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  Gold Coast - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gold Coast is a popular name for various areas and cities around the world which are located along the coast of an ocean or some other significant body of water.
Fairfield County in Connecticut is often referred to as the Gold Coast.
The Orange Coast of Orange County, California is sometimes described as a Gold Coast.
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 Gold Coast (Connecticut) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Gold Coast is a region of the state of Connecticut, United States, roughly contiguous with the boundaries of Fairfield County; it derives its regional nickname from Fairfield County being ranked as one of the wealthiest counties in the United States and being the headquarters to most of the hedge funds in the country.
The Gold Coast is considered to be part of the New York metropolitan area.
The Gold Coast remains a region of marked income extremes, exacerbated by many middle-class residents moving out of the region because of the high cost of living.
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 Connecticut   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Connecticut is a state of the United States, part of the New England region, as well as the southernmost state in New England and one of the wealthiest states in the country.
Connecticut is bordered on the south by Long Island Sound, on the west by New York State, on the north by Massachusetts, and on the east by Rhode Island.
Connecticut The state of Connecticut can be said to be sub-divided into eight general regions which generally correspond with the eight counties of the state, though there are differences in the boundaries.
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 Gold Coast   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The mayor of the Gold Coast is the former Olympic middle distance athlete Ron Clarke.
The Gold Coast is served transport-wise by the recently upgraded Pacific Motorway, the QR CityTrain Gold Coast Line, (connecting to the Brisbane Airport Line) and the Gold Coast International Airport.
The Gold Coast is a region of the U.S. state of Florida that runs along the southeastern coast of the state between Palm Beach and Miami.
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 Connecticut
Connecticut (pronounced /kəˈnɛtɪkət/) is a state of the United States, part of the New England region, as well as the southernmost state in New England and one of the wealthiest states in the country.
Connecticut's rural areas and small towns in the northeast and northwest corners of the state contrast sharply with its industrial cities, located along the coastal highways from the New York border to New Haven, then northwards to Hartford, as well as further up the coast near New London.
As of the 2003, the population of Connecticut was 3,483,372.
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 Connecticut - The real meaning from Timesharetalk wikipedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Connecticut lies in a Humid Subtropical Climate Winters are Humid and Cold average temperatures average 28 degrees in the southeast and 21 degrees in the northwest in January Snowfall averages 25-100" across the state higher in the northwest.
Connecticut has a large Italian-American population, although residents of British, Irish, German, and other ancestries are also present, with old-stock Americans being the largest percentage of the population in the eastern part of the state.
Connecticut is the southernmost state in New England and the wealthiest state in the country per capita as well as the third smallest state in landmass.
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 CTHomeBuyer.com: Connecticut   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Between 1800 and 1860, Connecticut manufacturers applied the system to the manufacture of economically priced high quality firearms, leading to Connecticut's nickname "the arsenal of democracy." Middletown, Connecticut was the major supplier of pistols to the United States government during the War of 1812, with numerous gun manufacturers in the area.
The Connecticut Valley (Wethersfield, East Windsor, and Colchester) was a center of cabinetmaking and furniture construction in the latter half of the 1700s.
As of 2004, the population of Connecticut was 3,503,604.
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 Connecticut Car Accident Lawyers - Auto accident statistics
Connecticut car accident lawyers are knowledgeable about the complexities of state law and can guide victims through the legal system in order to secure financial compensation for pain and suffering.
Connecticut’s contributions to American society do not end with education; in fact, Connecticut was called the “arsenal of democracy” for its role in munitions and firearms manufacturing between 1800 and 1860 during the War of 1812, the Mexican War, and the Civil War.
In a majority of times in Connecticut, a wrongful death action must be filed within two years of the date of death, and in no event can suit be filed more than five years from the date of the accused act or omission.
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 The Middletown Press - Connecticut, Long Island continuing their ancient feuds
Tribes from Connecticut were accused of crossing Long Island Sound to raid the quahog beds of the Long Island tribes.
Long Island leaders criticized Connecticut for being unneighborly when it fought the construction of pipelines across the sound to carry electricity and natural gas to the island.
Connecticut leaders argued that it was Long Island’s responsibility to provide its own energy needs, and it argued that the pipelines would spoil the Connecticut environment.
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 Gold Coast Limousines - limo quick finder in Australia
As one of Australia's leading source of chauffeured limousine service on the Gold Coast and Surfers Paradise we are offering a collection of sedans and stretch limousines to corporate and private clients for airport transfers, tours, school graduations, weddings and for any other purpose.
Sovereign Limousines will meet you upon arrival into the Gold Coast or Brisbane Airports at any time of the day or night, we will then transfer you to the destination of your choice in a secure and comfortable manner.
We are offering a wide range of transport solutions in and around the Gold Coast including airport transfers from Coolangatta and Brisbane Airports, hotel transfers, wedding and school graduation transportation service.
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 Gold Coast Railroad Museum - Ferdinand Magellan
According to a letter to the Gold Coast Museum from then former president Truman (which is on display), the very heavy car "gave nightmares to every railroad engineer who had to pull it on the rear of his train".
At the conclusion of the trip, the President met with representatives of the Gold Coast Railroad Museum and extended his thanks for the use of the car.
The Gold Coast Railroad Museum was severely damaged by the fury of the storm.
www.goldcoast-railroad.org /magellan03.htm   (1353 words)

  
 Western Connecticut Shore Weekend Getaways and Day Trips   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Connecticut was named Quinnehtukqut by the Native Americans for the “great tidal river” that splits it in two before spilling out...
Settled in 1639 by families from New Haven and Wethersfield, this community is Connecticut’s sixth-oldest municipality.
You don’t have to have deep pockets—though it certainly helps—to mine Connecticut’s “Gold Coast,” a roughly 15-mile appendage of the...
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 Best Weekend Trips in Connecticut | Best Connecticut Weekend Trips
Early settlers made good use of the Connecticut River, their outlet to the sea and their means...
The nickname for the northeastern corner of Connecticut is “The Quiet Corner.” Indeed it is quiet.
Connecticut’s maritime roots are most visible in this part of the state, especially in the towns of New London, Groton, Mystic, and Stonington.
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 Labor Market Information - Connecticut Economic Digest March 1998 issue
By December 1997, Connecticut recovered 77 percent of the total jobs lost during the 1989-92 recession, and is experiencing growth comparable to the national employment growth rate.
The Stamford Labor Market Area is often referred to as the "Gold Coast." This nickname came about as a result of the proximity of the Area to the shoreline and also the fact that several wealthy executives who worked in Manhattan made lower Fairfield county their home.
The Connecticut coincident and leading employment indexes support the consensus view that the Connecticut economy should continue to expand, at least through the end of the year.
www.ctdol.state.ct.us /lmi/misc/cedmar98.htm   (2206 words)

  
 Reflections of the Gold Rush
In the history of California and the West Coast, the Gold Rush of 1849 is the beginning of the modern era.
The cove, later filled in to become the financial district of downtown San Francisco, was the principal landing area of the booming city and therefore the center of access by sea to California.
As the transfer and distribution point for incoming cargoes which would later travel up river toward the gold fields in inland craft, San Francisco was the scene of a continuous bustle of cargo lighters, small craft, shoal-draft sailing cargo vessels, and river and bay steamers.
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 Connecticut Magazine - Rating the Suburbs: New Haven County   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
With its excellent schools, ever-higher real estate prices and snooty beach restrictions, it sometimes seems as if Madison is a Gold Coast town that once upon a time got caught up in a big storm and blown 50 or so miles out to the east.
Crime: the Connecticut Department of Public Safety's "Crime in Connecticut Annual Report" for 1998, 1999 and 2000.
Leisure: Connecticut Commission on the Arts; Connecticut State Library's 1999, 2000 and 2001 "Public Library Statistical Report"; the State Register and Manual 2001; "Connecticut Vacation Guide," published by the Department of Economic and Community Development; Connecticut Magazine.
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 Gold Coast Airport Limousines - limo quick finder in Australia
Gold Coast airport limousines - find and book Gold Coast airport limo for any occasion and budget - airport transportation, prom limos and wedding limousine.
Gold Coast airport limos available 24 / 7 statewide.
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 Printer Friendly Version-Amistad: Seeking Freedom in Connecticut - A National Register of Historic Places Travel ...
U.S. District Attorney for Connecticut William S. Holabird announces that the Spanish government has merged the claims of Ruiz and Montes with those of the U.S. Various witnesses testify that the fls are Africans, Mendes, bozales (not native to the country).
Many of the officers of the Hartford County Anti-Slavery Society and of the Connecticut Society were Farmington abolitionists and included Cowles, John Treadwell Norton, Samuel Deming and Austin Williams, all of whom were involved in assisting escaped slaves for many years.
Connecticut Main Street Center is the state's leading resource for cities and towns seeking to comprehensively revitalize their main street districts and is committed to bringing Connecticut's commercial districts back to life, socially and economically.
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 Shays faces tough race over Iraq war - Boston.com
A three-year-old war 6,000 miles from Connecticut's Gold Coast is expected to play the biggest factor in a closely watched congressional race that Democrats say is key in their efforts to regain control of Congress.
GREENWICH, Conn. --A three-year-old war 6,000 miles from Connecticut's Gold Coast is expected to play the biggest factor in a closely watched congressional race that Democrats say is key in their efforts to regain control of Congress.
The war is a sharp contrast between Shays and Farrell, who lost a close race to Shays in her first try for the 4th Congressional seat two years ago.
www.boston.com /news/local/connecticut/articles/2006/03/11/shays_faces_tough_race_over_iraq_war?mode=PF   (785 words)

  
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The Connecticut Film Division of the Commission on Culture and Tourism (CCT) helped identify the location and coordinate the movie's three days of filming in the state, which included a scene of dead bodies floating on the Farmington River in Windsor.
Reports from the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism, which oversees the state film division, show an increase in productions and inquiries so far in 2005 over 2004, and in 2004 over 2003.
As one of the oldest and most densely populated states, Connecticut offers a slew of classic locations from colonial to casino, mill town to mall town, sea town to Gold Coast - all driving distance from Manhattan and Boston.
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 District Profile: Connecticut -- 4th District
The district includes the affluent white-collar communities of Connecticut's "Gold Coast," along Long Island Sound, but it also has Bridgeport, a city plagued by poverty, where one neighborhood was dubbed Mount Trashmore because of its three-story garbage pile.
But as the missiles shielded Bridgeport from external enemies, the city deteriorated from within; population shrank in the 1970s and remained static in the 1980s, standing at 142,000 according to the 1990 census.
The dominant political force in the district are the Republican-minded upper-crust towns along the coast, which are a short drive or train ride from New York City.
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 Gold Coast Hotel Las Vegas Hotelseverywhere
The Gold Coast is a first-class hotel and casino located one mile west of the Las Vegas Strip and opposite the Rio Suites.
The Gold Coast is one of the few hotels in the Strip area that actually offers supervised childcare, but at the Gold Coast the daycare is free.
For those wanting to prowl the Strip, The Gold Coast offers a free, scheduled shuttle to its sister casinos, The Barbary Coast, (located at the center of the Strip), and the Orleans (located to West Tropicana).
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 Law.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In Connecticut's swank Gold Coast towns, like Greenwich and Darien, country club membership can take on momentous significance.
Instead, in the most far-ranging analysis of country club membership by a Connecticut jurist, Tierney last month concluded that membership rights in a stock corporation country club with a nonrefundable initiation fee of $65,000 is not marital property and is impossible to value.
His exhaustive 27-page opinion pivots on a club bylaw that requires the affirmative votes of nine members of the board of directors to approve a new member.
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 College Central Network Services   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Fairfield CT County Recruitment Fair will be held on Saturday April 1st at the new Roger Ludlowe Middle School, in Fairfield, Connecticut.
Graduating students and alumni who might be interested in teaching in a "lighthouse school district", located on the "gold coast" of Connecticut.
Officials from each of the 118 progressive school systems will be available all day to meet with the various candidates and to conduct interviews.
www.collegecentral.com /wcsu/BulletinDetail.CFM?MessageID=20390&UnivCode=WCS   (94 words)

  
 Activity   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
There will be foure teams - a Gold Coast team, a Central Connecticut team, a Litchfield Hills team and an Eastern Connecticut team.
After they have marked the towns on the map, take the map from them and ask them "What is it that makes that part of Connecticut different from the rest?" Write their answers on the back of the map.
Note to the Gold Coast team - this is a generic name and there are other Gold Coasts around the country and the world.
www.geography.ccsu.edu /harmonj/g220/vern_reg_act.htm   (277 words)

  
 01/23/2006 Touching the Sky: Connecticut's Luxury Home Market Business New Haven
Connecticut alone accounted for $1 billion of that total.
Although Coldwell's 2005 luxury home earnings have yet to be released, it is likely they will show healthy gains over 2004 given first quarter 2005 increases of 35 percent for $3 million homes reported in Coldwell Banker's Luxury Index.
Some Connecticut homes that include more acres may be older construction, but they combine the convenience of city-living access with a country atmosphere.
www.conntact.com /article_page.lasso?id=39688   (1257 words)

  
 Labor Market Information - Connecticut Economic Digest
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The Connecticut Economic Digest is published monthly by the Department of Labor, Office of Research and the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development, Public and Government Relations Division.
Its purpose is to regularly provide users with a comprehensive source for the most current, up-to-date data available on the workforce and economy of the state, within perspectives of the region and nation.
www.ctdol.state.ct.us /lmi/misc/ctdigest.htm   (768 words)

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