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Windham, Bedford edge out wins in semis; to meet in Division II girls lacrosse finals
By IAN CLARK
New Hampshire Union Leader
Bedford's Kennedy Boyle battles Hanover's Evie Keating on a faceoff during the first half of their Division II girls' lacrosse semifinal at Southern New Hampshire University on Saturday. Bedford won, 14-13. 'Mark Bolton/Union Leader
- Windham or Bedford. Either way it will be the first Division II girls' lacrosse state championship for one program.
Top-ranked Windham (15-2) edged a scrappy No. 4 Winnacunnet of Hampton team by an 11-10 score, and Bedford senior Drew Shapiro scored six goals, including the final two of the game, to help the No. 3 Bulldogs (16-3) overcome No. 2 seed Hanover 14-13 in semifinal playoff action at Southern New Hampshire University Saturday.
The Division II state championship game will be held at SNHU Tuesday night at 7. Bedford has never won a lacrosse championship and Windham will seek its first title in DII after winning the past two Division III state championships.
Bedford won the regular season meeting, 16-14 last month.
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Winnacunnet (13-4) came out strong, leading 4-1 early and 7-5 at halftime. But Windham began to turn it up in the second half and a key play turned the tide. With just over 11 minutes remaining, Winnacunnet's Kelly Dolan scored to give the Warriors a would-be 9-7 lead. But the goal was waived off and Dolan was given a yellow card and sent off for two minutes.
During that span, Windham scored three goals to take a 10-8 lead and eventually extended that to 11-9 after the teams traded goals.
"Those goals on the yellow card we're critical. We had a yellow card earlier and we didn't capitalize on it," said Windham head coach Jill Bartlett. "We straightened up our defense (at halftime). They were a little out of sorts at first. I think it was really a mental adjustment for them more so than playing (different). They were a little more determined to want it and play for it."
Winnacunnet got a goal from Meg Dzialo with 22 seconds remaining in the game to cut the lead to 11-10, but Windham won the ensuing faceoff and closed out the win to secure a date in Tuesday's final.
It was a much closer contest Saturday than when the teams met to open the season. Back on April 16 it was all Windham in an 18-8 win. A lot changed since then as the Warriors won seven games to close the regular season and then beat a good Bishop Guertin of Nashua squad in the quarterfinals.
"The girls have progressed so much the last couple weeks. They played together as a team. Going into the tournament we're a much different team than when we played them (to open the season)," said Winnacunnet head coach Michaela Hardy. "It was a great matchup for us and we were excited. It turned a little bit on that yellow card. They scored three goals off that and the momentum changed in Windham's favor. But our team battled to the very end."
Courtney Sweeny and Melissa Cino scored four goals each for Windham and Ali Connors added three tallies. Hope Curtis recorded two assists and goalkeeper Vittoria Cipollone made four saves. Winnacunnet was led by Dolan (four goals, assist), Megan Chase (two goals), Dzialo (two goals), Shauna Morrison (goal, assist) and Alia Strukel (goal).
Keeper Cierra Dumont made seven saves.
Bedford 14, Hanover 13:
The score was the same two weeks ago when the teams met in the regular season, but it was Hanover (16-4) winning that game. Saturday, Bedford turned the tables to fight its way into the state title game.
The game was back and forth for the entire 50 minutes with neither team taking more than a two-goal lead at any time and both squads going on three or four goal runs to reclaim the lead after falling behind.
Bedford led 8-6 at halftime, but Hanover scored the first three of the second half to take a brief 9-8 lead. Overall, the game was tied nine times.
"It was exactly what we expected. One of the things we worked on is either our high-pressure defense if that happens or stalling the ball (on offense)," said Bedford head coach Christine Hodgdon. "Get a turnover and stall the ball the last 30 seconds, that was what we wanted if we were up."
Hannah Seibel scored with 4:04 remaining in the game to give Hanover a 13-12 lead. Shapiro tied the game with 2:04 remaining and then netted the game-winner on a spin shot from the left side with 38 seconds to go.
"I think that last bit of adrenaline kicked in when we started to lose a lot of draws in a row," Shapiro said. "Sawyer (Biron) came up really big on the draws. I don't think we would have won that game without Sawyer in the draw circle. She's been amazing."
Bedford was able to control the ball off the faceoff and run down the clock to put the game away.
"It was a well-played game. Bedford was better conditioned than we were," said Hanover head coach Chris Seibel. "Bedford's a really good team. They pressured really well and we couldn't get into that set that we wanted to (to stall with the lead)."
Shapiro's six goals led the way for Bedford while Makayla Sterling added three, Kristen Barnett had two and Kelsey Linehan (goal, assist), Kennedy Boyle and Biron each had a single tally. Bulldogs goalie Ashley Maddox made seven saves.
Seibel led Hanover with four goals and an assist. Rachel Boghosian (three goals), J.J. Daniell (three goals), Sophie Lubranon (goal, assist), Johanna Copeland (goal), Christine Croitoru (goal) and Molly Seibel (assist) chipped in for the Marauders. Goalie Emily Gougelet stopped 11 shots.


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Curtis Stone and Lindsay Price are loving parenthood so much that they're going back for seconds!
The celebrity chef, 38, and his actress wife, 37, are expecting their second child, Stone announced Wednesday during an appearance on The Queen Latifah Show.
"My beautiful wife is pregnant again with my second baby!" he said to a cheering audience.
Shortly after welcoming their firstborn, son Hudson, now 2½, Stone admitted he was surprised at how emotional he became after witnessing his baby boy's birth.
"It was one of those unbelievable experiences, and coming out the other side, you look at this little baby boy you have made, and it's the depth of your love together that is amazing," the Top Chef Masters host said.
Nearly a year after announcing their engagement, Stone and Price tied the knot in Majorca, Spain in June 2013.
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I happily took a break from a mound of reading and writing to visit some weblogs and hope for perhaps an idea for a short post hereabouts. I was happy to see Gwenda had posted the nominations for the World Fantasy Awards, and was amazed by all the richness in each category, when suddenly I got to the "Special Award: Non-Professional" nominations, and saw my name there.
Clearly, Gwenda was playing a silly joke. So I hopped over to the official website to see what the real nominations were. Gwenda was not joking.
I'm too stunned to come up with a good response, except to say thanks to the judges, and congratulations to all the nominees. It's a magnificent list of writers, editors, publishers, and artists, and I'm amazed to be in such company.


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When Jeff Bieber was growing up as "a Jewish kid from Queens," his awareness of Mexican American border culture largely consisted of owning a Davy Crockett coonskin cap.
"I suppose you knew about the Alamo, but the word 'Tejano,' I had no clue," says Bieber, an executive producer of "Latino Americans," a three-part, six-hour PBS series that premieres this month. "I had no clue there was a guy named Juan Seguín, or other people who were part of this history."
If you're already Googling "Seguín," a Mexico native who fought for Texas independence in the 1830s and later served as a Texas senator, you're part of the target audience for "Latino Americans." The epic series, which airs Tuesdays starting this week through Oct. 1, purports to be the most comprehensive TV special on its subject to air on U.S. television.
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As a veteran executive producer of landmark PBS documentaries, including the 2007 six-hour series "The Jewish Americans," Bieber says he wanted to expand the U.S. historical narrative beyond the usual accounts of white men in wigs speechifying in 1776, or buckskinned Tennesseans being slaughtered in San Antonio in 1836.
"History is not just Europeans and Eastern Europeans coming to Ellis Island," he says. "It's a history of conquest, it's a history of migration. It's a very complicated history. But it's an American history that in many ways has been dismissed or buried."
Bieber's awareness that much of this tale remained obscure to him and other English-speaking Americans, even at a time when the nation's 52 million Latinos are the United States' largest and fastest-growing ethnic "minority," led him to invite Adriana Bosch, the series' Cuban American producer, to dinner one night in 2008.
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"What I remember about that moment is how the two of us were surprised that this hadn't been done," says Bosch, who previously had produced a well-regarded TV series, "Latin Music USA," and directed a documentary about Fidel Castro.
Narrated by actor Benjamin Bratt, the series was assembled from archival research and interviews with nearly 100 Latino academics, journalists, politicos, labor leaders and cultural luminaries such as Rita Moreno and Gloria Estefan.
George Sanchez, a USC professor of American studies and ethnicity who's interviewed in the series, affirms that there have been few large-scale overviews of Latinos, either in print or other media. "They're very difficult to do, because there are so many different histories, so many different nations, represented," he says. "I don't think it's ever been attempted on television."
"Latino Americans" begins by laying out the saga of the Spaniards' colonization of the Americas, which preceded the first English and Dutch settlements in what would become the United States. The series also devotes considerable attention to the territorial upheavals of the Mexican-American War, and the migration of Cubans and Puerto Ricans to the U.S. in the years surrounding the Spanish-American War.
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One of the series' thematic through-lines is how Mexican Americans and other Latinos have struggled for acceptance in U.S. society, even though some of their ancestors have lived here since before Plymouth Rock. "The ever-present 'foreigner' is one of the things I think you see in Latino history," Sanchez says, "that there's a lack of recognition of a long-standing relationship to other Americans in this country."
Episodes 3 ("War and Peace") and 4 ("The New Latinos"), airing Sept. 24, investigate the role that Latinos played in World War II and the growth and expanding influence of Latino communities in the 1950s and '60s.
Throughout, the series underscores how U.S. foreign and economic policies have intersected with Latino mass migration and affected the reception for new arrivals. For instance, Mexican migrant workers repeatedly have been welcomed to the United States during periods of temporary labor shortages, then shunned or deported once the nation's economy picked up.
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Bosch also points to the example of Cubans fleeing Castro's authoritarian socialism in the 1960s, who were welcomed as Cold War refugees, her own family among them. But a generation later, when the Mariel boatlift brought 100,000 more Cubans to Miami, they were eyed warily because their numbers contained an estimated 25,000 who'd been released from Cuban jails or mental health facilities.
In subsequent years, rising crime and the crack cocaine epidemic, fueled by Latin American drug trafficking, further tainted the image of Florida's Spanish-speaking population. Pop culture reflected the shifting perceptions with TV shows like "Miami Vice" and movies like "Scarface."
In the ratings-sanctioned manner of Ken Burns' marathon series on the Civil War, "Latino Americans" alternates wide-angle views of major historical events with close-ups of compelling individuals.
Among those receiving thumbnail profiles in the "War and Peace" segment is war hero Marcario Garcia. He earned a Medal of Honor for taking out two German machine-gun nests single-handedly, only to later be refused service at a diner in a small Texas town. (A restaurant sign there read, "NO DOGS, NO MEXICANS.")
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"Across the series, I think we make a real effort to capture the complexities of the narratives, so that it is not just 'us' against 'them,'" Bosch says. "It's kind of a first rewrite of American history that includes Latinos. It's a remix."
"Latino Americans" is being aired as part of PBS' celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month (Sunday-Oct. 15). Other related programming includes a "Latino street festival" edition of "Sesame Street" on Thursday.
Latinos currently make up 12.3% of the total U.S. television audience. According to network figures, PBS draws 13.5% of its daytime audience from Latino-headed households; the prime-time figure is 7.1%.
"While we're always looking to attract diverse audiences, we see a series like this as an opportunity to attract a larger Latino audience than we've had before," says Beth Hoppe, PBS' chief programming executive, so that "the content on PBS is reflective of a changing America."
The series wraps up by examining the emerging Chicano and farmworkers rights movement of the 1960s and '70s, and the diversifying Latino population's migration to new corners of the United States, particularly the Southeast. In the years ahead, the series' creators contend, ongoing events such as the immigration-reform debate will continue to reframe the centuries-old narratives of Latino Americans.
"Latino history is American history," Hoppe says, "and that's one of the things I think you can't help but take away from this series."
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Report Says EPA Fails to Stem Methane Gas Emissions From Pipelines
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The Environmental Protection Agency is failing to control leaks of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from the nation's natural-gas pipelines, the agency's inspector general said Friday.
A report calls on the EPA to do more to control inadvertent emissions of methane, which has a more intense—though shorter—warming effect on the planet than carbon dioxide, the agency said. Natural gas consists almost entirely of methane.


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Pair of Russian pairs teams top Olympic skating podium
The Russian pairs were so hot Wednesday, it was a miracle the ice didn't melt.
As expected, defending world figure skating champions Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov captured the gold medal with a total score of 236.86 points in front of an adoring audience at the Iceberg Skating Palace.
And as an added bonus to the home fans, the second Russian team of Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov finished with the silver medal (218.68), knocking four-time world champions Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy down to third (215.78).
The Russians have been lights-out in figure skating at the Sochi Olympics so far, having won the team gold medals and now finishing 1-2 in the pairs.
"Today was a big day for all of Russia," said the 30-year-old Trankov. "Two of our couples skated very well and I think everyone in our big country is pleased. It was the hardest job of our lives. We dealt with huge pressure. We already have gold in the team, but this would be the realization of the goal and the dream of our lives."
Skate Canada was hoping that at least one of their two pairs would come away with a medal, but it was not to be.
Kirsten Moore-Towers and Dylan Moscovitch of the Kitchener-Waterloo Club had an excellent long program to move up from sixth after the short to fifth overall. Their Fellini-inspired freeskate was close to perfect, though Moscovitch turned a triple salchow into a double and their foot combination spin was a bit out of synch near the end of their program. In the end, the judges rewarded them with a long score of 131.18 for an overall mark of 202.10.
"All in all, it was a great skate," said Moscovitch. "(But) in the words of my illustrious partner, I had a brain fart."
Reigning Canadian champions Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford struggled in their freeskate with Duhamel falling during a triple salchow and also touched on a throw triple lutz. As well, their combination spin at the end of their program was out of synch.
The pair dropped from fifth after the short to seventh, with an overall score 199.53 — a disappointment for a team that finished third at last year's worlds.
When the gold medallists completed their long program, the Iceberg Skating Palace crowd erupted in a thunderous standing ovation. Volosozhar put her hands to her face while Trankov skated away and dropped to his knees.
"I was crying because I felt so many emotions; nerves, concentration," said Volosozhar. "I'm still nervous and shaking, but I'm also so happy."
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Established in 2010 in Prague, Czech Republic, Keen Software House is an independent game development studio aiming to create games that are based on real science, real facts, real physics and real emotions. Company's first title Miner Wars 2081 was released in 2012. Keen Software House develops its own in-house game engine VRAGE, currently in the second version and its core feature is volumetricity of the environment. Space Engineers is the first title fully utilizing VRAGE 2.0.


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Children remove the cover from a Prius at the Toyota Center in Houston on Aug. 16, 2011. The vehicle was awarded to the Laura Recovery Center, which supports searches for abducted children and educates children and their families on how to prevent child abductions.
Bill Murphy, a sales consultant at Anderson-Weber Toyota in Dubuque, Iowa, greets a child served by the Hills and Dales Child Development Center on Sept. 28, 2011. The center, which provides services to young people with disabilities, including transportation to and from medical appointments, received a Sienna Mobility Van as part of Toyota's 100 Cars for Good program.
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Estella Sanchez, Executive Director of Sol Collective (third from right), is joined by members of her staff and friends, as she receives a new Toyota Highlander Hybrid as part of Toyota's 100 Cars for Good program. The donation ceremony was held at Maita Toyota in Sacramento, Calif.
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Group DescriptionA rail shooter is a specific kind of shooter game. In these games, the player only controls a cross-hair or uses a weapon shaped controller to fire at on-screen enemies and hazards. The player moves along a prerecorded path through the levels. In other words, the player is "on rails" and cannot decide where to go. In some rail shooters, the player might have a limited influence into which direction the character moves at junctions.
While most rail shooters feature a first person perspective, this isn't mandatory. Games where the player character is able to move are not rail shooters.
Some shooters show the player in a third person perspective moving along a predefined path, but in addition also allow the player to move his avatar all over (or parts of) the screen. Such games belong to the chase-view shooter genre and should not be included in this group.
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One thing that's important to keep in mind about the book is that it is intended as a teaching anthology -- its primary audience is any sort of "intro to SF" class (it even has a companion website with sample syllabi). As such, it seems to me really strong.
Jeff VanderMeer raised a good point about the anthology's odd inclusion of very few stories from the last 20 years. It's bizarre, and one of those things that tends to happen with books edited by a bunch of people. It would be nice if the introduction addressed this weakness, because there are always compromises that have to be made in an anthology, and I imagine the editors probably thought that more recent work is more readily accessible to readers through various other anthologies and websites, so their focus should be on the older stuff. Indeed, in a class, it would be easy to supplement this anthology by also using something like Dozois's Best of the Best and maybe some online stories. Problem solved.
A more efficient solution would have been to end the anthology with Jim Kelly's "Think Like a Dinosaur" from 1995, and use the extra space and money on enriching some of the other decades, but I expect Wesleyan would have frowned on a book in which the most recent story is fifteen years old.
So the lack of representation for the last 20 years is weird, but I can understand it, and I would happily have such stories as "The Liberation of Earth" and "Desertion" and "When It Changed" and so many others easily accessible. The only giant and inexplicable omission I've noticed in the book so far is its failure to reprint Tom Godwin's "The Cold Equations", which is the story "Think Like a Dinosaur" is in direct response to. (Eric Schaller notes this in the comments to Jeff's entry.
Update: Just heard back from the editors of the book -- "Cold Equations" was on the original long list, but length considerations came into play, as well as a desire from at least a few of the editors to allow "Think Like a Dinosaur" to be something other than just a response to "Cold Equations".
(Eric also mentions that it would have been better perhaps to reprint "Mr. Boy", which is, I agree, among Jim's most impressive works. But it's much longer than "Think Like a Dinosaur", and for an anthology like this, long stories take up so much space that they need to be absolutely essential to be included. "TLD" fits the book's purposes well and is short enough that it doesn't hog precious space. Also, any of us would choose different stories by some of the authors, but that's the nature of anthologies. Some of the selections that on a first glance I thought were odd -- especially Clarke's "The Sentinel" and Aldiss's "Supertoys..." -- make sense within the context of the book; in this case, it encourages connections to familiar media: both stories partly inspired films [indeed, films either directed by Stanley Kubrick (2001) or intitiated by him (A.I.)]. So while they're not by any means the best or most representative works by those authors, that's not the purpose of their inclusion in the anthology.)
Larry Nolen speaks truthfully when he calls it a "safe" anthology. I expect the editors would agree, because that's part of the point -- this is an intro anthology. To fill it with lots of esoteric authors or less-familiar stories would be counter-productive to the stated purpose. I'm not the audience for it (except that I might assign it to classes one day), because I already have copies of 95% of those stories. This is not a book you give to somebody who has a shelf full of SF anthologies covering a bunch of different eras. This is a book you give to somebody who's seen a few sci-fi movies and maybe read a couple books or a short story here or there, or to somebody who has only read current work and wants a one-volume crash course in some of the classics of the field. For such a person, this is a marvelous book. Just stick a note in the end with a list of some of your favorite recent anthologies, so they can see the wonderful diversity of what's been published since 1995...


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The Wright brothers' critical insight was the importance of "lateral stability" - that is, wingtip-to-wingtip stability - to flight. And their great innovation was something they called "wing warping," in which they used a series of pulleys that caused the wingtips on one side of the airplane to go up when the wingtips on the other side were pulled down. That allowed the Wrights' airplane to make banked turns and to correct itself when it flew into a gust of wind.
But when the Wrights applied for a patent, they didn't seek one that just covered wing warping; their patent covered any means to achieve lateral stability. There is no question what the Wrights sought: nothing less than a monopoly on the airplane business - every airplane ever manufactured, they believed, owed them a royalty. As Wilbur Wright, who was both the more domineering and the more inventive of the two brothers, put it in a letter: "It is our view that morally the world owes its almost universal system of lateral control entirely to us. It is also our opinion that legally it owes it to us."
Even though Wrights' competitor Curtiss developed an entirely different system to achieve lateral stability (the ailerons airplanes use to this day), the Wright brothers still believed Curtiss owed them money for it. The legal standoff that ensued in the US airplane industry at the time halted all innovation, so much so that when the WWI broke out, the US government had to step in to force airplane manufacturers to cross-license their patents.
Sadly, by this time, US airplanes weren't good enough for combat.
It seems nobody learns from history.
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The deal was that the Smithsonian would get to display the 1903 Kitty Hawk Wright Flyer in exchange for being honest about the changes Glenn Curtiss made to the abortive Langley Aerodrome to get it into the air.
The Wrights' path to Kitty Hawk is well documented at every step along the way.
You cannot build an aircraft without understanding the problems of structural integrity, lift and dynamic control in three dimensions. It takes years of work to get that far and it leaves traces.
OK, more refined; the deal really is about establishing the Wright brothers as first in flight, bar none:
For a devastating critique of the claims made for Gustave Whitehead read on:
Here is a sampling of how Popular Aviation naively re-told these tall tales in 1935.


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For 12 years, Park Jae-Sang — better known to his fans as the rapper PSY — has had a successful career in his native South Korea.
But now, thanks to the viral video for Gangnam Style, his new single, he's on top of the world.
With 180 million views and counting, it's the most-viewed Korean pop music video in YouTube's history. He's appeared on Ellen, NBC's Today Show, the MTV Video Music Awards; he's signed a deal with Justin Bieber's manager, Scooter Braun — and just today, Gangnam Style hit number one on the U.S. iTunes singles chart.
PSY spoke to weekends on All Things Considered host Guy Raz about his new success, and whether he's going to take Justin Beiber to Gangnam and celebrate in style.
"We just promise that we're gonna drink all night long," he says.
Interview Highlights
On overnight success
"I am still [surprised] everyday. I just made my album. I did my best. And I uploaded the video just to YouTube. That was all. And within 60 days I am here [doing an] interview with you. [...] I have a lot of interviews, and you are asking some things I've got to answer quickly. So I have to translate all of my answers in my brain. Right now, I am so tired because I've had to wake up early from doing the Today Show. But you know, after all of this I am not going to go to sleep tonight. I'm gonna go get some drinks."
On what 'Gangnam Style' is
"Gangnam is a territory in Seoul, Korea. I describe it as noble at the daytime and going crazy at the night time. I compare ladies to the territory. So — noble at the daytime, going crazy at the night time — and the lyric says I am the right guy for the lady who is like that."
On the story behind the dancing kid in his music video
"You have that program called America's got talent, right? In Korea we have Korea's got talent, and the boy came from Korea's got talent. He is 5 years old, but you know what, he started [doing] all of the Michael Jackson moves when he was 3. I am going to bring the kid [to the U.S.] sometime. Next visit."
On the perils of fame via viral video
"A week ago I was saying, 'Hey. I'm going to promote myself.' Because [my] music video is much more popular than I am — I don't like the situation. But in [the last] week, especially since Ellen and [the] Today Show, when I am walking down the street some [people] recognize me, finally. So me and Scooter are thinking — should we prepare for the next single, or something? We are beginning to make that kind of conversation about my next step."
On recording in English and K-Pop in the US
"I gotta think about it. Because I can speak English, but still — if I have a chance I want my music lyric[s] to be Korean. Because Gangnam Style is working right now. The world's most famous and popular language is music. So if we have some sort of solution with these kinds of dance moves and this kind of music video so that I can use Korean if possible? It's really huge history for my country. So I'm thinking about that, too."
On a possible collaboration with Justin Bieber, who shares the same manager
If [the] song fits us? And it's suitable for both of us? Why not?
And if you're just tuning in, you're listening to WEEKENDS on ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Guy Raz. And it's time now for music.
PSY: (Singing) Oppa is Gangnam style.
RAZ: And the music video for this Korean pop song...
PSY: (Singing) Gangnam style...
RAZ: ...has rocketed one musician to international stardom.
PSY: (Singing in foreign language)
RAZ: It's the work of rapper Jae-Sang Park. He goes by the name PSY. And for 12 years, he's had a pretty successful career in South Korea. But now, thanks to the video for "Gangnam Style," PSY is on top of the world. The video has also launched a dance craze in which PSY gallops like a horseback rider and with a lasso. It's the most viewed Korean pop music video ever on YouTube, 170 million views.
He's done "The Ellen Show," the "Today Show," the MTV Music Awards, and he's now just signed a deal with Justin Bieber's manager. In fact, just today, the song "Gangnam Style" reached number one on the U.S. iTunes chart. And remember, this is a song in Korean. And now, the phenomenon, otherwise known as PSY joins me from New York. PSY, welcome to the program.
PSY: What's up?
RAZ: First of all, congratulations on your success.
PSY: Thank you so much.
RAZ: A hundred and seventy million views on YouTube. Were you surprised?
PSY: Yeah. Still surprising every day.
RAZ: You didn't imagine it would happen.
PSY: Never. I just made my album. I did my best, and I uploaded the video just at YouTube. That was all. And within 60 days, I'm here and making interview with you.
RAZ: I mean, I'm here talking to you. So, I mean, I got to tell you, I've seen your video...
PSY: Uh-huh.
RAZ: ...maybe 20 times. Maybe 30 times.
PSY: Aw, come on.
RAZ: It is addictive.
PSY: Make it more, please, from now on.
RAZ: All right. I'm going to boost up the YouTube views. All right. First of all, tell us what is Gangnam style?
PSY: Gangnam style, let me describe it. Gangnam's like a territory in Seoul, Korea. I describe it as normal at the daytime and going crazy at the nighttime.
PSY: I compare ladies to the territories. So normal at the daytime, going crazy at the nighttime. The lyrics said I am the right guy for the lady...
PSY: (Singing in foreign language)
...who's like that.
PSY: (Singing in foreign language)
RAZ: I watched you appear - you appeared on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show"...
PSY: Mm-hmm.
RAZ: ...with Britney Spears.
PSY: Yes.
RAZ: You taught here the dance.
PSY: Yeah.
RAZ: I'm doing it right now. I'm lassoing that - doing that lasso part. What is the story behind that kid who dances with you in the video wearing the sleeveless T-Shirt...
PSY: Oh, yeah, yeah.
RAZ: ...in the park in Seoul? What's the story behind that?
PSY: You know, you have that program called "America's Got Talent," right?
RAZ: Yeah.
PSY: In Korea, we have "Korea's Got Talent." And the boy came out from "Korea's Got Talent." You know, he's 5 years old, but you know what, he started do all the Michael Jackson moves when he was 3. I'm going to bring the kid some time next visit.
RAZ: Oh, that's going to be huge. You've got to bring him on stage with you.
RAZ: You actually studied at the Berkeley College of Music. Is that right?
PSY: Yes, I was.
RAZ: What did you study there?
PSY: Well, my major was music business. But honestly, class was too early for me.
So you actually never showed up for class.
PSY: Not at all. And I was young at that time. So the young thought was it's all about creation. And I cannot learn any creation from others. That was my thought at that time. So I didn't go there.
RAZ: How do you speak English so well?
PSY: Well, I didn't attend the school, but I was there still. So I got to speak some English in the market or gas station. And, you know, it's only four-year-old English. So I have lot so interviews, and you're asking some things, and I got to answer quickly. So I got to translate all my answers in my brain. So right now, I'm really tired because I woke up so early because of the "Today Show." But, you know, after all this, I'm not going to sleep tonight. I'm going to go get some drink, which is soju bomb.
RAZ: Oh, you're going to get a soju bomb?
PSY: Oh, yeah.
RAZ: All right. You are actually quite possibly the biggest export from Korea to the U.S. since the Hyundai.
PSY: Thank you. Thank you for the mention.
RAZ: Do you think that K-pop is now, like, has found its moment in America, that Americans might hear a lot more of it?
PSY: Yeah. So as you see, like, I cannot say Korean is the best, but I can see Korean has lot of potential. They are so dynamic. So if I can do something little to make some chances to other Koreans, then we're pleased to do that.
PSY: (Singing) Oppa is Gangnam style.
RAZ: Now, you have just been signed by...
PSY: Scooter Brown.
RAZ: ...by Scooter Brown, Justin Bieber's manager.
PSY: Oh, yeah.
RAZ: He said he's going to make you an even bigger star in the U.S. What are you guys planning to do?
PSY: Well, actually, like, a week ago, we were saying, like, hey, I'm going to promote myself because, you know, music video is much more popular than I am. So I don't like the situation. But in a week, especially after "Ellen Show" and "Today Show," when I'm walking down the street, like, some of them recognize me finally today. So me and Scooter is thinking, like, should we prepare for the next single or something? So we are beginning to make that kind of conversation about my next step.
RAZ: Have you managed to meet Justin Bieber yet?
PSY: I think it's going to be sometime early next week.
RAZ: Oh, really?
PSY: He just made a phone call today.
RAZ: Wow. Are you going to record with Justin Bieber, by the way?
PSY: Well, if song fits to us, and if it is suitable for both of us, then why not?
RAZ: You're going to take him to Gangnam and live the high life?
We just promise we're going to drink all night long.
RAZ: All right. OK. You heard it here first. Are you going to - by the way, are you going to - are you planning to record any music in English?
PSY: Oh, yeah. That's one of my next step. But I got to think about it, because I can speak English, but still, if I have a chance, I want my music lyrics to be Korean because "Gangnam Style's" working right now, right?
RAZ: Yeah.
PSY: The world's most famous and popular language is music. So if we have some sort of, like, solution with this kind of dancing and this kind of music video so that I can use Korean, if possible, then it's really a huge history for my country. So I'm thinking about that too.
PSY: (Singing in foreign language)
RAZ: That's Jae-Song Park. He's better known as PSY. His music video for his song "Gangnam Style" is the most viewed K-pop video in YouTube history, 170 million views. It's rocketing up the Billboard charts as well. PSY, thank you so much.
PSY: Thank you so much.
PSY: (Singing in foreign language) Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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NASHUA - A local man was arrested Wednesday after he apparently went berserk at the Division of Motor Vehicles in Nashua, causing more then $1,500 damage to chairs and other property.
Arthur Raymond, 25, walked in to the 110 Broad St. office about 3:45 p.m. and immediately used the rest room, police said. When he came out, Raymond allegedly caused a disturbance, kicking chairs, throwing chairs against walls, and damaging other property.
Raymond also is accused of struggling with the first Nashua police officer to arrive, inflicting minor injuries on the officer.
Raymond, of 20 Hideaway Road, is charged with criminal mischief, simple assault on a police officer, resisting arrest, criminal trespass and disorderly conduct — all misdemeanors. He is set to be arraigned on the charges Friday.
Police are investigating what caused the outburst.
"That's certainly something we would like to find out," Lt. Michael Moushegian said. "At this point, I don't think he had any business in the DMV."


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Following Dad down the road
I thank you for the music, and your stories of the road;
I thank you for my freedom when it came my time to go;
I thank you for your kindness, and the times that you got tough.
And Papa, I don't think I've said "I love you" near enough.
--Dan Fogelberg, from his song "Leader of the Band"
This is a true story, although some of the details are a bit dim now, and my Dad might be inclined to argue with them. (Of course, my father, who just had a birthday June 13, insists that he's only 44 – whereas I am in my 50s – so I leave it to you, dear reader, to decide who to believe.)
My Dad spent years in the Air Force, fighting "on our side," as he likes to reassure brand-new acquaintances. It was a generally interesting job that offered him the chance to travel, meet new people, and occasionally take year-long vacations at taxpayer expense to places like Vietnam.
But from a kid's point of view – and there were three of us – it was the traveling that mattered, for reasons both good and bad. A rootless childhood leaves you with a strong awareness of the inevitability of loss, the constant knowledge that, sooner or later, you have to say goodbye to what you love – not just to your friends, but to your house and your favorite climbing tree, to the fields you played in and a landscape you'd memorized, where the weather and seasons had come to seem right somehow. And we changed landscapes and climates a lot: Going from the bitter winters and hot dry summers of eastern Washington to the mosquito-buzzing fug of deep down South, then off to the high mountains of Colorado. We'd ping-pong our way across the map from Moses Lake, Wash., to Homestead, Fla., with detours to El Paso and Denver, and lengthy side trips and family vacations to Butte and San Francisco and the Northern Cascades and Dallas and Key West. We spent a truly dreadful year in Tampa (when Dad was in Vietnam); followed by an oddly wonderful, isolated period in a trailer in the eastern Virginia woods. Then we schlepped out west to Colorado Springs, then back down to Panama City, Fla., in the northern part of the state. Then back to Colorado again, and – well, you get the idea. And that's only some of what I recall; my older brother, the family archivist, remembers a whole lot more.
There were good things about all that moving, from a kid's point of view: We always had cardboard boxes to play in and build things out of -- forts and robots and boats and castles and mazes, all kinds of glorious constructions. And we learned a lot that cannot be found on any school curriculum. When you attend nine or 10 schools in 12 years, you learn how to adapt to different people and situations, while hanging on fiercely to the deepest, truest part of your own nature, so that you always have something you know you can trust -- a place in yourself where you feel at home, even when everything around you is new and strange. We lived off-base whenever we could because we never adapted well to a regimented life, so we got to know all kinds of human habitats: cement military duplexes and civilian trailers and basements; rundown shanties and ranch-style split-levels; the tidy, comfy streets of Spokane; and a kudzu-covered neighborhood by an alligator-inhabited bayou.
It certainly made for an interesting life. But it wasn't always an easy one. Sometimes we had to say farewell to pets we loved: especially our big, beautiful dog Rebel, along with miscellaneous snakes and lizards and turtles and "horny toads" – the kind of animals that don't thrive in new climates. (Cats, fortunately, are remarkably adaptable; we had a huge and awesomely intelligent one, Ringo, who traveled with us for years and enjoyed it -- consenting, when necessary to walk on a leash and even to go camping in tents, although he preferred the luxury of motels.) Still, it's probably not a coincidence that all three of us kids chose as adults to find a place that we love and try to stay put, planting deep roots and claiming our homes as our homes.
The trips were usually terrific; both my parents were born with the gift of seeing life as an adventure. They took back roads whenever possible. They turned us loose to explore every historical site or park or battlefield or funky roadside museum, the musty mysterious cobwebby kind that specialized in unconvincing two-headed goats and the like – the kind of mystical, Ray Bradbury-ish emporiums that seem to have vanished along with my youth. We even got to give input on the route, when there was time – poring over the atlas together, sometimes seeking out places just because they sounded interesting: Truth or Consequences, N.M., and Chugwater, Wyo., Dinwiddie, Va., and Wewahitchka, Fla.
But that doesn't mean we were always fun to travel with. You have to consider that there were always three kids (and at least one large cat) crammed into the back seat of an overcrowded, usually un-air-conditioned car more or less held together with duct tape – with two of those kids prone to frequent car sickness. Occasionally one of those kids – hardly ever me, of course – would, er, misbehave. Deliberately, rather than accidentally. It is not deliberate misbehavior when a little girl absent-mindedly croons "Puff the Magic Dragon" into her father's ears for 75 miles or so, or chants, "That's not our house; that's not our house; that's not our house," for the last two hours of a long trip home. And it's certainly not deliberate misbehavior when, because the little girl is too polite to say anything when her daddy remarks, "Honey, you look like you need to throw up," she simply responds by leaning over the seat and demonstrating that, in fact, she does. By throwing up. Down her daddy's back. The girl in question has never been forgiven; I don't know why.
But that's not the story I set out to tell. It's this one: We were arguing our way late at night across some God-forsaken desert after a long, hot, miserable day, and my Dad finally said something along the lines of, "One more peep out of you kids and I'm leaving you here!" Somebody – not me! – said something along the lines of, "Peep." And my dad slammed the car over to the side of the road, hit the brakes, flung open the door, threw the three of us out, and – this is the part that made the whole episode seem most serious at the time – handed my little brother his teddy bear and gave us a single blanket to share between us. And then drove off. In my memory I can see the taillights fading in the distance as the stars got sharper and closer and scarier-looking, and I can hear the coyotes (or were they wolves?) howling hungrily from the desert around us.
"You ARE going back, aren't you, dear?" my Mom says she asked him, after several minutes had gone by.
"I'm still thinking about it," Dad muttered, his hands still white-knuckled around the steering wheel.
Eventually – I'm sure it wasn't as long as it seemed – the headlights of the car reappeared and slowly drew closer, creeping toward the part of the highway where we three future feral children huddled, weeping, each clutching our corner of the blanket. Dad stopped the car and opened the door without a single word, and we scrambled into the back seat, still clinging to the blanket. And I guarantee there was not a "peep" from that backseat – scarcely even the snuffle of a choked-back sob – for at least several hours. I'm not sure any of this would be legal today, but I must say it proved an effective parenting technique.
Ah, my dear father. There are so many stories I could tell about him, but let this one stand as an example of the remarkable man who led his often-troubled and always struggling family through years and miles of adventure – adventure we learned to see as adventure, largely because he taught us to. He's now retired and living in Florida, but he still pores over maps (whenever he thinks my stepmom isn't looking) and dreams of new and often insane expeditions. Dad, I hope you know how much we love you. And I haven't gotten car-sick for years, so it's safe to let me sit behind you now. Really.
Diane Sylvain is an artist and writer. She also works as copy editor and general mischief maker at High Country News.


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Setting up a hyperlite side zip with super shelter, I watched the video and set it up the same way, rewatched the video to be sure, but every time I get in, the hammock its self rotates back away from me, and when I lay down part of the neting is under my left shoulder.
What I think the problem is, is that the under cover is too tight and bering the weight causing slack in the hammock allowing it rotate as I slide my butt into it.
Has anyone had this problem?
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When we first moved into our house 10 years ago, the previous owners had rose bushes planted all over the yard. They adored them and we found them beautiful. We were surprised our first winter here when one of the yellow rose bushes bloomed all the way into February. Seeing the blossoms peek through the cold and snow always made us smile. As the years have gone by we've moved some of the rose bushes around the yard to suit our tastes. We also converted one rose garden to a flower & vegetable garden.
This particular garden does amazingly well. Our zucchinis are gigantic, eggplants grow in abundance, and we are often overrun with tomatoes. It took us a while to figure out why this garden did so well with very little maintenance. Then one day while pulling weeds, I put my hand on the brick wall it grows against and it was warm even on that cool fall day. It hit me then that the brick wall of our neighbor's house was acting like a greenhouse. It kept the garden surrounded in warmth even in the cold, that's why we were able to enjoy yellow roses in February and veggies throughout the summer and late fall.
With all of the veggies we have, I'm often looking for ways to use them. I browsed the Kraft Recipes site to find delicious picnic recipes where I can incorporate some of our delicious fresh veggies. Layered salads are always delicious but this time I thought it would be fun to try our hand at some fresh garden tomato salsa.
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Where do we go when it is after doctor's hours, the office is closed and you are sick and need attention, but can't go to the emergency room because the doctor says it is not an emergency?
The sick person does not know if it is an emergency or not.
I understand the new hospital ruling is to weed out those that go to the emergency room frequently but most go only when necessary. Most of us don't carry $100, in cash, to hand out at a moment's notice.
Jefferson Community and Technical College Carrollton is currently seeking alumni.
If you are an alumni member from JCTC-Carrollton Campus, please notify me at (502) 732-4846 ext. 35216 or by email to email@example.com.
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I want to thank everyone who has helped me flag veterans graves on the Sunday before Memorial Day. Each year American Legion Post 41 sponsors this program and has for a long time. This is done with many dedicated volunteers who show up each year without being asked. They just know it happens.
I have taken care of this for Legion Post 41 for about 15 years and have enjoyed each year.
If you have a child support case in Carroll County and feel like you are being treated unfairly by the case workers — whether you are the one getting or sending support — you can report your issue to either Jim Monk or his assistant Nick Marsh at (502) 732-7009. Just make an appointment.
Mr. Marsh is new and is changing some things and assures me he will listen to your complaint and look into it. The case workers and other people in that office work for Mr. Monk.
As lifelong members of the Carroll County area, it is our hope that Carrollton will continue to thrive, and more tourists and businesses will be attracted to our area.
We are members of the Young Leaders Institute, and as members we were required to do a community service project dealing with our county. The project that our group chose is "the beautification of downtown Carrollton."
Carrollton is an amazing town, but it has come to our attention that the downtown area is in need of some beautification.
Thanks to all. The Spring Bash Demo Derby was a huge success, a show of this size takes a lot of work and preparation and is not accomplished by just a couple of people. I would like those who worked on this derby recognized.
First of all, most of our help comes from our families and friends, not from people on the fair board, always seems unless its convention time they have something more important to do.
We invite you to join us at the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life in Carrollton. This special event is Friday, May 29 from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. the following morning at the Carroll County Fairgrounds, located behind Walmart. Survivor registration begins at 6 p.m. under the tent by the stage. There is no charge for survivors to participate, and all survivors will receive a t-shirt and medallion.
As a parent of one of the varsity tennis team players that was put on disciplinary action last week, I just want to put the record straight on why these girls were not allowed to play tennis last Monday night against Gallatin County since that was not explained in the article in The News-Democrat or The Madison Courier.
It appears that a liquid asphalt storage facility will soon be built on the banks of the Kentucky River, just outside Prestonville in Carroll County.
A Louisville company purchased property there and has jumped through the regulatory hoops that will allow construction to begin on the storage tanks and its barge facility on the river.
But there are many local residents upset with the plan to have barge-loads of liquid asphalt shipped here because of its impact on the rivers, our tourism industry and nearby residents.
If you have a lot of time to spare, ask a fire chief for a tour of their stations and equipment. I spent over an hour with the chiefs of the Bedford and Milton Volunteer Fire Departments who wanted to show me the equipment they have and how all of it could be crucial, given the right kind of emergency.
Last week there was a letter to the editor from a person voicing his concern about the way a recent bid was handled by the city commission in Bedford.
First, I would like to thank the man for taking the time to exhibit his opinion because I am a city commissioner in Bedford. Personally, I believe the more people involved in our local government the better. After all, it is our community and each of us has a right, and even more a responsibility, to make this community the best it can be.
Something that concerns me (and should the community) has come to my attention recently. I have friends and family who are unfortunately incarcerated in the Carroll County Detention Center. I have learned they have had sewer problems, backed up water, stench and possibly mold.
The Runnin' Raiders Track Team would like to thank Trimble County Solid Waste Coordinator and Environmental Enforcement Officer Matt Gossom, Valley View Landfill, our Coach Jeff Vincent, and Trimble County for allowing our young team to be able to participate in the county's roadside cleanup on Saturday, April 18.
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I want to thank anyone who contributed to or attended my spaghetti lunch fundraiser for a very special project to research autism.
I appreciate the support and belief in a cause. I want to thank my brownie bakers. I am grateful to Mary Frances Mefford, Pam McNeal, Marcie States, Nikki States, Lisa Nab and my daughter Emily for helping my fund raiser run smoothly.
Chris White and Jay Montgomery need a special thank you for their help in my fund raiser.
The JCTC-Carrollton Campus hosted its annual Spring Fling on April 14.
This event was sponsored by the three student organizations-Student Government Association, Parent Support Group, and Phi Theta Kappa for the student body.
Students enjoyed food, a rock wall from the National Guard, and giveaways from local businesses.
Have you ever wanted to test how much you can squeeze into that little box they give a day on a calendar?
Even the biggest calendar or the person with the smallest handwriting will find it difficult to fit in the array of events that are happening here this Saturday.
Apparently I don't understand the competitive bidding process.
The city of Bedford solicited bids for mowing the Morgan Community Center property. I thought the point of asking for bids is to get the job done for the lowest price. However, in Bedford the process works differently. Once the bids are opened, it doesn't matter who submits the lowest bid, but rather who did the job before.
A horrific accident occurred Friday afternoon at Trimble County High School, involving two vehicles, three teens, two adults and at least one case of beer. There was one person dead – a woman thrown from one vehicle onto the hood of the other.
Lots of folks will be playing the odds this week as all eyes are focused on the state for the 135th running of the Kentucky Derby.
Everyone wants to pick a winner, but I've never thought the odds of doing that are very good. With 20 horses in the race, we know only one will walk away with the roses.
What if you had the chance to wager on something that had odds where eight to 10 of those 20 participating come away a winner?
It sounds interesting, doesn't it? Even better, it can have a lasting, long-term impact on our community.
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Situated near the airport, this hotel is 2.1 mi (3.4 km) from Ardgillan Castle and within 6 miles (10 km) of Ardgillan Demesne and Gormanston College. Skerries Mills and Four Knocks are also within 9 miles (15 km). Balbriggan Station is only a 5-minute walk.
Hotel features
This hotel features a restaurant, a bar/lounge and 24-hour room service. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Additionally, a business centre, meeting rooms and dry cleaning are on-site.
Room amenities
All 66 rooms offer free WiFi, 24-hour room service and flat-screen TVs with satellite channels. Premium bedding, coffee/tea makers and hairdryers are among the other amenities available to guests.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us! Opens in a new window.
Bracken Court Hotel
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Business-related amenities at this 4-star property consist of a business centre and meeting rooms.
Wireless Internet access is complimentary. This business-friendly hotel also offers multilingual staff, on-site laundry facilities and dry cleaning/laundry services. On-site self parking is complimentary.
Bracken Court Hotel has designated areas for smoking.
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Express check-in
- Bar/lounge
- Luggage storage
- Lift
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Designated smoking areas
- 24-hour front desk
- Business centre
- Laundry facilities
- Porter
- Express check-out
- Meeting rooms 6
- Restaurant
- Total number of rooms - 66
- Free self parking
- Number of floors - 4
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Free WiFi
- Wedding services
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Multilingual staff
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry facilities
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Refrigerator (on request)
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Premium bedding
- Phone
- Coffee/tea maker
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Shower/tub combination
- Satellite TV service
- Iron/ironing board
- In-room safe
- Desk
- Refrigerator (on request)
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Number of bathrooms -
- Flat-panel TV
- Free WiFi
- Daily housekeeping
- Room service (24 hours)
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
Where to Eat
The Bracken Grill – This restaurant serves breakfast, lunch and dinner. Reservations are required.
Jack Doyles – This bar serves lunch and dinner.
24-hour room service is available.
Nearby Things to Do
The recreational activities listed below are available either on-site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Snowshoeing nearby
- Golf lessons available nearby
- Sailing nearby
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3:00 PM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Optional extras
- Breakfast fee: between EUR 8.95 and EUR 13.95 per person (approximately)
- Rollaway beds are available for an additional fee
Hotel Name
- Bracken Court Hotel Balbriggan
- Bracken Court Hotel
- Bracken Court Balbriggan
- Bracken Court
- Best Western Balbriggan
- Bracken Court Hotel Balbriggan, Ireland - County Dublin
National Rating
Fáilte Ireland (The National Tourism Development Authority of Ireland) assigns an official star rating for accommodation in Ireland. This Hotel property is rated 4 stars.


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Armed to the teeth, national media discover Bearcats
August 16. 2014 7:39PM
The civil unrest in a St. Louis suburb last week attracted national attention. Some in the national media have apparently discovered what Granite Staters have known and have been concerned about for quite awhile: Local police are stocking up on military combat vehicles.
CBS News did a separate story and found some congressmen who were astounded that police around the country have been using public funds to buy armored personnel vehicles designed for military assaults.
Using them for civilian unrest, noted one critic in the story, can actually increase tensions. No kidding?
Tell that to the city fathers of Concord, which recently ignored objections from citizens in accepting a "Bearcat'' vehicle.
Keene and Manchester have similar armored vehicles as do the State Police.
All of this began in the wake of and the name of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on America. Homeland security is important, to be sure. But arming local police departments with military might needs to be very carefully examined.
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Dr. King argues that desegregation is only the first step towards the ultimate goal of complete racial equality. He explains that nonviolence, driven by the power of love, is crucial to create true integration.
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