tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783158733584732706Sat, 18 May 2013 04:09:17 +0000State and NationalWeek in ReviewMarxThings To DoimmigrationTim QuillenVirginia WoottenSolar Power for TomprivacyOcean State Theatre CompanyAFDUBC2011HalloweenWilliam DiLiberoagriculture/farmingOpen SpaceSave The BayTech TestParks and Recreation Commissionduck pluckerHumorSue SosnowskiHomestead Exemptionpublic transitChoiceLyme DiseaseJim MageauMatt McHughComet EleninGordon FoerForrester SaffordChristmasJay PrimianoCOPAR quarrySalt Pond CoalitionCCRIhazardous wasteCensusTC091211Dan SlatteryUNITE HERETina JacksonCharlestown Fire DistrictFloridaGeorge TremblaySteve LaffeyGregg AvedisianJim LangevinunemploymentZoningAregladoWhiskey Tango FoxtrotLabor DaySandypesticidesRI-CANCCAFrank Mahergay marriageNick GrisetoJodi LacroixNinigret PondSLAPPSolar PowerRadical ChristianityRuth PlatnerTom SgourosTC Sep 2012Social SecurityOtherWords.orgWilliam ShatnerDonald TrumpIll Wind RImilitaryTalk Like a Pirate DayKen SwainPaula AndersenFrick and FrackBob CravenQuonsetcharityTC Aug 2012TC May 2012NarragansettsForagingDoreen CostaFrosty DrewWisconsinCharlestownSolidaritySpencer DickinsongunsMitt RomneyHealthCrashOct2011Jack ReedPlanning CommissionRichard SartorTheatre By the SeaNinigretTom DePatieJohn RobitailleMedicareKerry KingCarcierirecyclingBradford DyeJoe DolockVandemoerdeath penaltyCommunity GardenClass WarBusinessRISCecoRI.orgBeachenn.comenergyJoe LarisaTC Jul 2012Sheldon Whitehouse2012 electionsRichard HospWakefieldAmy WeinreichHarry StaleyTea PartyPeepsWesterly Land TrustDeb CarneyFrank GlistaPasquiset PondAngel TavaresChariho SchoolsFrank CaprioCivil rightsRick Perryend of the worldwind powerMarge FrankGov. ChafeeBob WatsonKrantzWatchaug PondMike BretonWoonsocketDennis AlgiereCatherine Cool RumseyLindsay LohannuclearPat AndersonKallie JurgensRed Light Camerasculture warColin FooteRIPTAGrace FarrellTown Charter Changes 2012sportsNIMBYNarragansett - South Kingstown PatchYMCARonald ReaganCharlestown Land TrustreviewApril Fools DayCopardark skiesdogseconomyDonna WalshCharlestown Historical SocietyMelina Lodge2014 electionsTC Apr 2012Affordable HousingTicksTC Jan 2012marijuanaOrd349Parks and RecreationConnie BakerTeresa TanziTom GentzKate WatermanTC Feb 2012Dr. Jen GunterEducationWal-MartIraqBrian Patrick KennedyRod DriverTechnologyOSPRILiz RobertsrestaurantEDCTaxesTC Mar 2012Town CouncilBrandon ClearyLarry ValenciaenvironmentLinda FabreHillary2012 Charlestown electionsNAAFWARMfossil fuelinvasive plantsCharlestown LivingtreesShoppingFoodWeatherCurt SchillingTeamstersMark StankiewiczCandi DunnReligiongreen energyCarolina Fiber and Fiction CenterChambersRon PaulOlympicsBizarro CharlestownCliff VanoverDan GordonmanureTC Oct 2012Lisa DiBelloLighting OrdinanceTC Jun 2012I-RADUDEMRI FutureOMGPDMystic AquariumValentinesRick SantorumBloggingBurlingameRichard NewtonShannockRed SoxTom FerrioDCFDAFSCMEfishingfact-checking CCACharlestown PoliceTC Nov 2012President ObamaGina RaimondoSarah Palina fresh, sharp look at news, life and politics in Charlestown, Rhode Islandhttp://www.progressive-charlestown.com/noreply@blogger.com (Tom Ferrio)Blogger3845125ProgressiveCharlestownhttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783158733584732706.post-707263531516196504Sat, 18 May 2013 04:00:00 +00002013-05-18T00:09:17.896-04:00CharlestownDEMAregladoOpen SpaceZoningTown CouncilIll Wind RINIMBYwind powerCCA<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Will probably ask for a postponement from the Zoning Board to prepare case</b></span><br> <div class="MsoNormal"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qDhVQ-TrV3o/UZaSOs0qFmI/AAAAAAAAaVU/8H3j_nx6U_g/s1600/contract.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qDhVQ-TrV3o/UZaSOs0qFmI/AAAAAAAAaVU/8H3j_nx6U_g/s400/contract.jpg" width="400"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;"><i>&quot;When ya got trouble, get a lawyer. Then ya got more trouble but at least </i></span></b><br> <b><span style="color: red;"><i>ya got a lawyer.&quot;</i> Chico Marx to Groucho in &quot;At the Circus&quot;</span></b></td></tr> </tbody></table> <span style="font-family: inherit;">By Will Collette</span><br> <span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><br> <span style="font-family: inherit;"></span> <br> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Rumors have been roiling around town that anti-Whalerock leader Ron Areglado attended last Monday’s Town Council Executive Session to ask the Council to bail out his group by hiring their attorney. </span><br> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">However, late Thursday, Charlestown hired a different lawyer, <a href="http://www.maklawfirm.com/?portfolio=john-mancini" target="_blank">John O. Mancini of the Michael A. Kelly Law Group</a>, to serve as the Town Council&#39;s Special Counsel in the fight against the proposed Whalerock industrial wind project.<o:p></o:p></span><br> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">When the Town Council emerged from its secret Executive Session last Monday, they announced their decision to <a href="http://www.thewesterlysun.com/news/special-counsel-to-fight-turbines/article_935ec1f4-bc9d-11e2-a297-0019bb2963f4.html" target="_blank">spend $50,000 of town taxpayer funds to hire a Special Counsel</a> plus experts to represent the Town Council against developer Larry LeBlanc&#39;s unpopular Whalerock proposal. </span><br> <br> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2013/05/game-of-turbines.html" target="_blank">LeBlanc goes before the Zoning Board of Review (ZBR) on Tuesday, May 21</a> to request a Special Use Permit that would allow him to proceed with the construction of the wind turbines, presuming he actually has the financing to build the project.<o:p></o:p></span><br> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><br> </div></div><a href="http://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2013/05/scoop-charlestown-hires-new-special.html#more">Click Here to Read More &gt;&gt;</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ProgressiveCharlestown/~4/_FZ3rCdhwN0" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProgressiveCharlestown/~3/_FZ3rCdhwN0/scoop-charlestown-hires-new-special.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Will Collette)0http://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2013/05/scoop-charlestown-hires-new-special.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783158733584732706.post-1859547764435324267Fri, 17 May 2013 23:30:00 +00002013-05-17T19:30:00.949-04:00Humor<span style="font-size: large;"><b>From <a href="http://fakescience.org/" target="_blank">Fake Science</a>, where all of Charlestown gets its information:</b></span><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rrUiehcmOXw/UZRV7_SYj6I/AAAAAAAAaQA/V3LMvdYraDU/s1600/tumblr_inline_mmsvkvHXhs1qz4rgp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rrUiehcmOXw/UZRV7_SYj6I/AAAAAAAAaQA/V3LMvdYraDU/s640/tumblr_inline_mmsvkvHXhs1qz4rgp.jpg" width="492" /></a></div> <br /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ProgressiveCharlestown/~4/dv1zgF_XfCg" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProgressiveCharlestown/~3/dv1zgF_XfCg/test-your-intelligence.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Will Collette)0http://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2013/05/test-your-intelligence.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783158733584732706.post-3580062719122398029Fri, 17 May 2013 20:30:00 +00002013-05-17T17:17:01.513-04:00CharlestownHealthLyme Disease<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> <span style="color: #af0313;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Lyme Disease Vaccine Shows Promise in Clinical Trial</b></span><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">From <a href="http://sciencedaily.com/">ScienceDaily.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br></span></div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-c0qsdlBXVCI/UY0xk4pqUcI/AAAAAAAAaBo/9mSkJcsIZDg/s1600/220px-Erythema_migrans_-_erythematous_rash_in_Lyme_disease_-_PHIL_9875.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-c0qsdlBXVCI/UY0xk4pqUcI/AAAAAAAAaBo/9mSkJcsIZDg/s320/220px-Erythema_migrans_-_erythematous_rash_in_Lyme_disease_-_PHIL_9875.jpg" width="215"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">Telltale rash associated with Lyme Disease</span></b></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: red;"><b>Editor&#39;s note: Lyme disease is all too common in Charlestown given our high tick population. </b></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">The results of a phase 1/2 clinical trial in Europe of an investigational Lyme disease vaccine co-developed by researchers at Stony Brook University, Brookhaven National Laboratory, and at Baxter International Inc., a U.S. based healthcare company, revealed it to be promising and well tolerated, according to a research paper published online in <i>The Lancet Infectious Diseases</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">The vaccine was shown to produce substantial antibodies against all targeted species of Borrelia, the causative agent of Lyme disease in Europe and the United States. Baxter International conducted the clinical trial of the vaccine.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Since the early 1990s, Benjamin Luft, MD, the Edmund D. Pellegrino Professor of Medicine at Stony Brook University School of Medicine, and the late John Dunn, Ph.D., a biologist at Brookhaven National Laboratory, spearheaded the initial development of the original vaccine antigen concept, and together with researchers at Baxter International helped bioengineer the formulation used in the clinical trial. <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></div> <a href="http://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2013/05/promising-research-on-lyme-disease.html#more">Click Here to Read More &gt;&gt;</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ProgressiveCharlestown/~4/X2CGC18X8PY" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProgressiveCharlestown/~3/X2CGC18X8PY/promising-research-on-lyme-disease.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Will Collette)0http://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2013/05/promising-research-on-lyme-disease.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783158733584732706.post-4742277554660763894Fri, 17 May 2013 17:00:00 +00002013-05-17T13:00:01.406-04:00BusinessClass War<div class="MsoNormal"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8YzDY0JkNBw/UXGFxc8kFAI/AAAAAAAAZhM/4XwTSGFfW7Q/s1600/Dort-diggers+Digest.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="85" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8YzDY0JkNBw/UXGFxc8kFAI/AAAAAAAAZhM/4XwTSGFfW7Q/s400/Dort-diggers+Digest.JPG" width="400"></a></div> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Is former financial superstar Dimon in trouble?</b></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">By Phil Mattera in <a href="http://dirtdiggersdigest.org/">Dirt Diggers Digest</a><o:p></o:p></span><br> <br></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qbJYxMaDoaY/UY05kHEYGhI/AAAAAAAAaB0/Lc76yEmzEjI/s1600/Robber+banker.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qbJYxMaDoaY/UY05kHEYGhI/AAAAAAAAaB0/Lc76yEmzEjI/s400/Robber+banker.jpg" width="400"></a></div> <span style="font-family: inherit;">The business news has been full of speculation on whether JPMorgan Chase Jamie Dimon will go on serving as both CEO and chairman of the big bank, in light of a shareholder campaign to strip him of the latter post. The effort to bring Dimon down a notch—and to oust three members of the board—is hardly the work of a “lynch mob,” as Jeffrey Sonnenfeld of Yale <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/09/opinion/the-jamie-dimon-witch-hunt.html"><span style="color: #b85b5a; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">suggested</span></a> in a New York Times op-ed.<o:p></o:p></span><br> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><br> </div><a href="http://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2013/05/jpmorgan-chase-in-sewer.html#more">Click Here to Read More &gt;&gt;</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ProgressiveCharlestown/~4/vT2FvhXIVX0" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProgressiveCharlestown/~3/vT2FvhXIVX0/jpmorgan-chase-in-sewer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Will Collette)0http://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2013/05/jpmorgan-chase-in-sewer.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783158733584732706.post-8083064113218030650Fri, 17 May 2013 14:49:00 +00002013-05-17T10:49:59.360-04:00CharlestownHealthWeather<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HgVGfv9OLXk/UZZDVsW1jVI/AAAAAAAAaUk/sVzZzF9F3z0/s1600/Ah-choo.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="342" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HgVGfv9OLXk/UZZDVsW1jVI/AAAAAAAAaUk/sVzZzF9F3z0/s640/Ah-choo.JPG" width="600" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <b>From <a href="http://pollen.com/">Pollen.com</a></b></div> <br /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ProgressiveCharlestown/~4/eU2VB5rQerM" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProgressiveCharlestown/~3/eU2VB5rQerM/weekend-allergy-forecast_17.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Will Collette)0http://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2013/05/weekend-allergy-forecast_17.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783158733584732706.post-4366957648089273927Fri, 17 May 2013 13:00:00 +00002013-05-17T16:51:02.805-04:00CharlestownSue SosnowskiSolar Powergreen energyecoRI.orgwind power<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9CMHMC0bCNo/UBVrnQ4Z--I/AAAAAAAAImo/aHnRno_Xl3U/s1600/ecoRI+logo+and+tag+-+new.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="62" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9CMHMC0bCNo/UBVrnQ4Z--I/AAAAAAAAImo/aHnRno_Xl3U/s400/ecoRI+logo+and+tag+-+new.jpg" width="400"></a></div> <a href="http://www.ecori.org/government/2013/5/16/bills-look-to-stimulate-renewable-energy.html" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #000c58; font-size: medium; text-decoration: none;"><b>Bills Look to Stimulate Renewable Energy</b></span></a></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oqixInHA7Xk/UZUXrEjfTzI/AAAAAAAAaQQ/ClF8IWqEFIE/s1600/renewable+energy+hearing.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oqixInHA7Xk/UZUXrEjfTzI/AAAAAAAAaQQ/ClF8IWqEFIE/s320/renewable+energy+hearing.JPG" width="286"></a></div> <span style="color: #010101;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">By TIM FAULKNER/<a href="http://ecori.org/">ecoRI.org</a> News staff<o:p></o:p></span></span><br> <span style="color: #010101;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> <span style="color: #010101;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">PROVIDENCE — Two bills aimed at boosting the residential renewable energy business were heard recently in House and Senate meetings.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br> <span style="color: #010101;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> <span style="color: #010101;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">On May 15, the Senate Finance Committee discussed Sen. Joshua Miller’s, D-Cranston, <a href="http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText13/SenateText13/S0127.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #608ccb; text-decoration: none;">bill</span></a> to restore the 25 percent <a href="http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/Statutes/title44/44-57/INDEX.HTM" target="_blank"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #608ccb; text-decoration: none;">state credit</span></a> for small-scale solar, geothermal and wind installations. The credit covers 25 percent for a photovoltaic system costing $15,000 or less, a solar hot water system $7,000 or less, a wind system $15,000 or less and a geothermal system $7,000 or less. Projects exceeding the cost threshold qualify for the credit up to the cap. There also are income restrictions.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br> <span style="color: #010101;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br></span></span> <span style="color: red; font-family: inherit;"><b>NOTE: Under Charlestown&#39;s anti-wind power ordinance, it is nearly impossible for homeowners to meet the criteria, regardless of the size of the wind generator. <a href="http://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2011/11/planning-commission-cca-council.html" target="_blank">Click here</a>.</b></span><br> <span style="color: red; font-family: inherit;"><b><br></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> <span style="color: #010101;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span><br> </div><a href="http://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2013/05/enviro-bills-at-state-house.html#more">Click Here to Read More &gt;&gt;</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ProgressiveCharlestown/~4/oG3rLzJ3liY" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProgressiveCharlestown/~3/oG3rLzJ3liY/enviro-bills-at-state-house.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Will Collette)0http://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2013/05/enviro-bills-at-state-house.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783158733584732706.post-4305889333718330477Fri, 17 May 2013 04:00:00 +00002013-05-17T00:00:11.338-04:00CharlestownPresident Obama<div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>The ones with the “Impeach Obama” signs.</b></span></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5RSF2brERyE/UYKuHEbBqsI/AAAAAAAAZ0E/PukNEzeYKsg/s1600/lyndon+larouche+wikipedia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5RSF2brERyE/UYKuHEbBqsI/AAAAAAAAZ0E/PukNEzeYKsg/s400/lyndon+larouche+wikipedia.jpg" width="400"></a></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">By Will Collette<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">You may have seen them in Charlestown when they were camped out for a couple of days near the Post Office. I saw them a few days ago in Westerly on Route One. There’s usually a pair of them working from a folding card table with a sign that reads “Impeach Obama” and a poster of Obama with a Hitler mustache.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Several people asked me who the hell they are and I didn’t know. Until now. They are part of a new campaign by one of America’s craziest conspiracy buffs, Lyndon LaRouche. <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></div> <a href="http://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2013/05/who-are-those-nuts.html#more">Click Here to Read More &gt;&gt;</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ProgressiveCharlestown/~4/NrmcKn5A8Is" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProgressiveCharlestown/~3/NrmcKn5A8Is/who-are-those-nuts.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Will Collette)0http://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2013/05/who-are-those-nuts.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783158733584732706.post-4150678812919579596Thu, 16 May 2013 23:00:00 +00002013-05-16T23:48:57.551-04:00dark skies<div class="MsoNormal"> <b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Clouds, Birds, Moon, Venus </span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span> <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VpAY2wz-lcs/UBGDYaOPTqI/AAAAAAAAIhE/v7zJnExmqu0/s1600/NASA+logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VpAY2wz-lcs/UBGDYaOPTqI/AAAAAAAAIhE/v7zJnExmqu0/s1600/NASA+logo.jpg"></a></span></div> <span style="font-family: inherit;">From NASA’s <a href="http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/">Astronomy Picture of the Day</a><o:p></o:p></span><br> <br></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Sometimes the sky above can become quite a show. In early September of 2010, for example, the <a href="http://bb.nightskylive.net/asterisk/viewtopic.php?f=29&amp;t=21078">Moon and Venus converged</a>, creating quite a <a href="http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100516.html">sight</a> by itself for <a href="http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap050913.html">sky enthusiasts</a> around the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5DqY_q86xQ">globe</a>.   <o:p></o:p></span><br> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">From some locations, though, the sky was even more picturesque. In the image below taken in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain">Spain</a>, a crescent Moon and the planet Venus, on the far right, were captured during sunset posing against a deep blue sky.</span><br> <span style="font-family: inherit;">  <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">In the foreground, dark <a href="http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080122.html">storm cloud</a>s loom across the image bottom, while a white <a href="http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap040218.html">anvil cloud</a> shape appears above. Black specks dot the frame, caused by a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81wFZavdhPU">flock of birds</a> taking flight. <o:p></o:p></span><br> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Very soon after this picture was taken, however, the birds passed by, the storm ended, and Venus and the Moon set.   <o:p></o:p></span><br> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Bright Venus again <a href="http://www.astronomy.com/News-Observing/Sky%20this%20Month/2013/03/Bright%20planets%20meet%20at%20dusk.aspx">becomes visible</a> just after sunset this 2013 May and will appear near Jupiter toward the end of the month.<o:p></o:p></span><br> <span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><br> </div><a href="http://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2013/05/astronomy-picture-of-day_16.html#more">Click Here to Read More &gt;&gt;</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ProgressiveCharlestown/~4/wNzrtV3YsNg" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProgressiveCharlestown/~3/wNzrtV3YsNg/astronomy-picture-of-day_16.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Will Collette)0http://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2013/05/astronomy-picture-of-day_16.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783158733584732706.post-2846944242497109662Thu, 16 May 2013 20:00:00 +00002013-05-16T16:00:00.791-04:00Narragansett - South Kingstown PatchHealth<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HPKxPCx3ASU/UBVYJeCN7kI/AAAAAAAAIlM/YHL1QIBGL0E/s1600/Narr-SK+Patch.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="25" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HPKxPCx3ASU/UBVYJeCN7kI/AAAAAAAAIlM/YHL1QIBGL0E/s400/Narr-SK+Patch.png" width="400"></a></div> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><b>The cost of colonoscopies, MRIs, CT scans and mammograms can shift a lot from county to county.</b></span></div> <div style="background: white; border-right: solid #DEDEDE 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-right-alt: solid #DEDEDE .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in 4.0pt 0in 0in;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: none; padding: 0in; vertical-align: middle;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Zd2A78wBFtM/UZL-LmVXrfI/AAAAAAAAaNY/V0SdHeFpxDk/s1600/health-costs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Zd2A78wBFtM/UZL-LmVXrfI/AAAAAAAAaNY/V0SdHeFpxDk/s400/health-costs.jpg" width="400"></a></div> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #333333;">By </span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #0044aa; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><a href="http://narragansett.patch.com/users/patrick-luce">Patrick Luce</a> in the <a href="http://narragansett.patch.com/articles/cost-of-medical-procedures-vary-between-south-county-state?ncid=newsltuspatc00000001" target="_blank">Narragansett-South Kingstown Patch</a></span><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #333333; padding: 0in;">  </span></span><br> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #333333; padding: 0in;"><br></span></span></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #333333;">It costs about $1,000 more to get a colonoscopy at </span><a href="http://narragansett.patch.com/listings/south-county-hospital-2"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #0044aa; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">South County Hospital</span></a><span style="color: #333333;"> than it does in Providence, but MRIs, CT scans and mammograms are slightly cheaper in your backyard than at the average hospital in providence and throughout Rhode Island.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #333333;"><br></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #333333;">That&#39;s according to data from </span><a href="http://www.newchoicehealth.com/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #0044aa; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">New Choice Health</span></a><span style="color: #333333;">, a private company that encourages people to become smarter healthcare consumers.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #333333;"><br></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">New Choice estimates colonoscopies cost about $3,500 in Washington County, compared to just $2,500 in Providence County, and $2,700 on average across Rhode Island. But a CT scan is more than $200 cheaper at South County than the state average and an MRI is about $100 cheaper. A mammogram is similar in price across the state.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br> <span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">EDITOR&#39;S NOTE: using the same <a href="http://www.newchoicehealth.com/" target="_blank">database</a>, I checked the prices charged by Westerly Hospital and its soon-to-be new owner Lawrence &amp; Memorial for a couple of the same procedures. Westerly charges an average of $4,300 for a colonoscopy and L&amp;M charges $4,700. Westerly charges $400 for a </span>mammogram and L&amp;M charges $750.<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></b></span><br> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #333333;"><br></span></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #333333;"></span></span><br> </div><a href="http://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2013/05/cost-of-medical-procedures-vary-between.html#more">Click Here to Read More &gt;&gt;</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ProgressiveCharlestown/~4/_osQnCFiZhU" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProgressiveCharlestown/~3/_osQnCFiZhU/cost-of-medical-procedures-vary-between.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Will Collette)0http://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2013/05/cost-of-medical-procedures-vary-between.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783158733584732706.post-6405341189586101578Thu, 16 May 2013 17:00:00 +00002013-05-16T13:00:05.962-04:00Narragansett - South Kingstown PatchOMGPDWoonsocket<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HPKxPCx3ASU/UBVYJeCN7kI/AAAAAAAAIlM/YHL1QIBGL0E/s1600/Narr-SK+Patch.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="25" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HPKxPCx3ASU/UBVYJeCN7kI/AAAAAAAAIlM/YHL1QIBGL0E/s400/Narr-SK+Patch.png" width="400"></a></div> <br> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Adventures on the Road</b></span></span></div> <div style="background: white; border-right: solid #DEDEDE 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-right-alt: solid #DEDEDE .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in 4.0pt 0in 0in;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: none; padding: 0in; vertical-align: middle;"> <span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">By <span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><a href="http://northkingstown.patch.com/users/patrick-luce"><span style="color: #0044aa; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Patrick Luce</span></a>  <a href="http://narragansett.patch.com/">Narragansett-South Kingstown Patch</a></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div> </div> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VjCd4cj4f5Y/UBVX-BhWKOI/AAAAAAAAIlE/oG8wfMYQha0/s1600/OMG+Police.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VjCd4cj4f5Y/UBVX-BhWKOI/AAAAAAAAIlE/oG8wfMYQha0/s1600/OMG+Police.jpg"></a><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br> <b><span style="font-size: large;">Drunken Bumper Cars</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></span><br> <span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br></b></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A Newport woman was arrested around 6 p.m. Wednesday after she allegedly <a href="http://newport.patch.com/articles/women-arrested-after-hit-and-run-alleged-bac-28"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #0044aa; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">hit two cars and fled the scene</span></a>. The woman, 48, was charged with driving under the influence, driving with a suspended license, leaving the scene of an accident of an attended vehicle and for an open container. No injuries were reported.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br> <span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Police said she registered a .278  and .277 on Breathalyzer tests, which is more than three times the legal limit.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br> <span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br></span></span> <span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span><br> </div><a href="http://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2013/05/omgpd_16.html#more">Click Here to Read More &gt;&gt;</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ProgressiveCharlestown/~4/RbVupwONgLU" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProgressiveCharlestown/~3/RbVupwONgLU/omgpd_16.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Will Collette)0http://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2013/05/omgpd_16.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783158733584732706.post-9155153283325605293Thu, 16 May 2013 13:00:00 +00002013-05-16T09:00:08.792-04:00RI FutureGina Raimondo<div class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dRbyv34Tkuk/UBGGm5CUiBI/AAAAAAAAIhk/G1BASd1glXo/s1600/rifuture.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="68" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dRbyv34Tkuk/UBGGm5CUiBI/AAAAAAAAIhk/G1BASd1glXo/s320/rifuture.jpg" width="320"></a></div> <b><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.rifuture.info/raimondo-pushes-pension-cuts-to-bay-area-ceos.html" title="Raimondo pushes pension cuts to Bay Area CEO’s"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #222222; padding: 0in;">Raimondo pushes pension cuts to Bay Area CEO’s</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="color: #777777;">By </span></i><a href="http://www.rifuture.info/author/bob-plain" title="Bob Plain"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #093754; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; padding: 0in;">Bob Plain</span></a><i><span style="color: #777777;"> in <a href="http://www.rifuture.info/raimondo-pushes-pension-cuts-to-bay-area-ceos.html">Rhode Island’s Future</a><o:p></o:p></span></i></span><br> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br></i></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7Qb0PA-6rRc/UW75VBdiW7I/AAAAAAAAZec/SmEc7IScBpA/s1600/wall-street-democrat-300x224.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7Qb0PA-6rRc/UW75VBdiW7I/AAAAAAAAZec/SmEc7IScBpA/s320/wall-street-democrat-300x224.png" width="320"></a></div> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #333333;">The </span><a href="http://news.providencejournal.com/breaking-news/2013/05/raimondo-raised-money-during-recent-trip-to-california.html"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #336699; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; padding: 0in;">Providence Journal reports</span></a><span style="color: #333333;"> that Gina Raimondo was in San Francisco recently selling her pension cutting playbook to a group of San Francisco business leaders.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #333333;"><br></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #333333;">The Bay Area Council, which bills itself </span><a href="http://www.bayareacouncil.org/bay_area_council.php#committee1"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #336699; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; padding: 0in;">on its website</span></a><span style="color: #333333;"> as a “a business-sponsored, public policy advocacy organization for the nine-county Bay Area. The Council proactively advocates for a strong economy, a vital business environment” and on its </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/BayAreaCouncil"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #336699; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; padding: 0in;">YouTube channel</span></a><span style="color: #333333;"> as a “CEO-led public policy and advocacy group working to improve the business climate and promote economic growth in the San Francisco/Silicon Valley Bay Area and California.”<o:p></o:p></span></span><br> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #333333;"><br></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span><br> </div><a href="http://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2013/05/raimondo-takes-her-campaign-against.html#more">Click Here to Read More &gt;&gt;</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ProgressiveCharlestown/~4/8zwZhqyW7Rg" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProgressiveCharlestown/~3/8zwZhqyW7Rg/raimondo-takes-her-campaign-against.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Will Collette)0http://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2013/05/raimondo-takes-her-campaign-against.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783158733584732706.post-5107064023558823462Thu, 16 May 2013 11:51:00 +00002013-05-16T07:51:57.039-04:00Charlestown<b><span style="font-size: large;">We search the <a href="http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/series-of-tubes" target="_blank">Tubes </a>of the <a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/interweb" target="_blank">Interwebs</a> to bring you hot info!</span></b><br> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-143Ti0vSkOo/UZP93-0UHsI/AAAAAAAABMs/CVTiGwD8bCg/s1600/Ocean+Pharmacy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="223" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-143Ti0vSkOo/UZP93-0UHsI/AAAAAAAABMs/CVTiGwD8bCg/s320/Ocean+Pharmacy.jpg" width="320"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Soon to have a new sign? Or something else?</td></tr> </tbody></table> by Tom Ferrio<br> <br> <span style="font-size: large;">I was kickin&#39; back with Facebook yesterday, checking on my <a href="http://www.dailywritingtips.com/what-the-heck-are-peeps/" target="_blank">peeps</a>, when up pops the following: &quot;<i><b>Ocean Pharmacy in Charlestown is turning into CVS in a few weeks</b></i>&quot;. </span><br> <br> <span style="font-size: large;">Whoa!</span><br> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><br></span> Despite the lighthearted introduction, this is not a joke. Read on for more details.<br> <a href="http://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2013/05/whats-happening-at-ocean-pharmacy.html#more">Click Here to Read More &gt;&gt;</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ProgressiveCharlestown/~4/yn16__So0UM" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProgressiveCharlestown/~3/yn16__So0UM/whats-happening-at-ocean-pharmacy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Tom Ferrio)0http://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2013/05/whats-happening-at-ocean-pharmacy.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783158733584732706.post-1480052214191282341Thu, 16 May 2013 04:00:00 +00002013-05-16T11:08:19.608-04:00CharlestownTom Gentz2012 Charlestown electionsClass WarJim Mageau2014 electionsTina JacksonDonna WalshCCA<div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>New York money manager also adds to the CCA Party’s coffers.</b></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZO0r7c65H7k/UZMIPRnOE-I/AAAAAAAAaPE/EaEH-m2ec7c/s1600/Tom+Big+Bucks.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="262" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZO0r7c65H7k/UZMIPRnOE-I/AAAAAAAAaPE/EaEH-m2ec7c/s400/Tom+Big+Bucks.JPG" width="400"></a></div> <span style="font-family: inherit;">By Will Collette<o:p></o:p></span><br> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Even though the next election is more than a year and a half away, the Charlestown Citizens Alliance is already starting its major fund-raising.</span><br> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">In the 2012 </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">election cycle, more than 60% of the CCA Party’s funding came from out-of-state donors who were misleadingly listed on the CCA’s campaign finance reports as Charlestown residents. The CCA Party used the addresses of their &quot;summer cottages&quot; as their home addresses.</span><br> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Most of the balance of the CCA Party budget came from major donations from its well-heeled supporters, most of whom live south of Route One. I documented this in detail in “<a href="http://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2012/11/who-owns-cca.html">Who Owns the CCA?</a>”<o:p></o:p></span><br> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">The new quarterly campaign finance reports have been filed and they show this pattern is continuing.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">The <a href="https://secure.ricampaignfinance.com/RhodeIslandCF/ReportsScanned/6520-RICF2-127521-c345cea4-87e7-42c3-a73f-512d4d4a1995.pdf">CCA Party report, filed on April 13</a>, shows the CCA has a cash balance of $4,439.70. The CCA collected $1,000 from Tom and Mary Lou Gentz. Gentz, a former health insurance executive, is also Town Council president and a steering committee member for the CCA Party. The Gentzs own two residences off West Beach Road assessed at a combined total of $1,249,200.<o:p></o:p></span><br> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><br> </div><a href="http://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2013/05/election-2014-launched-with-big.html#more">Click Here to Read More &gt;&gt;</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ProgressiveCharlestown/~4/f45lJVkhXzI" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProgressiveCharlestown/~3/f45lJVkhXzI/election-2014-launched-with-big.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Will Collette)0http://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2013/05/election-2014-launched-with-big.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783158733584732706.post-5735431020347624326Thu, 16 May 2013 01:00:00 +00002013-05-15T21:00:00.849-04:00TechnologyHumor<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6txgNx4pBdU/UY8Ml63zGGI/AAAAAAAAaKg/d6X9RMen5K0/s1600/repubscientists-500x409.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="484" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6txgNx4pBdU/UY8Ml63zGGI/AAAAAAAAaKg/d6X9RMen5K0/s640/repubscientists-500x409.jpg" width="600" /></a></div> <br /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ProgressiveCharlestown/~4/OcwPW2h3FBY" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProgressiveCharlestown/~3/OcwPW2h3FBY/its-mystery.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Will Collette)0http://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2013/05/its-mystery.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783158733584732706.post-8525587723908077638Wed, 15 May 2013 22:00:00 +00002013-05-15T18:00:06.445-04:00HealthFood<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> <b><span style="color: #af0313;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">Benefits in Healthy Adults Wear Off at Higher Doses, Research Suggests</span></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3LN9wJANpM0/UYSFmBAXjsI/AAAAAAAAZ2A/h2z3hhJkh6I/s1600/vitamin_d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="275" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3LN9wJANpM0/UYSFmBAXjsI/AAAAAAAAZ2A/h2z3hhJkh6I/s400/vitamin_d.jpg" width="400"></a></div> <span style="font-family: inherit;">From <a href="http://sciencedaily.com/">ScienceDaily.com</a><o:p></o:p></span><br> <br></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">In recent years, healthy people have been bombarded by stories in the media and on health websites warning about the dangers of too-low vitamin D levels, and urging high doses of supplements to protect against everything from hypertension to hardening of the arteries to diabetes.<o:p></o:p></span><br> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">But new research from Johns Hopkins finds that blood levels of the so-called &quot;sunshine vitamin&quot; that are higher than the top of the range suggested by the Institute of Medicine confer no additional benefit. This finding, combined with results of a previous study by the same group noting potential harm from higher vitamin D levels in healthy people, has urged investigators to prescribe caution.<o:p></o:p></span><br> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><br> </div><a href="http://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2013/05/vitamin-d-more-may-not-be-better.html#more">Click Here to Read More &gt;&gt;</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ProgressiveCharlestown/~4/XVw4ki-YCZk" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProgressiveCharlestown/~3/XVw4ki-YCZk/vitamin-d-more-may-not-be-better.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Will Collette)0http://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2013/05/vitamin-d-more-may-not-be-better.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783158733584732706.post-3767613779228772178Wed, 15 May 2013 19:30:00 +00002013-05-15T15:30:02.464-04:00CharlestownDEMBeach<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JxDzjm4cjFw/UGHvA_5eKfI/AAAAAAAAMCo/XcThPMwUwTI/s1600/DEM+masthead.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="82" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JxDzjm4cjFw/UGHvA_5eKfI/AAAAAAAAMCo/XcThPMwUwTI/s400/DEM+masthead.jpg" width="400"></a></div> <span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><b>Certification test on May 22</b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-53qJT72vzBI/UZMCRZLb1pI/AAAAAAAAaOA/1Tp1ODkkH7I/s1600/lifeguard+training.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-53qJT72vzBI/UZMCRZLb1pI/AAAAAAAAaOA/1Tp1ODkkH7I/s320/lifeguard+training.jpg" width="214"></a></div> <span style="font-family: inherit;">PROVIDENCE [DEM News Release] - The Department of Environmental Management&#39;s Division of Parks and Recreation will administer conditional Non-Surf and Surf Lifeguard Certification tests on Wednesday, May 22 and Thursday, May 23, and again next month.<br> <br> Lifeguard positions all require certification and special training in first aid, CPR, and lifeguard training. Non-surf tests will be given from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on May 22, June 12 and June 27 at the Prosser Grove Picnic Area at Burlingame State Park in Charlestown. </span><br> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Surf tests will be given from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on May 23 and June 19 at Scarborough State Beach in Narragansett. There is a $10.00 fee for the state certification card, which must be paid prior to the card being issued.<br> <br><br> </span><br> <span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><br> </div><a href="http://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2013/05/wanna-work-at-beach.html#more">Click Here to Read More &gt;&gt;</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ProgressiveCharlestown/~4/KSDIDWtxiuM" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProgressiveCharlestown/~3/KSDIDWtxiuM/wanna-work-at-beach.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Will Collette)0http://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2013/05/wanna-work-at-beach.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783158733584732706.post-7396679222899604367Wed, 15 May 2013 18:00:00 +00002013-05-15T14:00:00.875-04:00CharlestownHealthtrees<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2Rfu8dZ1LUc/UZOw-d6zs5I/AAAAAAAAaPw/rA3btEkXkhA/s1600/Ah-choo.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="342" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2Rfu8dZ1LUc/UZOw-d6zs5I/AAAAAAAAaPw/rA3btEkXkhA/s640/Ah-choo.JPG" width="600" /></a></div> <br /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ProgressiveCharlestown/~4/xFlxwFR-PPA" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProgressiveCharlestown/~3/xFlxwFR-PPA/pollen-count-will-climb.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Will Collette)0http://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2013/05/pollen-count-will-climb.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783158733584732706.post-2975667137488598554Wed, 15 May 2013 15:30:00 +00002013-05-17T00:21:38.808-04:00CharlestownAregladoTaxesChambersDeb CarneyLarry ValenciaIll Wind RIChariho Schoolswind powerCCA<div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Chariho budget defeated again</b></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZhPvAsgSfZ8/UYwcB1If9_I/AAAAAAAAaAs/GGVJv_K0L90/s1600/Areglado+&amp;+chambers.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="220" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZhPvAsgSfZ8/UYwcB1If9_I/AAAAAAAAaAs/GGVJv_K0L90/s400/Areglado+&amp;+chambers.JPG" width="400"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">Ron Areglado &amp; Donna Chambers - </span></b><br> <b><span style="color: red;">STILL no word on where Charlestown&#39;s Chariho School<br>Committee members stand on the proposed budget</span></b></td></tr> </tbody></table> <span style="font-family: inherit;">By Will Collette<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><br> <span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>UPDATE: </b></span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Voters turned down the Chariho School District budget by an overall total of 655 Yes to 1,121 NO.</b></span><br> <b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><br></span></b> <b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #351c75;">Charlestown voted 228 Yes and 48 NO.</span></b><br> <b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><br></span></b> <b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #351c75;">Richmond voted 230 Yes and 545 NO.</span></b><br> <b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><br></span></b> <b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #351c75;">Hopkinton voted 197 Yes, 528 NO.</span></b><br> <b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><br></span></b> <b><span style="color: #351c75;">Chariho can make one more attempt at presenting a budget that the budget nihilists in Richmond and Hopkinton will approve. If that fails, then Chariho will continue to operate on its existing budget. The irony of that is that the budget Chariho presented to the voters yesterday was for &quot;level funding&quot; - that is, the same amount as the current year funding.</span></b><br> <b><span style="color: #351c75;"><br></span></b> <b><span style="color: #351c75;">The no votes in Hopkinton and Richmond were orchestrated by their respective Republican Town Committees who put out a flurry of misinformation. In many respects, their conduct resembles the tactics that House Republicans are using in Congress to trash this country.</span></b><br> <b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: red;"><br></span></b> <br> <div class="MsoNormal"> </div> </div><a href="http://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2013/05/chariho-budget-comes-up-for-second-vote.html#more">Click Here to Read More &gt;&gt;</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ProgressiveCharlestown/~4/Ao7hxfSGEtM" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProgressiveCharlestown/~3/Ao7hxfSGEtM/chariho-budget-comes-up-for-second-vote.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Will Collette)0http://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2013/05/chariho-budget-comes-up-for-second-vote.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783158733584732706.post-5724155428959555874Wed, 15 May 2013 13:00:00 +00002013-05-15T09:00:04.390-04:00RI FutureCivil rights2014 elections<div class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dRbyv34Tkuk/UBGGm5CUiBI/AAAAAAAAIhk/G1BASd1glXo/s1600/rifuture.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="68" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dRbyv34Tkuk/UBGGm5CUiBI/AAAAAAAAIhk/G1BASd1glXo/s320/rifuture.jpg" width="320"></a></div> <b><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.rifuture.info/why-master-lever-abolition-should-fail-for-now.html" title="Why master lever abolition should fail, for now"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #222222; font-size: large; padding: 0in;">Why master lever abolition should fail, for now</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="color: #777777;">By </span></i><a href="http://www.rifuture.info/author/samuel-g-howard" title="Samuel G. Howard"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #093754; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; padding: 0in;">Samuel G. Howard</span></a><i><span style="color: #777777;"> in <a href="http://www.rifuture.info/why-master-lever-abolition-should-fail-for-now.html">Rhode Island’s Future</a><o:p></o:p></span></i></span><br> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br></i></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zGKvUvVj248/UZL_wFRLCVI/AAAAAAAAaNw/XYGovhUk-Xg/s1600/master+lever.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zGKvUvVj248/UZL_wFRLCVI/AAAAAAAAaNw/XYGovhUk-Xg/s320/master+lever.jpg" width="320"></a></div> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #333333;">About a month ago, Common Cause RI Executive Director John Marion wrote a </span><a href="http://www.rifuture.info/whats-really-wrong-with-the-master-lever.html"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #336699; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; padding: 0in;">great piece here on RI Future</span></a><span style="color: #333333;"> explaining exactly why the single party option (aka the “master lever” or SPO) on Rhode Island’s voting ballots is a bad idea, citing </span><a href="http://www.bsos.umd.edu/gvpt/apworkshop/herrnson-hanmer08.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #336699; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; padding: 0in;">a 2006 study</span></a><span style="color: #333333;"> by researchers at the Universities of Maryland and Rochester that demonstrated it produced confusion for voters over the age of 75, less educated voters, and black voters (the study was less confident in the assertion that SPO produces undervotes, where a person didn’t select a candidate for a race). </span></span><br> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #333333;"><br></span></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #333333;">It’s pretty clear that abolishing the single party option would end that confusion at the polls.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #333333;"><br></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So why should the push to end this miserable state of affairs fail? Because it’s not about voter enfranchisement. Well, for Common Cause it is. If we really wanted voter enfranchisement, we’d talk about things like ending elections on a working Tuesday and moving them to the weekend or making Election Day a paid holiday. </span></span><br> <span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br></span></span> <span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span><br> </div><a href="http://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2013/05/broad-reform-of-election-process-needed.html#more">Click Here to Read More &gt;&gt;</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ProgressiveCharlestown/~4/2vOKiA54ZLQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProgressiveCharlestown/~3/2vOKiA54ZLQ/broad-reform-of-election-process-needed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Will Collette)0http://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2013/05/broad-reform-of-election-process-needed.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783158733584732706.post-2484078813123701920Wed, 15 May 2013 04:00:00 +00002013-05-15T11:19:34.634-04:00CharlestownTom GentzZoningIll Wind RINIMBYVandemoerwind powerCCA<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> <b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">The Adults take over</span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Z3M3cxI0EJE/UZL1fQEdkbI/AAAAAAAAaMw/BjWCHim3TOU/s1600/Windmill-high-res-1017x1024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Z3M3cxI0EJE/UZL1fQEdkbI/AAAAAAAAaMw/BjWCHim3TOU/s400/Windmill-high-res-1017x1024.jpg" width="397"></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">By Will Collette<o:p></o:p></span><br> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Between the Charlestown Citizens Alliance’s new series of e-bleats and the CCA Party-controlled Charlestown <a href="http://www.thewesterlysun.com/news/special-counsel-to-fight-turbines/article_935ec1f4-bc9d-11e2-a297-0019bb2963f4.html" target="_blank">Town Council decision to spend $50,000 on a special counsel</a>, it looks like the adults are taking over the Whalerock fight and the health-obsessed hotheads from Ill Wind RI are being given a time out. <o:p></o:p></span><br> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">To be more precise, Ill Wind RI now calls itself the Coalition to Stop Industrial Sized Wind Turbines (CTSISWT, pronounced “sits-wit”). They have emphasized controversial claims that wind turbines will cause people all manner of terrible ailments and have been trying to get Charlestown residents to blitz the town Zoning Board of Review (ZBR) with protest letters and e-mails using those claims.<o:p></o:p></span><br> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">There are several problems with that approach, which I detail <a href="http://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2013/05/can-you-oppose-whalerock-without.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>, that could backfire and saddle Charlestown with a project that hardly anyone, including myself, wants to see.<o:p></o:p></span><br> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Reason: the ZBR is a quasi-judicial body and must make decisions that are fact-based not mob-based, and certainly not based on claims that are at least highly debatable if not dubious.<o:p></o:p></span><br> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">So in a way, I was actually glad to see the CCA weigh in and actually lay out the ZBR process and how Charlestown residents can weigh in with some reasonable hope of success. </span><br> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br></b></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><b></b></span><br> </div><a href="http://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2013/05/game-of-turbines.html#more">Click Here to Read More &gt;&gt;</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ProgressiveCharlestown/~4/6dFKbVpTu2c" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProgressiveCharlestown/~3/6dFKbVpTu2c/game-of-turbines.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Will Collette)0http://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2013/05/game-of-turbines.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783158733584732706.post-4286881089078138159Tue, 14 May 2013 23:00:00 +00002013-05-14T19:00:01.051-04:00dark skies<div class="MsoNormal"> <b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Messier 77 </span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span> <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VpAY2wz-lcs/UBGDYaOPTqI/AAAAAAAAIhE/v7zJnExmqu0/s1600/NASA+logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VpAY2wz-lcs/UBGDYaOPTqI/AAAAAAAAIhE/v7zJnExmqu0/s1600/NASA+logo.jpg"></a></span></div> <span style="font-family: inherit;">From NASA’s <a href="http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/">Astronomy Picture of the Day</a><o:p></o:p></span><br> <br></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Face-on <a href="http://www.seds.org/messier/m/m077.html">spiral galaxy M77</a> lies a mere 47 million light-years away toward the aquatic <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetus">constellation Cetus</a>. At that estimated distance, <a href="http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1305a/">the gorgeous island universe</a> is about 100 thousand light-years across. </span><br> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Also known as NGC 1068, its compact and very bright core is <a href="http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap030711.html">well studied</a> by astronomers exploring the <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/news/10-014.html">mysteries of supermassive black holes</a> in active <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seyfert_galaxy">Seyfert galaxies</a>. </span><br> <br> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/multiwavelength_astronomy/multiwavelength_museum/m77.html">M77 is also seen</a> at x-ray, ultraviolet, infrared, and radio wavelengths. But <a href="http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/heic1305/">this sharp visible light image</a> based on Hubble data follows its winding spiral arms traced by obscuring dust clouds and red-tinted star forming regions close in to the galaxy&#39;s luminous core.<o:p></o:p></span><br> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><br> </div><a href="http://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2013/05/astronomy-picture-of-day_14.html#more">Click Here to Read More &gt;&gt;</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ProgressiveCharlestown/~4/uhUuQsrOYCg" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProgressiveCharlestown/~3/uhUuQsrOYCg/astronomy-picture-of-day_14.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Will Collette)0http://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2013/05/astronomy-picture-of-day_14.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783158733584732706.post-8712550010349196186Tue, 14 May 2013 20:00:00 +00002013-05-14T14:46:25.157-04:00FoodOtherWords.org<div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Even when the kids complain, you&#39;re doing right by them when you cook dinner and eat together.</b></span></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WK1qtQH9qiQ/UYFVQyf2VWI/AAAAAAAAZxg/dIU68S74J_w/s1600/Norman-Rockwell-Thanksgiving.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WK1qtQH9qiQ/UYFVQyf2VWI/AAAAAAAAZxg/dIU68S74J_w/s400/Norman-Rockwell-Thanksgiving.jpg" width="311"></a></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">By <b><span style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><a href="http://otherwords.org/author/jill-richardson/" target="_blank" title="Jill Richardson">Jill Richardson</a></span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> <span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Any kid can easily rattle off a list of their parents’ biggest sins. When I was younger, my gripes included my mom and dad stealing my Halloween candy and not letting me watch R-rated movies. Later on, I was ticked that my parents made me go to school on Senior Ditch Day.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> <span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> <span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">But many of the most important parental successes go unnoticed by children. In fact, what children appreciate most — trips to theme parks or expensive toys, perhaps — hardly even rank on the Parental Bests list. I don’t think I really appreciated that until I was an adult with kids to care for myself.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> <span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> <span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">One of the best things my parents did for our family was something that, as a child, I probably would have dismissed by saying, “That doesn’t count.” Several nights a week, my parents made a home-cooked meal. We ate together as a family every night.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> <span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> <span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></div> <a href="http://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2013/05/a-parenting-priority.html#more">Click Here to Read More &gt;&gt;</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ProgressiveCharlestown/~4/2kOIXc8WJb4" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProgressiveCharlestown/~3/2kOIXc8WJb4/a-parenting-priority.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Will Collette)0http://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2013/05/a-parenting-priority.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783158733584732706.post-8352295035080867304Tue, 14 May 2013 17:00:00 +00002013-05-14T13:00:05.303-04:00CharlestownecoRI.orgrecycling<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9CMHMC0bCNo/UBVrnQ4Z--I/AAAAAAAAImo/aHnRno_Xl3U/s1600/ecoRI+logo+and+tag+-+new.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="62" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9CMHMC0bCNo/UBVrnQ4Z--I/AAAAAAAAImo/aHnRno_Xl3U/s400/ecoRI+logo+and+tag+-+new.jpg" width="400"></a></div> <span style="color: #1f4079;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.ecori.org/renewable-energy/2013/5/9/newport-biodiesel-takes-ri-back-to-the-future.html"><span style="color: #000c58; font-size: x-large; text-decoration: none;"><b>Newport Biodiesel Takes R.I. Back to the Future</b></span></a><span style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rJ67rNtcXTY/UY1SYjz9aKI/AAAAAAAAaCw/ZifG8sCV14U/s1600/Newport+Biodiesel.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="345" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rJ67rNtcXTY/UY1SYjz9aKI/AAAAAAAAaCw/ZifG8sCV14U/s400/Newport+Biodiesel.JPG" width="400"></a></div> <span style="color: #010101;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">By KYLE HENCE/<a href="http://ecori.org/">ecoRI.org</a> News contributor<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #010101;">NEWPORT — Newport Biodiesel takes us back to the future. The very first diesel engines built by Rudolf Diesel in 1893 were designed to burn vegetable oil. </span></span><br> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #010101;"><br></span></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #010101;">Today, through a simple chemical process that uses small amounts of lye and methane, waste oil from deep fryers across eastern Connecticut, Rhode Island and western Massachusetts is transformed into what company chairman Bob Morton called “the best fuel on the planet.”<br> <br><br> </span></span><br> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #010101;"></span></span><br> </div><a href="http://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2013/05/nothing-wasted.html#more">Click Here to Read More &gt;&gt;</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ProgressiveCharlestown/~4/MZQ5jmZVIAY" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProgressiveCharlestown/~3/MZQ5jmZVIAY/nothing-wasted.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Will Collette)0http://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2013/05/nothing-wasted.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783158733584732706.post-5830812779241561785Tue, 14 May 2013 13:00:00 +00002013-05-14T09:00:02.210-04:00BusinessRI Future<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dRbyv34Tkuk/UBGGm5CUiBI/AAAAAAAAIhk/G1BASd1glXo/s1600/rifuture.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="85" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dRbyv34Tkuk/UBGGm5CUiBI/AAAAAAAAIhk/G1BASd1glXo/s400/rifuture.jpg" width="400"></a></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align: baseline;"> <b><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.rifuture.info/why-ri-should-be-more-like-paradox-studios-less-like-38-studios.html" title="RI should be like Paradox Studios, not 38 Studios"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #222222; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">RI should be like Paradox Studios, not 38 Studios</span></span></a><span style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align: baseline;"> <i><span style="color: #777777;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">By <span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><a href="http://www.rifuture.info/author/samuel-g-howard" title="Samuel G. Howard"><span style="color: #093754; font-style: normal;">Samuel G. Howard</span></a></span> in <a href="http://www.rifuture.info/why-ri-should-be-more-like-paradox-studios-less-like-38-studios.html">Rhode Island’s Future</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align: baseline;"> <i><span style="color: #777777;"><br></span></i></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QMcIBuqi_Bg/UY6bAP0rTnI/AAAAAAAAaD4/PiXYjpMxDJA/s1600/paradox-interactive-300x225.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="241" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QMcIBuqi_Bg/UY6bAP0rTnI/AAAAAAAAaD4/PiXYjpMxDJA/s320/paradox-interactive-300x225.jpg" width="320"></a></div> <span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You’ve probably never heard of Fredrik Wester or the studio he’s CEO of, <a href="http://www.paradoxplaza.com/"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #336699; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Paradox Interactive</span></a>. It operates mainly out of Sweden, a country slowly starting to exert more and more influence in pop culture. And, as Wester points out in this 26 minute talk entitled <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dakmZk2zBZ4"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #336699; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Using an Axe to Carve a Niche</span></a>, Paradox Interactive makes games for nerds. </span></span><br> <span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br></span></span> <span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Which is why it’s the leader in the grand strategy game market, and why it’s gone from six employees to around 255 across the world since Wester took over in 2004.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br></span></span> <span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span><br> </div><a href="http://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2013/05/a-different-model-for-success.html#more">Click Here to Read More &gt;&gt;</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ProgressiveCharlestown/~4/wkgSW1kcY6w" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProgressiveCharlestown/~3/wkgSW1kcY6w/a-different-model-for-success.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Will Collette)0http://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2013/05/a-different-model-for-success.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5783158733584732706.post-6872114081897082390Tue, 14 May 2013 04:00:00 +00002013-05-14T06:59:04.732-04:00CoparTom GentzTaxesDan SlatteryChariho SchoolsLisa DiBelloCharlestownMark StankiewiczNinigretJim Mageauwind powerCCADonna WalshVirginia Wootten<div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Council approves budget that will unnecessarily raise taxes</b></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">By Will Collette<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bZiX0LRpvSQ/UZGq3JHg4QI/AAAAAAAAaMI/lv7frbHUh5I/s1600/download.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bZiX0LRpvSQ/UZGq3JHg4QI/AAAAAAAAaMI/lv7frbHUh5I/s400/download.gif" width="400"></a></div> <span style="font-family: inherit;">By Charlestown standards, this meeting was done in a flash. It started half an hour late, as Councilors took more time than allotted for their secret Executive Session. <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">During that session, they conducted their first quarterly review of our new town Administrator Mark Stankiewicz. They also discussed the pending litigation on Sportsman Cove (an on-going saga) and what they referred to as “pending” litigation regarding the Whalerock industrial wind proposal. </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Calling the case “pending” is kind of odd, since <a href="http://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2013/04/what-judge-said-what-it-means.html">Charlestown’s lawsuit was tossed out</a> of court by RI Superior Court Judge Kristin Rodgers because Charlestown lacked the standing to bring suit. <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">They also discussed potential litigation against the <a href="http://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2013/04/has-copar-quarry-become-westerlys.html">notorious Copar quarry</a> in Westerly on the Charlestown town line.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">They did not report on anything they decided to do during that Executive Session when they emerged at 7:30 for the regular meeting which was scheduled to start at 7 PM.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">With virtually no controversy, the Council then whipped through its agenda in an hour and 12 minutes, adjourning at 8:42 PM.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">The most important matter at this Council meeting was approval of a final version of the <a href="http://clerkshq.com/content/Attachments/charlestown-ri/130513_18a.pdf?clientSite=charlestown-ri">town’s budget for Fiscal Year 2014</a> which starts July 1. That budget now goes to Charlestown voters for their final approval (or disapproval) on June 3^rd, including what is, in my opinion, an ill-advised tax hike.<o:p></o:p></span><br> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><br> </div><a href="http://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2013/05/short-council-meeting.html#more">Click Here to Read More &gt;&gt;</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ProgressiveCharlestown/~4/XQ6P8KH0Kfo" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProgressiveCharlestown/~3/XQ6P8KH0Kfo/short-council-meeting.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Will Collette)0http://www.progressive-charlestown.com/2013/05/short-council-meeting.html