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Improved Newport Festival Delivers the Goods, If Not The Folk
Ready. REVIEW IT! It was left for Steve Earle to distill the musical essence of Newport, R.I., last weekend. Never mind that, for over 49 years, the Newport Folk Festival welcomed everyone from Janis Joplin to the Pixies. Of course, Newport changed when Bob Dylan plugged in. That said, it was a powerful weekend of music. The Minnesota Bard's spirit was evoked by Jakob Dylan, who joked that his guitar was "acoustic, but plugs in" during an energetic harbor stage set. Both headliners got into the Dylan-channeling act. The Black Crowes' played a medley of "Girl From the North Country" and "He Was A Friend of Mine" as a prelude to their typically noisy set. She & Him, the team of actress Zooey Deschanel ("Elf," "Live Free Or Die") and multi-instrumentalist M. Ward, mixes Lulu/Dusty Springfield Brit-pop with Indie-rock sensibilities for a thoroughly original sound. The two shared keyboard duties on the rollicking "This Is Not A Test" after a stellar co-vocal on Ward's "Magic Trick" ...
Originally from: http://www.messagefortheweek.com/Entertainment/Story/080806-mw-nptfolk2008-08-07T07-13-19
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Concrete Technology Restores Historic Bridges
As our nation's bridges come under increasing scrutiny, New Jersey agencies are taking action. At issue was bridge safety for two deteriorating spans in high traffic areas. The challenge was to maintain the historic character of the two bridges while updating them to current safety standards. The first bridge is a NJ Department of Transportation span on Route 202 over Mine Brook in Bernardsville Borough. It was a concrete arch bridge in a rural, but highly trafficked, area. Initially, we were considering staged construction for replacement of the bridge," said Michael Troncone, P.E., Transportation Department director, French & Parrello. "But that would have had tremendous environmental repercussions. It would have required temporary widening and the cutting down of numerous trees, wetlands impacts and filling within a flood plain. In order to minimize these closures, French & Parrello turned to precast concrete. The bridge was designed using precast inverted T-sections. Small cast-...
Originally from: http://www.acppubs.com/article/CA6575966.html?industryid=48561
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Taxi issues probed in Oak Bluffs
The public hearing will be conducted by the town's traffic and parking committee, which is chaired by police chief Erik Blake. The public policy objective is to do just the opposite," said Mr. DiOrio. "We want to make it easier for people to call a cab. Ryan Fisher, owner of Atlantic Cab, said he doubles fares between 2 am and 6 am, to cover the cost of keeping drivers on duty at those hours, and the extra costs and time involved in dealing with difficult passengers. If I could shut down at 11 pm, I would," said Mr. Fisher. "Driving drunks is not fun. The slurs you get, the vomiting in the cab, the breaking of windows. Sometimes you get two parties of five, and they get in a fight. That happens all the time. You've got to deal with these people, and they're wasted. Oak Bluffs taxi regulations require that at least one cab company be operating at every hour of the day, but the regulations leave it to the cab companies to arrange 24-hour coverage, according to Sgt. Mr. Fisher (owner...
Originally from: http://www.mvtimes.com/2008/07/17/news/oak-bluffs-taxi-issues.php
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