Level of Service Creates Success
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The Internet is a fantastic arena in which to conduct business. It allows us to spread our marketing of properties and ourselves to a larger prospect base. The creation of a web site allows us an inexpensive entry into the world of 24-hour marketing. It is a tool all Agents should add to their toolbox. The more tools we have, that we know how to use properly, the more skilled craftsmen we are.
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Does the mystery live on?
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Find out more about the kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby in an event at the library
Forensic Document Examiner Ana Kyle will discuss facets of the Lindbergh case 6 p.m. Sept. 30 at New Haven Public Library, 133 Elm St.
IT all started on March 1, 1932, when the toddler son of aviator Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh was abducted from his home in East Amwell, N.J. More than two months later, his boy’s body was discovered a short distance from the Lindbergh home. A medical examination determined that the toddler died from a “massive fracture of the skull.”
After an investigation that lasted more than two years, Bruno Richard Hauptmann was charged with the crime. The trial lasted more than a year, and on Feb. 13, 1935, Hauptmann was found guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced to die. Though he proclaimed his innocence, he was executed by electric chair at the New Jersey State Prison on April 3, 1936.
Newspaper writer H.L. Mencken called the kidnapping and subsequent trial “the biggest story since the Resurrection.”
The crime spurred Congress to pass the Federal Kidnapping Act, commonly called the “Lindbergh Law,” that made transporting a kidnapping victim across state lines a federal crime.
Ana Kyle is a court-certified document examiner with 36 years of experience in the field of questioned documents and psychological profiling through handwriting. She is the author of “The Dead Poets Plus One: the Lindbergh Kidnap Case” (2004), and “Two Men and One Pair of Shoes : The Trial of Richard Hauptmann” (2007).
The information contained here was provided by the New Haven Public Library, only very lightly edited by Elm City Express
Bruce’s Ride to benefit St. Raphael cancer center
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The Saint Raphael Foundation has will hold a new benefit for the Father Michael J. McGivney Center for Cancer Care, a bicycling event in Branford called “Bruce’s Ride” on Oct. 4 at Owenego Beach and Tennis Club in Branford.
The ride features 10-, 25- and 55-mile courses for cyclists of all ages and abilities, organizers said.
Dr. Steven Angelo, M.D., director of Saint Raphael’s Hospitalist Program, is chairman of the event, which is named for his father-in-law, Bruce Pantani, a beloved Branford native and building contractor who died of lung cancer in 2008, organizers said.
“The recent death of my father-in-law really opened my eyes to the tremendous needs of cancer patients and their families,” Angelo said in a statement. “As an avid cyclist, my dream of organizing a premier Shoreline bicycling event seemed like the perfect way to remember Bruce, raise cancer awareness and support Saint Raphael’s cancer patients.”
Bruce’s Ride is sponsored by B. Pantani and Sons Builders and Branford Building Supplies and proceeds will benefit the Father Michael J. McGivney Center for Cancer Care. Supporters include Paul and Co., Drescher Insurance, W. S. Clancy Memorial Funeral Home and Ritch, Greenberg and Hassan, P.C. Additional support is needed and sponsorship categories are available from $100 to $5,000.
The family-friendly event begins at 6:45 a.m., with registration for the 55-mile ride, followed by staggered start times for the 10- and 25-mile rides. A picnic-style lunch follows at noon and features family entertainment and waterfront dining. Registration to participate as a cyclist is $50 for adults and $25 for children ages 13 to 18. There is no charge for children younger than 12, but they must be accompanied by an adult. All cyclists will receive a commemorative T-shirt, complimentary refreshments, road assistance throughout the course and a continental breakfast and lunch, organizers said.
For more information or to register for Bruce’s Ride, call the Saint Raphael Foundation at (203) 789-3316 or visit http://www.active.com/ and search for “Bruce’s Ride.”
In the photo: Bruce’s Ride planning committee members include, l to r, Laura, Dennis, Johanne, Bruce and Renee Pantani (seated) and Dr. Robert Nardino, Bill Albinger, and Dr. Steven and Donna Angelo.
Disaster prep information fair at Yale-New Haven Hospital Thursday
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NEW HAVEN — As September is National Preparedness Month, and to encourage the public to prepare for a disaster or emergencies, the Yale New Haven Health System office of emergency preparedness will hold an informational fair from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. today, Sept. 10, in the atrium of Yale-New Haven Hospital, 20 York St.
OEP staff will answer questions, show visitors how to prepare a kit for use in the event of a disaster and have information available to help individuals and families better prepare for an emergency.
The information fair is free and open to the public. For more information, those interested should call Eugenie Schwartz, BSN, Medical Reserve Corps Program Coordinator, OEP, 688-3224 or e-mail center@ynhh.org.
Come watch The Princess Bride!
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Results from Rebecca’s Busy Weekend
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Rebecca completed her long weekend with flying colors. Rebecca’s girls from State High got the
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Shitting your pants ain’t cool…
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Let me make something perfectly clear here ladies…
SHITTING YOUR PANTS ISN’T COOL.
I mean, if you’re a guy, it’s kind of funny.
“Dude, I was so wasted last night! I totally crapped my levi’s!”
“Sick dude!”
But, if you’re a girl… that shit is just unacceptable. Just COMPLETELY unacceptable, in every way.
“Girl, I fucking pooped my pants last night. I was so wasted”
“That is fucking gross. You’re a whore.”
For some reason, at my college, there was always girls shitting in their pants, every weekend. I swear to god. One of our friends shit her pants after drinking the whole night sophomore year. I was not there for the incident (thank god) but I was told by several sources that it was fucking disgusting, shit running down her leg, crying, smelt bad, etc.
Below is a video of such an incident. This is not my video, but I am very glad I found it. The shitshow takes place in New Haven, in a pizzeria on York st., hence the title “Yorkside poop.” I do not know this girl personally, but it’s safe to say an innocent night at Toad’s went HORRIBLY wrong. I DO however know the poor guy who sat in her feces. I’m pretty sure we had English together junior year. Poor mate.
GIRLS THAT SHIT = NOT COOL.
Learn the history of our nation’s inventors on The Historical Trail of Inventiveness in Connecticut
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The Trail of Inventiveness
Many people seem to forget that Connecticut is a proud member of New En
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Firehouse 12 To Present The Steve Lehman Trio October 9th
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Photo by Dominik Huber
On Friday, October 9th, New Haven’s Firehouse 12 will present innovative saxophonist/composer Steve Lehman’s only area performance this year as part its fifth annual Fall Jazz Series. Lehman, who grew up in Hartford before earning two degrees at Wesleyan University during studies with Anthony Braxton and Jackie McLean, will be performing selections from his latest release, Travail, Transformation, and Flow (Pi Recordings). Originally composed for his octet, the music, which daringly integrates elements of spectral harmony into jazz, has been meticulously arranged for this acoustic trio featuring bassist Chris Tordini and drummer Damion Reid.
“With Travail, Transformation, and Flow,” writes the Washington City Paper’s Michael J. West, “alto saxophonist Steve Lehman makes a rare offering to the jazz world: a thoroughly alternative principle of improvisation. Lehman’s deeply compelling harmonies and textures sound noticeably different from anything before it, but the music doesn’t have the threat-to-everything-we-know-and-love trappings of prior upheavals. The mysterious and open-ended tensions on Travail are a powerful lure into an advanced and challenging set of music that firmly establishes Lehman as a major force in jazz’s avant-garde without taking the music too far out for comfort.”
Critics have called him “an inspired talent” (John Fordham, The Guardian) and “one of the rising stars in modern creative jazz” (Michael G. Nastos, AllMusic.com), noting that “Steve Lehman is thinking about jazz in a new way” (Will Layman, PopMatters.com) by opening “his own corridor of exploration” (Nate Chinen, New York Times). L.A. Weekly’s Chris Barton adds, “Lehman’s heady excursions remain unique and engaging to the listener whatever your knowledge of musical theory.” In addition to leading his own bands, Lehman is a member of such prominent creative music ensembles as the Anthony Braxton 12+1tet and Fieldwork. He is also an instructor and departmental fellow at Columbia University, where he is a doctoral candidate in music composition. Learn more at http://www.stevelehman.com
2009 Fall Jazz Series Schedule:
09/18 :: Brandon Ross & Blazing Beauty
09/25 :: Matt Wilson Quartet
10/02 :: Mauger: Rudresh Mahanthappa/Mark Dresser/Gerry Hemingway
10/09 :: Steve Lehman Trio
10/16 :: Gretchen Parlato Band
10/23 :: Whirrr! The Music of Jimmy Giuffre
10/30 :: Taylor Eigsti Trio
11/06 :: ODE: Larry Ochs/Trevor Dunn/Lisle Ellis/Michael Sarin
11/13 :: The Peter Evans Quartet
11/20 :: Darius Jones Trio
12/04 :: Mary Halvorson Quintet
12/11 :: Amy Cervini Quartet
12/18 :: Daniel Levin Trio
Tickets and more information available at: http://firehouse12.com/performance_space_calendar.asp
Top Hoodlum
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J. Edger Hoover
Salvatore “Midge Renault” Annunziato
Chapter Three in a five-part series on the heyday of New Haven’s mob: J. Edgar Hoover puts Salvatore “Midge Renault” Annunziato in his sights. He goes to jail … sort of. Midge suffers a family tragedy. He goes to federal prison, but not before flexing his power once again. Midge meets his nemesis, a New Haven cop named Stephen Ahern.
(See previous installment here.)
1957-1963
On Nov. 14, 1957, a state trooper in Apalachin, a small town near Binghamton, N.Y., noticed a steady stream of limousines driving into a country estate. He decided to investigate. The arrival of the police sent dozens of sharply dressed men fleeing into the woods.