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Fenway West (Free subscription) | yesterday
I'm sitting at the family home in Bristol, RI after getting caught in a traditional New England summer downpour as I was walking down the beach with my daughter. We just got in about noon after a red eye flight from Oakland to Boston, had a good old fashioned RI Shore Dinner, and took a walk in cloudy skies when the sky just opened up! WoW! Didn't spend any time in Boston, but oh did it feel good to...
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Pharmalot (Free subscription) | yesterday
An Alabama judge has scheduled a trial for October in the state’s drug pricing lawsuit against Bristol-Myers Squibb, which is one of more than 70 drugmakers being sued for allegedly overcharging the state’s Medicaid program, the Associated Press reports. So far, Alabama has won all three cases. Earlier this month, a jury decided Glaxo and Novartis [...]
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Bostonist (Free subscription) | yesterday
A funnel cloud was spotted in Rhode Island and a tornado warning has been issued by the National Weather Service for Bristol County, Plymouth County, and Rhode Island. Stay close to home tonight.
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User Driven Modelling (Free subscription) | yesterday
This Semantic Web event is being organised by Daniel Lewis, details are below - Friday 5th September 2008 Time: 14:00 - 18:00 Bristol Knowledge Unconference - Location: eOffice Bristol, 1st Floor Prudential Buildings, 11-19 Wine Street Bristol, BS1 2PH. A few more bits of information are available at: http://vanirsystems.com/danielsblog/2008/07/22/date-set-for-bristol-knowledge-unconference/ . You...
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The Bristol Blogger (Free subscription) | yesterday
“Bristol MP and health minister Dawn Primarolo has spoken of her determination to target happy hours in an attempt to cut the £2.7 billion cost of drink problems to the NHS,” explains tonight’s Evening Cancer. Fine. But how about if the Bristol South MP and Minister of State for Sanctimonious Bleating starts the ball rolling at [...]
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A Lady In Bristol (Free subscription) | yesterday
I've promised to put some info on here about my local pub so here it is The Man In Space. Bristol Friendly pub in Stockwood Bristol Entertainment every Saturday Skittles and Darts teams Serving food everyday Live Sport Skittle Alley available Thursday nights from 1st September No Alley fees. Food provided on match nights. SKITTLE ALLEY/FUNCTION ROOM FOR HIRE Friday/Saturday Evenings £50 Sunday Daytime...
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Providence Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday
From the National Weather Service: ... A Tornado Warning remains in effect until 445 PM EDT for west central Bristol County in southeast Massachusetts... and extreme northeastern Kent... southeastern Providence and northern Bristol counties in Rhode Island... At 404 PM...
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EDD Blog Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
Thieves seize tape containing personal data during stopover by third-party vendor Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. officials last week confirmed that a nonencrypted backup tape containing the personal data of current and former employees and their dependents was stolen on June 4 from a delivery truck carrying the device. Bristol-Myers spokeswoman Laura Hortas said the New York-based pharmaceutical company...
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Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Journal photographer Kris Craig was out in the storm. A man crosses Mathewson Street, downtown Providence. A vehicle hits a wall of water at West Exchange Street. Leah Kelley of Barrington and Zack Rowden of Bristol wait out traffic trying...
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Red Orbit (Free subscription) | yesterday
By Chris Bristol By CHRIS BRISTOL YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC Firefighters have contained roughly 50 percent of the Cold Springs Fire burning southeast of Mount Adams, officials reported.
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The Music Slut (Free subscription) | yesterday
Catch some shenanigans at: Oct 4 Barrowlands: Glasgow Oct 5 Academy: Manchester Oct 6 Plug: Sheffield Oct 9 Academy: Birmingham Oct 10 Academy: Newcastle Oct 11 Academy: Oxford Oct 13 Guildhall: Southampton Oct 14 53 Degrees: Preston Oct 16 UEA: Norwich Oct 17 Academy: Bristol Oct 18 Rock City: Nottingham Oct 19 Academy: Leeds Visit The Streets on MySpace. Read Mike Skinner's reaction to In Rainbows...
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The Stage (Free subscription) | yesterday
Theatre Royal, Bath: It is somewhat ironic that this sharp Peter Nichols comedy was originally commissioned in 1979 to mark the 200th anniversary of the Theatre Royal in Bristol, for the UK's oldest working theatre has been dark for more than a year now, although there are encouraging noises of a return to life sometime next year. Read the full review
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the blue fish project (Free subscription) | yesterday
So I'm gathering the books I'm going to take on holiday with me. Wesley Owen tells me that the one Christian book I should read this summer is The Shack (at least their Bristol shop is full of copies of it and big 'must read' signs). And Eugene Peterson says it's the new Pilgrems Progress... which is glorious praise if true. And yet Christian fiction usually smells like Contemporary Christian
