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State cuts might force trash fee in E. Greenwich

Providence Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. EAST GREENWICH, R.I. -- Will the looming loss of $330,000 in state revenue force the town to go to a pay-as-you-throw trash collection system? That was one of the options discussed Monday night as Town Manager William Sequino briefed the Town Council on some of the things that might be needed to balance this year's budget if the state budget deficit prompts the General Assembly...

Canoeist killed in Devon caught out by rapid rainfall

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009

• Canoeist who died in Devon after floods was experienced kayak instructor • Search continues for woman who fell into river Usk The canoeist who died in Devon after becoming trapped in a swollen river was an extremely experienced kayak instructor, it has emerged. Two friends desperately tried to keep Chris Wheeler's head above the water when he became pinned against a tree in the river Dart,...

Glove’s Off

Charlton Athletic Online (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009

Yeovil Town 1 Charlton Athletic 1 When you think back at this game, it was an incredible match. Ten-man Charlton fought back from being a man and a goal behind at half-time and won a single point that could oh-so-nearly have been all three; it was a Herculean effort. As predicted, the weather in Somerset was pretty foul; a howling wind that blew straight down the ground and heavy rain for most of the...

Britain faces heaviest storms of the year

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009

• Road and rail chaos in Wales and the south of England • Met Office warns of 80mph winds The heaviest storm of the year was due to strike parts of Britain this weekend, with scores of flood alerts and experts warning that gale-force winds strong enough to uproot trees would arrive tomorrow. The wild weather hit Wales and the south of England tonight, causing road and rail chaos and cancelling...

England win tug of love for Craig Kieswetter

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009

• Kieswetter pledges future to his adoptive country • Wicketkeeper tipped to play Test cricket with England Craig Kieswetter, Somerset's dynamic wicketkeeper batsman, has pledged his future to England following reports that South Africa were keen to reclaim the Johannesburg-born player. Kieswetter, 21, who has a Scottish mother and a British passport, was hastily added to England's Performance...

• Kieswetter commits himself to England - The Guardian
• Kieswetter commits himself to England - The Independent

Democrats admit dirty trick in NJ campaign

This Ain't Hell (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009

Remember the other day that the left was calling a “dirty trick” an ad supporting Mark Hoffman that portrayed Dede Scozzafava as the most “progressive” candidate in a three way race in New York’s 23rd district? Well, that’s child play compared to Democrats in New Jersey. Apparently, the state Democrats robo-called voters in Somerset County [...]

• Dems Busted On Paying For Independent's Robocalls In New Jersey - Wake Up America
• Democrats Caught Cheating, Undermining Democracy, In New Jersey Race - Start Thinking Right

Bl John Bodey

The Inn at the End of the World (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009

Since it is All Souls Day, Blessed John doesn't get much of a mention on this his feast day. He was a married man, a lawyer, and a schoolmaster, one of the few lay martyrs of the English reformation raised to the altars. The good old Catholic Encyclopædia has this lovely story of his life: Born at Wells, Somerset in 1549, he died at Andover, Wiltshire on 2 November, 1583. Blessed John. . . ....

Friday 30 October 2009

Talk about Newsnight (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009

Here's Martha with news of tonight's Newsnight & Newsnight Review: European summits ain't what they used to be. I have fond memories of the Nice Treaty. Not its political significance, you understand, but the magnificent buffet provided by our French hosts. Nowadays the poor journalists and ministers all go to the Justus Lipsius building in Brussels which is, of course, much more efficient but...

Hunting for my police file

Mabinogogiblog (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009

OK, surfing the wave of the Guradian's front page story on police records of non-criminal protesters, I set off to find what data they hold on moi. 0900h begin nosing around on Guardian website, via Mark Thomas , via Fitwatch , via Information Commissioners Office, picking up a letter template on the way (pasted below) until 1100h realise I have to write a snail letter, keeping a copy in case the original...

Endless Boogie, Faust, Pavement, Quasi, The Fall: Pavement Brings The Fall, Quasi to ATP in 2010

prefixmag (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009

The Fall front man Mark E. Smith once called Pavement a “rip-off” of his prolific post-punk band, but he may have changed his tune now that the ‘90s slacker rock quintet is reunited and curating its own festival for All Tomorrow’s Parties . The show, which will take place from May 14-16 next year in Minehead, Somerset, is set to include The Fall, as well as German krautrockers...

Protests outside Noah's Ark

Big Cat News (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009

Protests outside Noah's Ark 20 October 2009 An animal rights group has begun a campaign against Noah's Ark Zoo Farm after an undercover investigator accused the zoo of breeding tigers and camels for a circus. The Western Animal Rights Network will begin a series of pickets outside the Wraxall attraction today (Tues) to mark the start of a campaign aimed at closing it down. The group is a coalition...

Counties: Who's In, Out Or Never To Return?

Dipz Cricket World (Free subscription) | 18/10/2009

There has been a lot of movement in county cricket in recent weeks, after the dust settled on the 2009 season. Amongst transfer talk, what is certain is that the game has said farewell to six former England internationals: Andrew Caddick (Somerset), John Crawley (Hampshire), Mark Butcher (Surrey), Mark Ealham (Notts), Martin Saggers (Kent), Jason Gallian (Essex) and Alex Wharf (Glamorgan). Time catches...

Batting collapse ends Somerset hopes

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 18/10/2009

Somerset 111-7 (20 overs); New South Wales 112-4 (11.5 overs) Somerset's Twenty20 Champions League campaign came to an abrupt end as they suffered a convincing six-wicket defeat at the hands of New South Wales in Hyderabad. A ferocious batting display from Blues opener David Warner, who hit 40 from just 16 balls, helped the Australian state side ease past Somerset's unconvincing 111 for seven, with...

Ayr United 2 Dundee 2, Somerset Park, First Division, 14/October/09

Only One Gizmo, Thank God! (Free subscription) | 18/10/2009

Du ndee threw away 2 points away at Somerset on Wednesday night, as Ayr United came back fron 2-0 down to earn a deserve point. They started well and scored a cracking goal in 13 minutes. Leigh Griffiths held off Martyn Campbell on halfway to collect a long clearance, his slipped ball inside to Sean Higgins took out two defenders and the cross-field ball found Craig Forsyth running through untracked...

Otway And Barrett In Frome,Review

Visions Of Pat (Free subscription) | 18/10/2009

What a great year of music it has been.I have seen Van Morrison,Neil Young,Crosby Stills and Nash,Bruce Springsteen and now the gig to top them all,the legendary John Otway and Wild Willy Barrett at the Cheese And Grain in Frome. We got to the pub just before 7.00 and Sash was already waiting as well as Mark,Angela,Chris, Chrissie,Big Mark and Curly.We met Phil later.I haven't seen such a gang of jolly...

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mr.cinema | 19/07/2009

Plot: Bolt tells the legen a mutt who plays a gallant mutt in a batter TV display and has some hassle recognizing that he doesn't plumb posses superpowers. This becomes something of a bar when he is by chance shipped from Hollywood to New York City. From there he has to creat his cours dwelling with the cooperat of a manky full of year cat and an ample hamster in a docile pellet. Sean Donnellan (Penny's...