Hartford. <span class="credit">(<span class="photographer">Vanessa de la Torre / Hartford Courant</span> / <span class="dateMonth">June </span><span class="dateDay">19</span><span class="dateYear">, 2011</span></span>)</span></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09336609450397937789noreply@blogger.com0