A public pension group has refiled proposed ballot measures that would create a mandatory second-tier pension system for new public employees hired by the state, counties, cities and other non-federal government agencies in California. The California Foundation for Fiscal Responsibility put forward a similar measure in 2007, but it didn't have the financial support to gather enough signatures to qualify...
Join the Urban Park Rangers as they team up with the NYC Audubon to learn about the adaptions of wildlife during the winter seasons. For more information, call 718-217-4685 or visit www.nycgovparks.org. ...
Living on the east side of the river, as I do, and living in a town without a bike accessible bridge, as again I do, I make frequent use of Hartford's selection of river crossing. Like yesterday, after crossing early in the day on Middletown's Arrigoni Bridge, Arrigoni Bridge as seen by Peter Waite I rode north, returning to my own shore via the Charter Oak Bridge. It was covered in glass. This often...
We've lived in the D.C. Metro area for about two-and-half years, but until this week we'd never toured the tallest and arguably most noticeable site in that city: the Washington Monument . It is usually the first thing we see as we drive in, and is a little over 555 feet tall. It is also, according to a park ranger, the tallest obelisk structure made solely out of stone (without metal supports) in...
Four readings tonight. At Elliott Bay Book Company, Daniel Arnold discusses his book Early Days in the Range of Light , which is about the early days of mountaineering, back when men used to murder bears with their bare hands just because they felt like it. Needless to say, this will be a manly reading. Barnes & Noble ups the manliness ante (manteliness') with Ben Thompson, the author of Badass:...
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U.S. Park rangers will host a star gazers event and a demonstration in primitive cooking next week at the Russell Cave National Monument near Bridgeport.
Each week Entertainment Weekly reviews a small selection of popular new books. Titles available for the Kindle reviewed in the November 6th issue include: The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America , by Timothy Egan. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. NONFICTION/HISTORY. EW's slant: "Few writers have the Pulitzer Prize-winning Egan's gift for transforming history lessons into the stuff...
Well, at least Mr. Siedhoff came out with an apology; it's more than most folks get when their camps are destroyed .... Digg Yahoo! Del.icio.us Facebook Reddit Drudge Google Fark Stumble It! St. Louis Park Rangers get tough on homeless November 5, 2009 - Clint Smith, 38, was only able to retrieve his umbrella before being stopped by a park ranger as he arrived in Interco Plaza on his bicycle to find...
A live-action/CG film of Jellystone Park's most famous inhabitant is expected to start shooting next month He was reputedly "smarter than the average bear" and it seems that he is more durable too. Yogi, the hirsute cartoon hero who once stole picnic baskets from the campers in "Jellystone Park", is to make his comeback in a tailor-made Hollywood movie. Yogi Bear, which is expected...
Here are the video highlights for the very first season of the Premier League, 1992-93. Included in the video is the great Brian Clough, once-great clubs such as Norwich City, Crystal Palace and Ipswich Town, as well as the intriguing race for the title featuring Manchester United, Aston Villa, Norwich City, Queens Park Rangers and [...]
November 5, 2009 - Clint Smith, 38, was only able to retrieve his umbrella before being stopped by a park ranger as he arrived in Interco Plaza on his bicycle to find sanitation workers clearing the makeshift living quarters of homeless people from the park. The small plaza is at the intersection of Tucker Boulevard and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.
Entertainment Weekly has learned that Anna Faris, Dan Aykroyd, and Justin Timberlake are in talks to star in the hybrid live-action/computer animated feature based on the Hanna-Barbera cartoon Yogi Bear. The big screen 3D movie is being directed by Eric Brevig (Journey to the Center of the Earth), from a screenplay by Brad Copeland (Wild Hogs). What characters will Faris, Aykroyd and Timberlake play?...
Entertainment Weekly has learned that Anna Faris, Dan Aykroyd, and Justin Timberlake are in talks to star in the hybrid live-action/computer animated feature based on the Hanna-Barbera cartoon Yogi Bear. The big screen 3D movie is being directed by Eric Brevig (Journey to the Center of the Earth), from a screenplay by Brad Copeland (Wild Hogs). What characters will Faris, Aykroyd and Timberlake play?...
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A Royal Bengal tiger caught and released back in the forest From ANI Sundarbans (WB), Nov 4: A grown-up adult Royal Bengal tiger of the world famous Sundarbans Tiger Reserve in West Bengal, while on prowl strayed into human habitations recently. Reportedly, the tiger swam across the backwaters of Sunderbans and entered the villages of Sonagaon, Mitrabari and Bijoynagar. Soon the officials of the Forest...
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