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As one of the first cities in the U.S., Providence has a lot of history, culture and water (approximately 10% of the city's geographic region consists of water). Providence was founded in 1636, and is home to several historical buildings and landmarks, including the Rose Island Lighthouse in Newport and Waterplace Park in Downtown. Yes, you guessed it: all activities near water. Providence, Rhode Island will provide much for your grandkids and you to sea and do.
Courtyard by Marriot Providence Downtown
32 Exchange Terrace at Memorial Boulevard, Providence, RI
(401) 272-1191
Price: Rooms starting at $169/night
Be in the center of it all by staying at the Courtyard in Downtown Providence. It's a hop-skip away from the Rhode Island Convention Center and Waterplace Park in Downtown Providence, and a short drive to the Roger Williams Park Zoo. Besides a great location, Marriot also offers visitors recently enhanced room features, such as improved work spaces, bathroom upgrades and free wireless internet access. Grandparents can also take advantage of the "Numero Uno Pizza Package" when making reservations, which includes dinner for four at Uno Chicago Grill.
Hotel Providence
139 Mathewson Street, Providence RI
(401) 861-8000
Price: Rooms starting at $125/night
Hotel Providence is a luxury boutique hotel with personality, flair and history. Oh, yeah-and several awards to match. Selected as the 2012 Best of New England, Editor's Choice for Yankee Magazine's Travel Guide and Meeting Focus' Destination Experts' Best of Hotels in 2010, this hotel demonstrates the best of Providence. The hotel has a great, family package during Spring Break that provides you and your grandkids with a $25 gift card to Dave & Busters, and your choice of board game delivered to your room, with fresh popcorn and refreshments.
The Westin Providence
One West Exchange Street, Providence, RI
(401) 598-8000
Price: Rooms starting at $199/night
Connected to the Rhode Island Convention Center and the Providence Place Mall, which is the largest shopping mall in Rhode Island and among the largest in Southern New England, the Westin Providence is as close as you get to the heart of Providence. Add their "Feel Good Family Time with Dave & Buster's Package" to the deal, and your family is guaranteed a top of the line accommodations. With this package, the Westin provides you with a D&B gift card that could be used to dine in their restaurant or play games.
Providence Biltmore Hotel
11 Dorrance Street, Providence, RI
(401) 421-0700
Price: Rooms starting at $135/night
To experience the real history of Providence, families need to look no further than the Providence Biltmore Hotel. Since 1922, the hotel has survived two hurricanes, a closing in 1974 and several renovation projects. Through these changes, the Biltmore never lost its true essence, which derives from its unique architecture and design.When making reservations, be sure to inquire on their seasonal packages.
Hotel Dolce Villa
63 Pasquale Avenue, Providence, RI
(401) 383-7031
Price: Rooms starting at $169/night
With the Hotel Dolce Villa, guests can discover and enjoy Italy in Providence. This boutique hotel provides guests with a Jacuzzi, memory foam mattress and other modern touches, with the vibrancy and colors of a country-side in Italy. Local restaurants, such as Venda Ravioli and Bob & Timmy's, add authenticity to the journey. It's the perfect blend for grandparents looking to give their grandkids a different experience of Providence.
Angelo's Restaurant
141 Atwells Avenue, Providence, RI
(401) 621-8171
Hours: Sunday: 12-9pm, Monday-Thursday: 11:30am-9pm
Friday-Saturday 11:30am-10pm
Price: $$
Grandparents will appreciate the history of Angelo's just as much as the food. This family-owned business opened in 1924, and has since been creating beautiful memories for other families. That, paired up with Angelo's famous southern Italian staples and great service, make it a must-taste during your family's visit to Providence.
Edgewood Café
1864 Broad Street, Cranston, RI
(401) 383-5550
Hours: 5-9pm (daily)
Price: $$
Don't be fooled by the traditional menu at Edgewood Café. Since 2008, this restaurant has selected a "Best Neighborhood Restaurant" by the Providence Phoenix Review and a Best of 2008 by the Rhode Island Monthly. Although there's a great kid's menu available, why not let your grandkids try to the "Make Your Own" gourmet pizza instead.
Julian's Restaurant
38 Broadway, Providence, RI
(401) 861-1770
Brunch: Monday-Friday: 9am-4:30pm, Saturday & Sunday: 9am-2:45pm
Dinner: 5-11pm (daily)
Price: $$
Julian's Restaurant is just a cool, innovative place to be-let alone eat. With a wide selection of brunch and dinner options, including a delicious dessert menu (think Brown Butter Crème Brulee and Chocolate Marshmallow Pound Cake), Julian's should be on your list of visits while in Providence. However, it's not just their food that makes Julian's a great location to visit. This restaurant exhibits artwork and designs by local artists, and even has an Omnibus that was selected as a "Best Street Food" in 2011 by the Rhode Island Monthly Magazine. Check the website for the Omnibus' whereabouts during your stay.
River Falls Restaurant & Lounge
74 South Main Street, Woonsocket, RI
(401) 235-9026
Tuesday: 4-9pm
Wednesday: 3-10pm
Thursday-Saturday: 4-10pm
Sunday: 12-8pm
Price: $$$
Located in Northern Rhode Island on the banks of the Blackstone River, guests can expect a great view to accompany their delicious meal. And with the their legendary El Dorado Prime Ribs and Alaskan King Crab Legs, there is always something exciting on the menu at River Falls. Grandkids, especially, can enjoy Sunday Family Scribble Day from 12:00pm to 8:00pm. Any item on the kids menu is free and servers will cover your table with construction paper so kids (and adults) can scribble and color. Crayons are provided, but your grandkids have to bring on the talent.
Joe's American Bar & Grill
148 Providence Place, Providence, RI
(401) 270-4737
Lunch: Monday-Saturday: 11am-4pm
Dinner : Monday-Thursday: 4-11:00pm, Friday & Saturday: 4pm-12am, Sunday: 10am-10pm Brunch : Saturday-Sunday: 10am-2pm
Price: $$
Joe's American Bar & Grill is perfect for you and your grandchildren to enjoy a relaxed, delicious American meal. Its casual lunches and family dinners, featuring classic, all-American favorites along with some signature recipes, make it a Providence favorite. Some of their most popular dishes include ribs, meatloaf, prime rib, roasted chicken, juicy burgers, homemade soups, signature salads, and a lineup of tempting appetizers, including bruschetta mozzarella, crispy calamari, and crab cakes. But of course, ask your grandkids and their probably favor the delicious dessert menu instead, with the warm apple-walnut crisp, famous chocolate cake and a delicious apple pie, who blames them.
WaterFire Providence
Riverwalk and Waterplace Park, Memorial Boulevard and Exchange Street, Providence, RI
(401) 273-1155
Hours: Saturday (May–October): Sunset-Midnight
Price: Free
Age Range: Baby, Toddler, Preschooler, Elementary, Tween, Teen
Labeled by the Providence Journal as the most popular work of art in the city's history, this award-winning installation can't be missed. With over 200 on-going fires and lightings, WaterFire has revitalized and maintained the city as the Creative Capital. All "Full Fire" installations are located in Waterplace Park, and take place on Saturday between late May and early October from sunset until a little past midnight. Schedule for other fire installations are listed on the website.
Providence Children's Museum
100 South Street, Providence, RI
(401) 273-5437
April-Labor Day: 9am-6pm (daily)*
September-March: Tuesday-Sunday: 9am-6pm (daily)*
*Select Friday evenings until 8pm.
Price: Children (under 12 months): Free, $8.50 per person
Age Range: Baby, Toddler, Preschooler, Elementary, Tween, Teen
When the Providence Children's Museum first opened in the 1970's, their goal was to create a place for lively learning and fun, just as the already established Boston and Brooklyn children's museums. Since then, it's welcomes over thousands of visitors per year and has expanded its commitment to serving children with the Playworks Campaign for Kids and other interactive exhibits. There's even an Imagination Playground program, and the Discovery Studio for the little explorers in the family.
Roger Williams Park Zoo
1000 Elmwood Avenue, Providence, RI
(401) 941-4998 x 316
Hours: 9am-4pm (daily)
Price: Children (Under 3): Free, Children (3-12): $9.95, Adults: $14.95, Seniors (age 62+): $12.95
Age Range: Baby, Toddler, Preschooler, Elementary, Tween, Teen
You and your grandkids could a little wild and let loose at one of the country's oldest zoo, Roger Williams Park Zoo. Your grandkids could enjoy a tropical experience with the new anteater exhibit, or explore an old-time favorite, Wetlands Trails, where visitors can see a variety of blue herons, Canada geese and turtles.
Providence Museum of Natural History & Planetarium
1000 Elmwood Avenue, Providence, RI
(401) 785-9457
September-June, 10am-5pm (daily)
July-August, 10am-4pm (daily)
October-June, 10am-4pm (daily)
Museum Price: Children (age 4 and under): Free, $2 per person
Planetarium Price: $3 per person, Children (age 4 and under) Not permitted
Age Range: Preschooler, Elementary, Tween, Teen
The Providence Museum of Natural History and Planetarium is home to over 25,000 specimens from all over the world. Some of its best exhibits include cultural objects from Africa, the South Seas and the Victorian era, which inspired the founding of the museum itself. The Planetarium also has a great, on-going exhibit on Saturn and other cosmic explorations. Check the website for exact schedule of Planetarium exhibits.
La Gondola
Memorial Boulevard and Exchange Street, Providence, RI
(401) 421-8877
Hours: May-October: 9am-1pm (daily), Sunday-Thursday: 5-11:00pm
Price: $79 (for 2 people).*
*Up to four (4) additional passengers may be added for $15 per person.
Age Range: Elementary, Tween, Teen
While in Providence, don't forget to visit the gondeliers and musicians that make up, La Gondola. These artists take visitors along the Woonasquatucket and Providence Rivers through the City, river walks and Providence's new waterfront parks. The trips are approximately 40 minutes long and reservations are strongly suggested.
Rhode Island State House Tour
90 Smith Street, Providence, RI
(401) 222-2357
Guided Tours: Monday-Friday: 9am-12pm
Self-Guided Tours: Monday-Friday: 8:30am-4:30pm, Saturday & Sunday: Closed
Price: Free
Age Range: Elementary, Tween, Teen
This white, Georgia marble masterpiece was built in 1900, and was one of the first public buildings in the State to use electricity with 109 floodlights and two searchlights at night. What makes this building unique, however, is its self-supporting marble dome. This is the fourth of its kind in the world. To make it even more extraordinary, there's also the gold-covered bronze statue of the "Independent Man" that sits on the very top. This statue, originally named "Hope", represents the freedom and independence that led founder, Roger Williams, to settle and establish Providence and later the beautiful state of Rhode Island.
Governor Henry Lippitt House Museum
199 Hope Street, Providence, RI
(401) 272-5101
Hours: May-October, Fridays: 11am-12pm, 1pm & 2pm
Price: Children (age 12 and under): Free, Students: $5, Adults: $10
Age Range: Baby, Toddler, Preschooler, Elementary, Tween, Teen
The Governor Henry Lippitt House Museum has remained true to its original 19th century, high-style Victorian decoration for many generations. Many have graced these elaborate hallways with colorful stained glass window, since it was completed in 1865, including the founding families of Providence and the well-known Professor, Alexander Graham Bell. Your grandkids will enjoy this depiction of 19th century Providence.
Trolley Tours of Providence
11 Dorrance Street, Providence, RI
(401) 421-3825
Monday, Wednesday-Friday: 11am-1pm, Saturday & Sunday: 11am, 1pm, 3pm, Tuesday: Closed
Monday, Wednesday-Sunday: 11am, 1pm, 3pm, Tuesday: Closed
September 7-October:
Monday, Wednesday-Friday: 11am, 1pm, Saturday & Sunday: 11am, 1pm, 3pm, Tuesday: Closed
Monday, Wednesday-Friday tours at 11am, 1pm, Tuesday: Closed
Price: Children (age 3 and under): Free, Children (age 14 and under): $14, College Students: $16, Adult: $18, Seniors (age 65+): $16
Age Range: Baby, Toddler, Preschooler, Elementary, Tween, Teen
Although trolleys are long gone in most big cities, Providence still maintains the architecture and structure for it. Several of the tunnels and alleys for trolleys still remain in the city, and you and your grandchildren can enjoy this touch of history with the Trolley Tours of Providence. Visit the First Baptist Church in America, as well as the home of a signer of the Declaration of Independence. The trolley will also cruise along the city's beautiful riverfront and waterfront, along Roger Williams National Park and through the State Houses.
John Brown House Museum
52 Power Street, Providence, RI
(401) 273-7507
April 1-November 30:
Tuesday-Friday: 1:30pm-3pm, Saturdays: 10:30am, 12pm, 1:30pm, 3pm
December 1-March 31:
Friday & Saturday: 10:30 am, 12pm, 1:30pm, 3pm
Price: Children (ages 7-17): $4, Adults: $8, Seniors: $6
Age Range: Baby, Toddler, Preschooler, Elementary, Tween, Teen
Located along Power Street on College Hill, and adjacent to the borders of Brown University, John Brown House Museum was the mansion of one its benefactors. It was also the first mansion built in the city. Unlike other museums, however, this one has several hands-on projects and programs for your grandchildren to enjoy, including lesson plans that depict the American Revolutionary War, Neoclassical Architecture, and George Washington in Rhode Island.
Blithewold Mansion Gardens & Arboretum
101 Ferry Road (Route 114), Bristol, RI
(401) 253-2707
Mid-April – Columbus Day
Tuesday-Saturday: 10am-4pm, Sundays: 10am-4pm
Price: Children: (age 6 and under): Free, Children (ages 6-17): $3, Adults: $11, Senior: $9, Family (2 adults & 2 children): $24
Age Range: Baby, Toddler, Preschooler, Elementary, Tween, Teen
Located near the beautiful and unique Narragansett Bay, the Blithewold Mansion Gardens & Arboretum is Queen Ann-style mansion with most of its decor and architecture still intact. Once owned by Augustus and Bessie Van Wickle in 1896, the mansion called Blithewold (Old English for "happy woodland"), had 40 rooms was decorated in carved crests and gargoyles. It was reminiscent of the wealthy class design of the time. Although your grandkids might not appreciate all the landscape and exhibits, they will appreciate the large space in the garden to venture and explore.
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Jamestown Historical Society-Windmill
92 Narragansett Avenue, Jamestown, RI
(401) 423-0784
Hours: July-September, Weekends: 10am-4pm
Price: By donation
Have your grandkids ever seen a real windmill? Well, that alone is enough to schedule a trip to the Jamestown Historical Society. This three-story structure was built in 1787, and stands tall today on Windmill Hill. While there, you and your grandkids can also visit the Society's Museum and Jamestown Library.
Block Island
40 Center Road, Block Island, RI
(800) 383-2171
Hours: June-Columbus Day
Although a little far off from Providence, Block Island is a sweet, local escape. With its sparkling water, fishing and boating activities, and the miles of beach sand, it's no wonder the Nature Conservancy designated it one of the 12 "great places in the Western Hemisphere." While there, families can stay at one of the local inns, visit the North Light House or Ball O'Brien Park. Grandkids will enjoy the various sports and recreations available on the island. Block Island Ferry departs from Point Judith, Rhode Island is available all-year round.
Rose Island Lighthouse
P.O. Box 1419, Newport, RI
(401) 847-4242
Hours: July 1-Labor Day, 10am-4pm*
After Labor Day, families have to call office to make visiting arrangements.
Price: Children (age 5 and under): Free, Children (ages 6-12): $4, Adults: $5, Seniors (65+): $4
Located in the Narrangansett Bay, the Rose Island Lighthouse has so much to offer visitors: gardens, picnic area, beaches. Stay a little longer than a day, however, and you and your grandkids could be the lighthouse keeper. Families have the option of staying overnight or a week. Simply check online for available dates.
Providence Athenaeum
251 Benefit Street, Providence, RI
(401) 421-6970
September-May: Monday-Thursday: 9am-7pm, Friday & Saturday: 9am-5pm, Sunday: 1-5pm
June-May: Monday-Thursday: 9am-7pm, Friday: 9am-5pm, Saturday: 9am-1pm, Sunday: Closed
Price: Free
The Providence Athenaeum is a member-supported library, whose history can be traced back 250 years, and has one of the most amazing collections of children's books in the city. The children's library – Sayles Gorham Children's Library-has a diverse and rare, first edition collection of juvenile titles that's sure to impress your avid reader. They also host story hours, family movie night, Book Worm Club, and other great activities for kids.
Del's Lemonade
1260 Oaklawn Avenue, Cranston, RI
(401) 463-6190
Hours: 10am-10pm (daily)
Although the frozen lemonade and fruit ices are the lure, there's also a strong history behind this franchise, and you and your grandkids can taste it from the flagship store and headquarters in Cranston. It's the refreshing, most natural treat to have while visiting this grand, old city.


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Old days revisited … the veterinarian Ted Humphries fears corruption in the sport. Photo: Janie Barrett
IT WAS 1995 when the vet Ted Humphries blew the lid on corruption in the greyhound racing industry. Within days of his interview on ABC TV's 7.30 Report, the Greyhound Racing Control Board sent a letter to racing clubs in an attempt to derail his disclosures, rather than address the problems he raised.
The letter, dated August 29 that year, expressed deep concern about tension at the Wentworth Park track because of his allegations.
"The comments made by Dr Humphries create the impression that use of drugs in the industry is commonplace and that stewards are giving favourable treatment to certain trainers. The situation is becoming quite untenable and impacting on the smooth and effective control of race meetings …"
It would be another five years before the Independent Commission Against Corruption investigated, but the result would vindicate Dr Humphries. The chief steward Rodney Potter and five others were charged with corruption. Potter pleaded guilty and was jailed for 2½ years. Sweeping industry reforms included an independent board to oversee a new body, Greyhound Racing NSW, or GRNSW.
But Dr Humphries is worried again. He fears a lack of independent oversight, particularly because the Veterinary Advisory Panel – of which he was a member – has been disbanded. All official vet positions have been taken in-house. "Now the only oversight is by people employed by GRNSW," says Dr Humphries. He believes independent vets had more freedom to speak out.
Brent Hogan, the organisation's chief executive, said these vets were removed because of a potential conflict of interest: as they ran private practices, they would often treat the same dogs they oversaw at the tracks. Mr Hogan has said that the introduction of a Greyhound Welfare and Veterinary Services Unit, within GRNSW, ensures vets are at all the state's greyhound meetings and are on hand to provide expert advice.
But Dr Humphries told The Sun-Herald: "It was the independent vets that brought the inconsistencies to the attention of the authorities."
He agrees with complaints that the bigger trainers do not appear to be getting their dogs swabbed as often as others. "It was like this when Rodney Potter was there. This would have been ICAC material before, but now ICAC has no authority and there is no action."

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'Pirates of Penzance' vs. 'The Pirate Movie'
Year: Late '82/early '83 Premise: Movie adaptations of the famous Gilbert & Sullivan operetta The Verdict: You've maybe heard of the Kevin Kline-Angela Landsbury-Linda Ronstadt version of "Pirates of Penzance," but did you know there was a movie released just a few months earlier starring Kristy McNichol and the guy from "The Blue Lagoon" in "Pirates-of-Penzance"-goes-1980s? Oh, yes. The former saw a Golden Globe nom for Ronstadt, while the latter earned three Razzie wins out of nine nominations - including a win for Worst Song for "Pumpin and Blowin." We cannot make this stuff up. Edge: "Pirates of Penzance," by the biggest margin in this gallery. Though ... "The Pirate Movie" is worth a watch for the humor factor. -- Andrea Reiher, Zap2it
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July 22nd -August 4th, 2018
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The Institute culminates in a showcase of student performances for family, friends, and the Wagner community. SMTI gives students a learning experience that is professional and positive-rigorous training and serious fun. Past SMTI students have visited and spoken with the stars of productions including Memphis, Evita, Stomp, Spiderman, Paramour, and Billy Elliot. Each student also participates in a professional photography session and receives a CD of his/her shots.
Wagner College is located in the beautiful Grymes Hill section of Staten Island, a short shuttle ride from the famous Staten Island Ferry that takes them into Manhattan. SMTI is the perfect segue from high school to college, introducing the serious student to the professional world of musical theatre.
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Wagner College is listed in Princeton Review's "Best Colleges" guide for the 13th year in a row. Wagner also appeared on several of the specialized Top 20 lists compiled by Princeton Review, including "Best College Theater". The Wagner College Theater has been ranked among the top 10 collegiate stage programs in the nation. Wagner is No. 4 on this year's Best College Theaters list. It has also been identified in U.S. News & World Report's "Best Colleges" and "Best Value Schools"
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Lionel Messi has been confirmed as fit to face Bayern Munich in Barcelona's Champions League semifinal first leg on April 23.
The 25-year-old was told at training on Tuesday he would be ready to play against the Bavarians next week with his hamstring problem a thing of the past.
The Argentine has missed the Blaugrana's last two Liga matches due to the injury, however, he did come off the bench in between the domestic matches to have a major impact in the Liga giant's second leg with Paris Saint-Germain earlier this month.
The Catalunya club was trailing 1-0 when the four-time Ballon d'Or winner was brought off the bench and he eventually set up Pedro for the crucial equalizer which ensured the club's progression into the semifinals on away goals (3-3 on aggregate).
It remains to be seen whether Vilanova and his assistant Jordi Roura will choose to risk playing the forward against Levante on Saturday, though it can be assumed that Messi being rested is a sensible option with second-placed Real Madrid 13 points behind with seven games to go.
Prior to his injury-induced absences, the attacker had gone on a record-breaking streak of scoring in 19 consecutive Liga matches and tops the Primera Division charts with 43 goals.


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The direct sequel to 1978's Superman starring Christopher Reeve as the caped superhero of the title name. The Man of Steel foils the plot of terrorists by hurtling their nuclear device into outer space, but the bomb's shock waves free the Kryptonian villain General Zod (Terence Stamp) ]and his henchmen Ursa (Sarah Douglas) and Non (Jack O'Halloran) from their imprisonment.
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A Christian councillor is consulting lawyers about a human rights claim after losing an appeal against expulsion her from her group.
Christina Summers was banned from sitting with her Green Party colleagues on Brighton and Hove City Council in September after voting against a proposal to lift the ban on same-sex marriage.
The decision, which was approved by 13 of the city's 23 Green councillors, was upheld by a panel of senior members of the Green Party of England and Wales.
Coun Summers, who now represents Hollingdean and Stanmer as an independent, received notification of the letter yesterday.
She told The Argus: "Disappointed? In every way. Surprised? No. I am now consulting with lawyers over a fundamental breach of a human right and will be issuing a full statement soon."
The original decision to expel her was taken in September after an internal inquiry by Brighton and Hove Green party.
At the centre of its inquiry was a vote in July where the local authority's councillors were asked if they supported a motion to lobby the Government on changing the law.
Coun Summers was the only member to vote against the proposal.
A Green Party spokesman confirmed yesterday's ruling did not affect Coun Summers' membership of the party.
Rob Shepherd, chairman of Brighton and Hove Green Party, said: "We welcome the conclusion of Christina Summers' appeal, which has upheld the findings of the original inquiry panel."
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- Iconic "Marshall" script logo gracing the 12th fret
- To make the 50th Anniversary of Marshall Les Paul Goldtop supremely playable, the neck is Plek'd at the factory for optimum action and playing feel
- BurstBucker 1 in the neck position and BurstBucker 2 in the bridge - made with genuine Alnico II magnets and wound with 42 AWG wire, with slightly mismatched coils, just like the legendary PAF humbuckers of the late '50s, for a characteristic edge and complexity that is unmatched by modern humbucking pickups
- Marshall's proprietary input jack mounted to a cream Les Paul reissue jackplate
- Lightweight, gently aged aluminum stopbar tailpiece and nickel plated Tune-o-matic bridge
- Vintage-style tuners with green keys complete the look
… That's not all!
We've Also got the Limited Edition 1962LE Bluesbreaker Amp
Gibson Les Paul Package
According to Jim Marshall, this amp was first designed following a conversation with a young English guitarist who would practice in Jim's music shop and later went on to international stardom.
"He was one of the first guitarists to ask me for a combo version of the JTM45. He wanted something that'd be easy for him to get in and out of the boot of his car, you see. That's how the 1962 came about."


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The Houston Dynamo and Southern Methodist University played to a 2-2 draw in a scrimmage Saturday morning at Methodist Champions Field at Houston Amateur Sports Park. Je-Vaughn Watson and Brian Ching scored for Houston while Leobardo Vazquez and a Houston own goal helped the Mustangs earn the draw.
The Dynamo created a lot of chances in the first half but were unable to open the scoring. Instead, Southern Methodist struck first in the 15th minute. SMU midfielder Damian Rosales crossed the ball from near the corner into the Dynamo box, where it hit defender Eric Brunner and redirected into the net for a Mustang goal.
Houston nearly equalized three minutes later as Franck Songo'o struck a well-hit shot from the top of the box, but it was cleared off the line by an SMU defender.
In the 31st minute forward Will Bruin was denied when his low shot was blocked by the outstretched foot of goalkeeper Jaime Ibarra.
Ten minutes later it was midfielder Adam Moffat who nearly provided the equalizing goal. His shot from 30 yards was deflected before Ibarra was forced to make a difficult save, pushing the ball away as he crashed into the post.
Four minutes later, after Brad Davis came close to scoring, defender Bobby Boswell had his opportunity on goal. His volley struck the head of a Mustang defender before it hit the post and bounced away.
Six minutes after halftime, it was Cam Weaver with a chance to even the score. Watson curled in a pinpoint cross, but Weaver's volley stayed over the crossbar.
Southern Methodist lengthened its lead in the 60th minute when Leobardo Vazquez slipped in behind the defense, eluded goalkeeper Erich Marscheider, and rolled a slow shot that just cleared the goal line before Houston could clear, extending SMU's lead to 2-0.
The Dynamo did not take long to pull a goal back, as two minutes later, a nice sequence resulted in a goal. Luiz Camargo played a ball from the middle of the SMU half to the feet of Weaver, near the penalty spot. Weaver laid the ball off for Watson, who placed it in the low corner and found the net, cutting the deficit to 2-1.
Houston continued to pressure the SMU defense and were denied by a pair of impressive saves from second-half goalkeeper Devin Cook. The first came in the 71st minute when Warren Creavalle crossed an excellent ball for Weaver, who struck his header well, but Cook made the stop. Seven minutes later, Cook pushed aside a dangerous free kick from Alex Dixon to preserve the lead.
The Dynamo finally broke through in the 87th minute. Ching drew a foul near the corner flag and then headed in Alex Dixon's ensuing free kick at the back post for the tying goal.
Weaver had a few late opportunities to win it for Houston, but just missed the far post with each chance.
The Dynamo continue preseason on Tuesday at 3 p.m. when they scrimmage the Dynamo Academy, presented by Statoil, at Methodist Champions Field at Houston Amateur Sports Park. Parking and admission are free to the public.
Houston Dynamo vs. Southern Methodist University
February 9, 2013 – Houston Amateur Sports Park
Preseason Scrimmage
Scoring Summary:
SMU – Eric Brunner (own goal) 15
SMU – Leobardo Vazquez (Tyler Engel) 60
HOU – Je-Vaughn Watson 1 (Cam Weaver 2, Luiz Camargo 2) 62
HOU – Brian Ching 1 (Alex Dixon 3) 87
Houston Dynamo first half – Tally Hall; Kofi Sarkodie, Bobby Boswell, Eric Brunner, Jimmy Nealis*; Frank Songo'o*, Ricardo Clark, Adam Moffat, Brad Davis; Will Bruin, Jason Johnson
Houston Dynamo second half – Erich Marscheider; Warren Creavalle, Anthony Arena*, Mike Chabala*, Kofi Sarkodie; Je-Vaughn Watson, Ricardo Clark (Brian Ownby 61), Luiz Camargo, Alex Dixon; Cam Weaver, Brian Ching
Southern Methodist University – Jaime Ibarra (Devin Cook 46); Damian Rosales, Michael King, Ben Hill, Chris Sendejas (Chris Figueroa 46); Tyler Engel, Max Rockwell (Derek Schrick 35), Aaron Simmons, John Lujano (Edu Aranda 35; John Lujano 46; Will Smith 65); Andrew Morales (Brenden Lee 35; Max Rockwell 65), Juan Castillo (Leobardo Vazquez 46)


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Afghan ex-minister escapes assassination attempt
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An influential former Afghan warlord who served as water and energy minister in a previous administration narrowly escaped an assassination attempt Friday in the country's western Herat province, a police spokesman said.
Ismail Khan — who is also running as vice president for one of the candidates in the April 5 presidential election — was attacked after mid-day prayers, said police spokesman Abdul Raouf Ahmadi.
Khan was coming out of the mosque in Herat city, the provincial capital, when the bomber set off his explosives. No one except the would-be suicide bomber was killed in the explosion, said Ahmadi. Khan could not be reached for comment.
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, which underscored some of the challenges Afghanistan faces ahead of the election, a vote that will help shape the country's future following the departure of foreign combat troops.
In 2010, President Hamid Karzai had wanted to keep Khan — a Tajik who was a prominent warlord during the civil war of the 1990s and who retains considerable local power among his minority — in his administration, but the nomination was narrowly defeated. Critics said keeping Khan would have proven Karzai remained beholden to regional power brokers at the expense of the country's national interests.
Khan, 67, is now running as VP on the ticket of presidential contender, Abdul Rab Rasoul Sayyaf, also a former warlord. Karzai can't run for a third consecutive term and has not yet endorsed anyone. There are no clear favorites in the race.
Both Sayyaf and Khan were known as warlords during Afghanistan's civil war from 1992 until the Taliban takeover in 1996, fighting on the side of the Northern Alliance against the Taliban. Previously, both also actively participated in the war against the Soviet occupation.
In other violence, a gunman on a motorcycle opened fire at a group of local cricket players, killing five of them during a game in eastern Laghman province before he sped away, provincial spokesman Sarhadii Zhouak said Friday.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, which took place on Thursday in Alinghar district, but Zhouak blamed the Taliban. When the Taliban ruled the country, they severely restricted sports and public celebrations.
Karzai on Friday issued a statement condemning the attack and the killing of Afghan sportsmen.
Elsewhere, spokesman Omar Zwak in southern Helmand province said police found the body of slain journalist Noor Ahmad Noori late on Thursday night. The 30-year-old Nouri, who worked for the local Radio Busd had been abducted earlier in the day and his body was found in a sack, badly burned, said Zwak.


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Our editors spend some time roaming the web looking for stuff cattle people and others in agriculture might find useful or entertaining.
It sounds like the House leadership will try to pass a food stamp free farm bill, perhaps today. That would be a huge deal if it mattered. If the budget hawks succeed, it would leave the few remaining farm-centric congressmen to man the ramparts of farm support policy--and they probably would find much less money to pass out. Fortunately for those of us who like the free money, the Senate isn't going to play along and, even if both houses did agree, the President says he'd veto the thing. Our bets go on another extension.
Politico's take.
Fox News.
Daryl Ray says it would be a big mistake to split the farm bill.
Several Senators worry about the Chinese getting our pig secrets.
Read these takes from the New York Times and CBS News.
Just browsing the internet this morning...we get the idea the meat industry's suit against USDA is ginning up mostly negative publicity. No mention of the trading partners' pending reprisals. No questions to the Bullards about the difference in market-oriented labeling and government-mandated labeling. No attention to the cost. The reporter--and most of the others we read--just assume that labeling is "good." No matter the cost or how much how many consumers give a darn.
The immigration reform bill has been looking dead since it twitched out of the Senate. Still acts dead. Maybe deader. This House will have none of it.
We mean higher cattle prices in Australia, of course.
Our fathers and their fathers and their fathers would probably agree. We're not sure our kids will. Here's the story.
Turns out it is a good idea to graze camels with your cows. Who knew?
Pay attention, young guns: Brazil has moved interest rates north of 8% at the same time our own Fed is promising to tighten our money supply. It's ripple now, but higher interest would affect a LOT of stuff, starting with loan costs and spreading like ink in the water to beef and land prices and herd rebuilding. Just something to watch and, if you weren't in business during the 70s and 80s, study on.
Consumer Reports seems to have compared beef with buffalo and found, remarkably, that 90% lean buffalo meat is leaner than even 90% lean beef. And it tastes different. The same can be said of armadillo, and they don't tear down fences or run over cowboys.
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About to hit the wall and need a late week pick-me-up? Well, we have something to wake you up, courtesy of her Minajesty -- Nicki Minaj. The well-endowed, voluptuous vixen shared a topless photo on Instagram, with a curtain of long black hair being all that covers her nips.
You can see a healthy amount of the rapper's underboob and sideboob.
Those things are GINORMOUS -- like three handfuls worth.
Show 'em off if you've got 'em, right?


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posted by Thom Holwerda on Sat 27th May 2006 17:23 UTC, submitted by proclus
GNU-Darwin has gotten support for AMD's Opteron processors. "Mac OS X users are welcome to give free software a try now. I finally got a chance to try GNU-Darwin-1.1 on an Opteron machine with Darwin-7.2. Testing with glxgears confirms that the MesaGL is performing about twice as fast as on a comparable 32-bit CPU, although some other tasks are clearly not yet optimized. The machines are otherwise roughly identical. Here is a screenshot."


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After East Kingston PD incident, use of prisoners to perform work is re-examinedBy JASON SCHREIBER
Union Leader Correspondent
July 16. 2013 8:42PM
EAST KINGSTON — The East Kingston Police Department has stopped using prisoners to perform maintenance work after authorities say a Rockingham County jail inmate was found with "prohibited items" following a break-in at the police station.
Rockingham County Sheriff Michael Downing confirmed that his office is investigating an incident in May in which an inmate is suspected of breaking into an area of the East Kingston Police Department while he was working there as an inmate trusty.
"We were notified that a trusty had brought in some prohibited items to the jail and we were called down to investigate. We recovered several items and were requested by the County Attorney's Office to investigate an incident at the East Kingston Police Department and that is in progress as we speak. We are trying to verify whether that's where they came from," Downing said Tuesday.
The inmate was part of a trusty program that allows low-risk minimum security inmates to perform landscaping, cleaning and other work at Rockingham County facilities, primarily the nursing home, local police departments and even some businesses for $1 a day. The program saves the nursing home an estimated $500,000 to $600,000 a year in cleaning and maintenance costs.
East Kingston Police Chief Reid Simpson confirmed that an "incident" had occurred, but said the investigation is being handled by the sheriff's department. He declined to provide more details.
While the experiences with past inmate trusties "haven't been that bad," Simpson said the East Kingston Police Department is no longer participating in the program.
The jail suspended the program in May after the incident, but started it up again a few weeks ago.
The incident has raised questions about the county's liability and the risks associated with inmate trusties in the program, which cuts costs for county and police agencies.
County Commissioner Tom Tombarello of Sandown said he feels the trusties need more supervision if the program is going to continue.
"I'm concerned about safety and making sure the program is supervised. I think it needs to be revamped," he said.
If supervision isn't improved, Tombarello said he would support abolishing the program, despite the money it saves the county.
"If something tragic happens with the program not running the right way, we're going to be sued for a lot more than half a million dollars," Tombarello said.
While the inmates in the program are considered "trusties" and aren't violent, Tombarello said they're "still inmates at a correctional facility."
County Commissioner Kevin Coyle of Derry supports the program, but agrees that more supervision may be needed.
"I think it has its merit and it's valued and I support it, but perhaps there needs to be better oversight," Coyle said.
Coyle said the program not only saves money but also helps rehabilitate and integrate the inmates back into the work force.
Epping Police Chief Michael Wallace said his department has never had a problem with a trusty.
The trusties help with washing police cruisers and other maintenance Monday through Friday. Wallace said they're always supervised and never left alone.
"It's been very advantageous to the town. It's a savings and we're not having to hire a janitor or someone to come in and maintain the safety complex," he said.
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Officials: Missing teen sent letter weeks after last sighting
December 07. 2013 7:32PM
Missing Conway teen Abigail Hernandez mailed a letter to her mother after she disappeared, law enforcement revealed Friday at a news conference.
The letter was written Oct. 22, postmarked Oct. 23 and received by Abby's mother Nov. 6, according to Associate Attorney General Jane E. Young. Young would not say where the letter had been postmarked, and authorities would not reveal its contents.
The girl, 15, disappeared Oct. 9. She was last seen walking home shortly before 3 p.m. that day from Kennett High School, where she is a freshman.Young said law enforcement did not release the information about the letter earlier because authorities had to "take every possible step to verify its authenticity." (See editorial, Page A1.)"It is one of the most tangible leads we had in the investigation," Young said. "We are concerned for her safety. She is not out there alone."
Law enforcers still don't know Abigail's whereabouts and made a public plea to anyone with information.
Young said they have "grave" concerns for Abigail's safety, pointing out she was not wearing winter-weather clothing when last seen and she has no money. goo.gl/nLtcJh
Dingman asks for parole
Jeffrey A. Dingman was a 14-year-old eighth-grader at Rochester Middle School in 1996 when he and his older brother, Robert, shot their parents to death in one of the state's most brutal teen crimes. Now 31, he stood before the state's Adult Parole Board on Thursday and asked to be freed from prison when he becomes eligible for parole in two months.
The three-member board granted Dingman tentative parole, which requires he remain in the Calumet halfway house in Manchester until he successfully completes his parole plan. Under the plan, Dingman must get professional counseling and undergo an evaluation; get help in learning how to budget his money, rent an apartment and perform other life skills; and develop a more substantial relationship with his mother's sister, Elizabeth Landry, and her husband, Maurice, both of whom support his release on parole.
Dingman has spent more than half his life in Pennsylvania and New Hampshire prisons. His brother, now 35, was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder and has been serving his sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole in Concord. goo.gl/r755fz
Man pleads guilty to wife's death
A Grantham father of four pleaded guilty Tuesday to second-degree murder in the 2012 shooting death of his wife.
James W. Perriello told police he "lost his cool" because, he alleged, his wife was having an affair with a 20-year-old former student of hers at Lebanon High School.
Perriello, 42, was indicted on first- and second-degree murder charges, authorities said. The defense will ask for an 18- to 36-year sentence; state prosecutors will ask for 35 years to life.
On April 26, 2012, police responding to a 911 call found Natalie Perriello's body on the floor outside a bedroom at her home, 80 Doc's Drive. She had been shot in the head six times. goo.gl/tLA0KX
'Robin Hooders' off the hook
Both civil cases filed by the city against six residents who call themselves "Robin Hood and his Merry Men" have been dismissed by Cheshire County Superior Court Judge John Kissinger.
Associated with the Free Keene group, the self-described "Robin Hooders" patrol downtown armed with video cameras and pockets full of change to fill expired parking meters before parking enforcement officers can issue tickets.
The city in May had asked the court to prohibit them from coming within 50 feet of the city's three parking enforcement officers "during the performance of their employment duties for the city," according to the lawsuit. In September, the city filed a second civil suit seeking monetary damages.
In Tuesday's decisions, Kissinger granted the group's motions to dismiss based on their argument that it was within their constitutional right to free speech. goo.gl/rwsojg
Highway worries, gas tax talk
Facing a yearly $20 million deficit in the state highway fund, Department of Transportation Commissioner Christopher Clement told a House panel Tuesday the DOT faces 700 layoffs in fiscal year 2016. He said without additional revenue, 20 of the 89 highway sheds would close along with one of the six district offices in the state.
The state's highway fund gets about $120 million a year from the gas tax and about $105 million to $110 million from vehicle registrations. A proposal to increase the gas tax by 12 cents over three years passed the House last session, but was killed in the Senate.
Senate President Chuck Morse, R-Salem, said Tuesday the DOT cannot keep asking for more money.
"We're going to have to look at reducing spending ... rather than increase taxes or tolls," Morse said. "We produce the budget, and (Clement) needs to live within his means."
A bill sponsored by Sen. Jim Rausch, R-Derry, Senate Transportation Committee chairman, will be introduced in the 2014 session to raise the gas tax 4.5 cents, which would raise $32 million a year for highways.
Morse said he would not support Rausch's bill. goo.gl/Bb9CXC
Do you recognize this face?
A year after reopening an investigation into a 1969 murder, police are hoping a facial reconstruction of the victim will help solve the case.
The unidentified man's body was discovered Aug. 7, 1969, in a watery ditch along Interstate 93 between Exits 1 and 2. The body was decomposed, but police could see the man had been shot twice in the head, once in the torso and once in the chest.
The victim's body was exhumed in 2012. His skull was sent to forensic artist Harvey Pratt of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation.
Anyone with information can call Salem police Detective Michael White at 890-2383. goo.gl/B3FYl1
Serial infector gets 39 years
U.S. District Court Judge Joseph LaPlante on Monday sentenced former traveling medical technician David M. Kwiatkowski to 39 years in prison for infecting 45 patients with hepatitis C while he worked at hospitals in eight states. One of the patients later died.
Kwiatkowski, 34, spread his disease by stealing syringes filled with the painkiller fentanyl, injecting himself, then refilling the syringes with saline and returning them to be administered to patients. Kwiatkowski carried out his drug diversion scheme from 2003 to 2012. It was uncovered in May 2012 when an outbreak of hepatitis C occurred at Exeter Hospital while Kwiatkowski worked there. goo.gl/Huvoys


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Command & Strategy Issue #8: Fortess Sevastopol
Banner designs by Rodger B. MacGowan
October 1941: After the initial success against the Russian "Bear" in the summer of 1941 the German advance slowed down. Hitler advised the commander of the 17th Army, General Erich von Manstein, to take the Crimean Peninsula and the important port of Sevastopol before the winter weather would set in.
After a quick successful campaign with the final conquest of the Crimea as its goal, the German Wehrmacht should have gained itself a good stepping stone for the next summer offensive to reach the most important oilfields of the Caucasus. Also the mighty Black Sea Fleet would be disloged to the far away port of Batumi...
But history took a different turn. The initial assault failed to take the fortress. The Russians counterattacked in the winter with some success. And so Manstein's final conquest of the mighty Crimean fortress lasted until July 1942 when there were no more Soviet fighting formations on the Crimea.
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Fortress Sevastopol is a simulation of the German assault on the Crimean Peninsula. The Germans had to advance to Sevastopol as quickly as possible. Eventually the mighty fortress will have to surrender before the snow falls, which would be a great pleasure for the "Führer". If not, you will have to wait until spring to receive more reserves and finally capture Sevastopol before the game ends.
If you play the Russian side: stay cool! Try to avoid losses in the initial onslaught. Collect units and reserves in the winter months for an eventual counterstrike at the German weak points. If this is unsuccessful, go for entrenchments and fight for every meter in Sevastopol til the end.
Fortress Sevastopol uses an easy to learn area movement and combat system. A similar system was already used in games like Breakout Normandy, Monty's Gamble - Market Garden, and Storm Over Arhhem. Fortress Sevastopol is Issue #8 in UGG's Command & Strategy magazine series.
Fortress Sevastopol is a trademark of UGG (Udo Grebe Gamedesign), copyright UGG, all rights reserved.
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In an anecdote that sticks to the memory like an overdone cookie on an undergreased cookie sheet — those 2011 holiday baking mishaps still rankle — an American visiting the Sorbonne is accosted by a French student.
"You Americans!" the Frenchwoman says disdainfully. "You read all the time. You act as if there's something magical about reading!"
The American smiles and replies, "No, there's nothing magical about reading." She adds, "The magic is in rereading."
And so it is.
If you're looking for another resolution for the new year that doesn't involve diet or exercise — except the intellectual kind — then why not go back to these 12 classics and crack 'em open one more time?
"A Moveable Feast" (1964) by Ernest Hemingway: Hemingway's fiction has always left me cold, but when I reread this brief memoir about his early days as a struggling writer in Paris, I found it acutely moving. Fans of the 2011 best-seller "The Paris Wife" by Paula McClain claim that it channels the spirit of "A Moveable Feast," but don't believe that nonsense. Reread the original.
"The Man of Property" (1906) by John Galsworthy: Darn that "Masterpiece Theatre." Between my first and second readings of Galsworthy's sly gander at an upper-class British family in the Edwardian age, I watched the 2002 television dramatization of it. I couldn't get the actors' faces out of my mind. They blocked access to the author's story about a chilly, repressed clan, "no branch of which had a liking for the other."
"Animal Farm" (1945) by George Orwell: The late Christopher Hitchens was a great champion of Orwell's work, and Hitchens' enthusiasm persuaded me to revisit this short, powerful fable. In the light of current world events, Orwell's satire acquires even more urgency and moral force.
"Spoon River Anthology" (1915) by Edgar Lee Masters: Masters published his famous collection of 214 poetical epitaphs when he was a top Chicago lawyer — and the reading public's shock must have been tremendous. The poems strip off the polite covers that hide the souls of these small-town folks from each other. To reread these verses is to feel their desperation like a cold prairie wind.
"A Light in the Attic" (1981) by Shel Silverstein: Enough with the desperation and cold wind. Time for something light and frivolous and fun. If you haven't read Silverstein's sparkling poems since you were a kid — or since you read them to a kid in your life — treat yourself with a return to witty wordplay, clever rhymes and offbeat adventures.
"Of Mice and Men" (1937) by John Steinbeck: I used to think of Steinbeck as one of those plodding, deliberate writers with a permanently furrowed brow whose intensity and heavy-handedness made the books dreary and clotted. The older I get, though, the better he seems. You can see the tragedy coming from a mile away in this short novel, but that doesn't diminish its power when it arrives.
"A Man for All Seasons" (1960) by Robert Bolt: To appreciate just how simple-minded a culture we've become, reread this superb play in light of the mediocre 2011 film "The Ides of March," which covers some of the same ground: how to reconcile loyalty to a once-admired leader with one's moral duty, now that the leader's faults have been exposed. Bolt's drama, which chronicles Sir Thomas More's refusal to approve Henry VIII's divorce and remarriage, is crisp and pointed.
"The Count of Monte Cristo" (1844) by Alexandre Dumas: If you didn't know this was a classic, you might mistake it for a fast-moving adventure tale, a sort of "Bourne Ultimatum" played out in carriages and caves instead of jets and Internet cafes. The story is even more compelling the second time around. When you know what's coming, you can sink into the pleasure of its deliciously overwrought scenes.
"Fahrenheit 451" (1953) by Ray Bradbury: No matter how many times you read a Bradbury novel, it's always a gas. He's one of the few writers who can start with a big idea and turn it into a crackerjack yarn. So many authors, when they take on a profound concept, become dismal and didactic. Not Bradbury. This novel about a world in which firefighters burn books is written with passion and luminous beauty, and its anti-censorship message is — sadly — still fresh.
"The Great Gatsby" (1925) by F. Scott Fitzgerald: Great books never belong to just one genre. Fitzgerald's slender, intense novel about the mysterious title character with the fancy shirts, and his nosy neighbor Nick Carraway, is literary fiction, to be sure, but a second reading reveals all of the other things it is: upside-down fairy tale, morality play and — most important — crime fiction.
"Mrs. Dalloway" (1925) by Virginia Woolf: Woolf's work is actually much more accessible than advertised. She is commonly classified as a "difficult" author, hence most people approach her novels ready to be hideously bored. But if you relax into the fluid language, you'll enjoy yourself. The second time around, this tale of a single day in the life of a wealthy woman in post-World War I London is even more poignant, and often amusing. Woolf's prose moves in and out of the minds of her characters like a light wind going from tree to tree.
"Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood" (1804) by William Wordsworth: I first tracked down this poem in high school after watching "Splendor in the Grass" (1961) — a movie featuring a doomed love affair between an impossibly young and handsome Warren Beatty and the equally radiant Natalie Wood — on late-night TV. The movie's title comes from a line in Wordsworth's poem. Yet upon rereading it, the poem doesn't leave you in a sour mood at romances that fizzle and die. It is a hopeful poem about the consolations of growing older and wiser, about finding happiness "in the faith that looks through death,/In years that bring the philosophic mind."
F. Scott Fitzgerald, from left, Virginia Woolf and Ernest Hemingway are well worth spending time with in 2012.


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Noted Rehabilitation Engineer to Speak at Clarkson University
Rehabilitation engineering burst to the forefront with the advent of the Thalidomide Crisis in which many children in other countries were born without limbs in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Morris "Mickey" Milner, who will give the third annual Herman L. Shulman lecture Wednesday, April 23, at Clarkson University, lived through those times and as an aeronautical engineer helped to guide Canada's response to the crisis.
As such, Milner became one of the godfathers of the modern field of rehabilitation engineering and assistive technology. His talk will detail his 35-year "personal odyssey" in the rehab arena.
The lecture will be held at 5:15 p.m. on Wednesday, April 23, in CAMP Room 177 at Clarkson University. The public is invited to attend this lecture and a BEST (technology serving humanity through Biomedical Engineering, Science and Technology) poster display that will be on display from 3-5 p.m. in the CAMP atrium. Refreshments and hors d'oeuvres will be served.
The symposium is a university-wide celebration of engineering research that affects biomedicine, bioscience or any bioscience that relies on engineering to move forward. The symposium and lecture are being held with the support of the Center for Rehabilitation Engineering, Science and Technology (CREST) and the bioengineering seminar class.
Both the poster session and the lecture to follow are free and open to the public.
Clarkson University crosses the boundaries of disciplines, nations and cultures in order for discovery, engineering innovation and enterprise to come together. As a result, faculty and graduates grasp the full impact of their calling, direct their research to the world's pressing issues and lead with confidence and distinction. One in seven alumni is already a CEO or other senior executive. Located in Potsdam, N.Y., just outside the six-million-acre Adirondack Park, Clarkson is home to 3,000 students preparing for rewarding careers through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, science, and health sciences, as well as unparalleled outdoor recreation and life experiences beyond the classroom.


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Salsa dancers know that it's crucial to have a partner with good rhythmic chemistry. The same could be said of salsa music, a flamboyant genre that can be picky about sharing the floor with others.
So it's noteworthy that at the 15th annual L.A. Salsa Congress in downtown Los Angeles, which begins Wednesday and runs through Sunday at the Westin Bonaventure hotel, salsa will yield the spotlight at times to its more rustic Caribbean musical cousin, bachata.
A guitar-driven dance music derived from Cuban bolero that first blossomed in the Dominican Republic in the 1960s after the fall of the Trujillo dictatorship, bachata lately has soared in popularity across many parts of Latin America and the United States. The bachata master Joan Soriano will perform at the L.A. Salsa Congress, and movie director Adam Taub's 2009 documentary about Soriano, "The Duke of the Bachata," will be screened. One of the hotel's dance salons also will be devoted to bachata.
Albert Torres, the event's irrepressible founder and presenter, said he wanted this year's festival to demonstrate a spirit of inclusiveness that reflects salsa's changing personality.
"There's such a large population now that loves bachata," Torres said in a phone interview last week. And not only bachata, he hastened to add: The festival also will turn some of its attention to kizomba, another of salsa's far-flung relatives of the African diaspora, whose popularity has been spreading beyond its Angolan home base.
"All over Europe, especially Spain and Portugal and now in Italy, it's a boom," Torres said of kizomba, which combines traditional African semba and kilapanda with merengue and is generally sung in Portuguese.
Like bachata and kizomba, salsa has migrated long distances and attracted a following in places far removed from its Afro-Caribbean origins. Salseros from 50 countries across Europe, Latin America, Asia and Africa will converge at this week's festival, a five-day marathon of musical performances, prize-giving, workshops, panel discussions and, of course, dancing.
The lineup of musicians will include Orestes Vilató, Johnny Polacno y Su Conjunto Amistad, and Colombia's Grupo Niche, which will perform a tribute to its founder, Jairo Varela, who died last year. On Sunday, Richie Ray will lead a "mambo Mass," and at one of the education workshops percussionist Jose Madera will team with the pianist, arranger and Grammy nominee Oscar Hernandez to explore the history of the musical form.
Also appearing will be Izzy Sanabria, a.k.a. "Mr. Salsa," who as a magazine publisher and TV host in the 1970s helped define the salsa subculture and spread its gospel far beyond New York and San Juan. Sanabria, the official emcee of the Fania All-Stars, will assist Torres with hosting duties this week.
Its collective star-wattage is one measure of how the festival has grown since Torres launched it with about 1,000 attendees at the Hollywood Park Casino in 1999. Today, the congress aspires to attract not only hard-core devotees and students of the spinning, deep-dipping art form but also more casual enthusiasts.
"There are people who are really into the music and they want to know all about the music, all about the artists' history. And there's other people that they just want to do the dancing," said Kathy Diaz, host of the long-running salsa-centric radio show "Canto Tropical" on KPFK-FM (90.7). "Back when I started dancing you didn't go take classes. You learned by going out — sort of the hard way. The congress kind of formalized things."
Through his company, Albert Torres Productions, Torres has done as much as anyone alive to promote salsa, sponsoring dozens of annual events from Zurich to Japan and South Africa. He said he now prefers the term "festival" to "congress" because it feels more inclusive.
Aware that salseros can be wary of parvenu dance forms, promoters like Torres have endeavored to expose salsa audiences to the bluesy roots of traditional bachata, which differs from the more pop-oriented and R&B fusions of latter-day artists like the New York group Aventura and its former frontman Anthony "Romeo" Santos.
"When I got started producing bachata around 2001 the salsero community was completely against it. They saw it as this new upstart music that was disrupting salsa," said Benjamin de Menil, head of the independent world music label iAso, whose "Bachata Roja Legends" compilation albums helped popularize the genre.
But in recent years that attitude has largely disappeared, he added.
"Many of the dance schools and the dance teachers that had been champions of salsa have embraced bachata, and now are the ones that are bringing bachata to new places," said De Menil, who'll be attending this week's events.
In the long run, adding new rhythmic textures can only make the salsa party better than before, said singer-composer Ismael Miranda, who'll be performing this week.
"The most important part of all this is the involvement of young people who are turning into dancers of this music," he said. "So I believe that it has been a blessing."
L.A. Salsa Fest
When: Wednesday through Sunday
Where: Western Bonaventure Hotel, 404 S. Figueroa St.
Info: (310) 445-9705, http://www.mysalsacongress.com


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Prosecutors recovered a video last year of 24-year-old Jessica Linscott of Plaistow and her boyfriend, Roland Dow, prepping the child before the arrival of a social worker who was checking on him. Three weeks later, little James was hospitalized with a traumatic brain injury and burns to his wrist and fingers. The couple were arrested two weeks later at a Florida theme park.
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Was I Ever Even Counted?
In support of the recent letter to the editor about the Census fiasco:
If they wonder why we don't have faith in the government anymore, take a look at the Census happenings!
I filled out mine, mailed it back the next day, cross referencing a second residence, thinking it was all complete! Next came a second notice; I didn't fill it out. The second one went back stating, "Can't you count?" That day I called WFIU asking, "What is going on with the Census?" Others are getting second requests in Spencer; Chattanooga, Tennessee; and Atlanta, Georgia. My son, a Ph.D., also said, "What is going on?" Atlanta is getting them also! One ex-teacher stated, "I got three of them." A pile of them were torn into pieces at Cataract! Were they all seconds? Oh, no call back from IU, either.
Then I got another one at my second residence, which I had cross referenced, stating they had personally been there. I called the Census taker and he advised that this was not a Democrat or Republican issue, that the Commerce Department in Washington, D.C. handles it.
Another co-worker that wanted to make sure that I answered mine, got two visits after he answered his, but wouldn't let them in.
Then I wrote two separate people in the Republican Party that I joined during the "Bush years." They wouldn't answer either!
If the Census report is just a big lie, what good is it?
So, the buck does stop here for me! No more money, ever, for the Democrats or the Republicans. I.U. – no more money, either.
This is my response to "What is going on with the Census?" Was I ever even counted? I don't really know.
Jack L. Woodruff
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After hearing Gov. Cuomo's State of the State Address, I am appalled at his lack of consideration to the intelligence of those whom he governs.
After hearing Gov. Cuomo's State of the State Address, I am appalled at his lack of consideration to the intelligence of those whom he governs.
I recently changed party affiliation to Democrat in part because Cuomo demonstrated a belief that we had too much government. Overlapping services are costing us untold dollars. Cuomo sought to rein in spending through a 2 percent tax cap, thereby forcing accountability all levels of public service.
It seems that his self-proclaimed conservatism has been short-lived and has left me extremely disappointed. Cuomo has called for tax increases all over the state. Why is it that politicians feel that if they refer to moneys flowing toward the government coffers as fees or surcharges, then they're not taxes?
Cuomo wants to raise the minimum wage. Then he wants to provide incentives to stimulate new enterprises that will create increased competition to those already in existence. The notion that government creates jobs is ludicrous. Industry and commerce create jobs. Government creates overhead.
These statements seem to lay the foundation for a man with ambitions toward gaining residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. and little to do with fiscal integrity and well-thought-out governance.
Richard G. Ostner
New Windsor
A recent letter with regard to reinstating the draft was right on. I agree that this country needs the draft to be reinstated.
The military offers so many advantages to men and women (yes, I would include women in the draft). The military is the great equalizer. Whoever you are, wherever you are from, you have to pull your own weight and be a part of a team.
The military affords opportunities to those who are so limited in experiences they have not been out of their own hometown. It also affords opportunities to those who have so much they have never had the perspective of being a part of something larger than themselves.
Most of all, we all should be part of the maintenance of this greatest country. We cannot leave it to a chosen few. We should all be given the opportunity to bond with our country.
God bless America and the brave men and women who protect her.
Camille Reid
Gov. Cuomo's insinuation that the Department of Corrections' sole purpose in New York state is to be a jobs program is an insult to the highest degree. It's a slap in the face to the men and women who make sure New York state and its prison system, per capita, remain one of the safest in the nation.
Correction personnel did not create prisons, nor did they create the laws that put people in prison. Correction officers did not create the budget deficit, nor should they have to unduly pay the price for it.
The governor, for true "cost-saving" measures, need only look no further than Albany. There is a law in place that requires all prison closures to be announced with a minimum of one-year notice. The governor and his "people" have chosen in the past to force our elected representatives to approve laws and measures they would otherwise not approve of is a bully tactic that only an elected official with little or no understanding of what the true meaning of an "elected representative" is.
As a correction officer for New York state, I have seen firsthand what happens when the state makes deep cuts and closes correctional facilities. Budget cuts in the Department of Corrections put the safety of all who work and are confined within the prison system at risk.
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Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro sentenced to life without parole plus 1000 years
By Matthew DeLuca, Staff Writer, NBC News
(NBC) - Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro was sentenced to life in prison without parole on two counts of aggravated murder plus 1000 years on Thursday after a sentencing hearing filled with sordid details of his crimes – and tremendous perseverance and hope as victim Michelle Knight faced down her captor in court.
"I cried every night, I was so alone," Knight said. "Years turned into an eternity."
"I spent eleven years in hell, where your hell is just beginning," she said to Castro, with her back turned to him at the defense table. "You deserve to spend life in prison."
"After eleven years, I am finally being heard, and it is liberating," Knight said.
Handcuffed and in an orange prison jumpsuit, a bearded Castro appeared to smile as he entered the courtroom where he came face to face with the terror he inflicted on the three women. Castro, who imprisoned them for a decade in his Cleveland home, seemed to laugh as the court took a brief recess around noon.
After Knight spoke and others gave statements for her fellow captives Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus, Castro delivered a long, rambling statement.
"These people are trying to paint me as a monster. I'm not a monster, I'm sick," Castro said. He described himself as addicted to masturbation and pornography, and claimed that he was "a victim of sex acts" when he was a child.
Of his young daughter who was born in captivity, Castro said: "She'll probably say, 'My daddy is the best daddy in the world.' Because that's how I tried to raise her in those six years. So she wouldn't be traumatized or anything like that."
Cleveland kidnapping victim Michelle Knight delivers an emotional statement to the courtroom, telling Ariel Castro, "I spent eleven years in hell. Now your hell is just beginning."
"I am not a violent person. I simply kept them there without them being able to leave," Castro said.
"To this day I'm trying to answer my own questions. I don't know why a man that had everything going on for himself – I had a job, I had a house, I had vehicles, I had my musical talent," the confessed kidnapper and rapist said.
"We had a lot of harmony going on in that home," he said.
The victims other than Knight were represented by relatives at the hearing.
DeJesus was represented by her cousin Sylvia Colon, who said the young woman lives "not as a victim, but as a survivor."
Berry's sister Beth Serrano said the family did not want to continue to talk about their ordeal, and even if she did, "it is impossible to put in words." Berry is concerned that her daughter will hear versions of her story before she is ready.
"Amanda did not control anything for a long time," Serrano said. "Please let her have control over this so she can protect her daughter."
Prosecutors revealed photos from inside Castro's Seymour Avenue home, including some that showed the bedroom, stocked with stuffed animals and other brightly colored children's toys, where Berry and her daughter spent much of their time, FBI Special Agent Andrew Burke said. Others showed chains hanging from walls where two of the women endured their nightmarish captivity.
Witnesses including police officers and medical experts revealed the terrifying details – including that more than 90 pounds of chains, measuring nearly 100 feet, were recovered from the home.
The chains were not displayed in court.
Cleveland Police Department Patrolwoman Barb Johnson, one of the initial officers to arrive at Castro's house after Berry kicked through the front door on May 6, was the first witness on Thursday. The officer described entering the darkened house with a flashlight attached to her firearm.
She and another responding officer heard the "pitter-patter" of steps as they entered the house and went to the second level. Then, a woman who turned out to be Knight emerged from the darkness.
Knight "launched herself" into the other officer's arms, Johnson said.
Detective Andy Harasimchuk of the Cleveland Police Department's sex crimes unit described how the victims were physically restrained for periods by Castro, and were chained and locked in rooms of the house.
The doctor who saw the three women after they were first removed from the house, Dr. Gerald Maloney, said the women were "very much emotionally fragile" when they first arrived at the hospital.
"All three of them looked fairly gaunt, all three of them related that they had been allowed minimal time outside the house at all," Maloney said. "They related information regarding sexual assaults to us and also to the sexual assault nurse examiner."
The interior of the house featured modifications that enabled Castro to keep the women in and inquiring eyes out, FBI Special Agent Andrew Burke said, including modified doors, extra partitions and the conversion of the dining room into a bedroom. A porch swing was positioned at the base of the stairs going to the house's upper floors as an obstacle, he said.
"There were a number of modifications to the interior of the home to fortify certain areas," Burke said. "There were divisions between spaces in the house that were again designed not only to make the house more secure for its occupants but also to hide, I think, the existence of additional rooms in the house."
Other photos showed the cluttered basement with its white center pole where the women were restrained "in the early stages of captivity," Burke said, as well as a laundry machine full of money. Investigators also found a note in which Castro wrote "I am a sexual predator," according to the agent.
Castro's victims said he played a version of "Russian roulette" with them, giving the women a revolver he kept in the house, said Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Deputy Dave Jacobs, who interviewed the man in the days after the women were freed. Castro told him he didn't specifically remember the incident, but said if the women said it happened, it probably had, according to Jacobs.
In opening remarks, Castro's defense attorneys objected to the presentation of any photographs or other exhibits to demonstrate the extent of their client's offenses. Attorney Craig Weintraub said that the highly unusual case has "facts that are incomprehensible" and that his client suffered from "significant, undiagnosed mental illness" that did not rise to the legal definition of insanity.
A sentencing memorandum filed by Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy J. McGinty on Wednesday included accounts of how Castro abducted Berry, Knight, and DeJesus between August 2002 and April 2004.
Knight "was spotted by the Defendant in need of assistance in getting to an appointment regarding her son," according to the sentencing memorandum. "The Defendant lured her into his vehicle with promises of a ride. The Defendant then took Ms. Knight to his home at 2207 Seymour Avenue and enticed her to go inside with promises of a puppy for her son."
The women's daily life was recorded in diary entries, which were reflected in the more than 900-count indictment against Castro.
"The entries speak of forced sexual conduct, of being locked in a dark room, of anticipating the next session of abuse, of the dreams of someday escaping and being reunited with family, of being chained to a wall, of being held like a prisoner of war, of missing the lived they once enjoyed, of emotional abuse, of his threats to kill, of being treated like an animal, of continuous abuse, and of desiring freedom," according to the memorandum.
Prosecutors ask FBI special agent Andrew Burke to describe the pictures from inside Ariel Castro's Cleveland home, particularly the chains used on the three women he kept captive for a decade.
At one point, from Aug. 23, 2005 to the end of October 2005, Castro "forced the three victims into the garage behind his house," the memorandum states. "For three days, they were kept physically restrained in a vehicle in the garage, while the Defendant had a visitor at his house."
If any of the three women tried to escape, the memo said, Castro would assault her and force the other two to watch. He sexually abused the women on a regular basis, according to the memo, and when one of these assaults resulted in Knight becoming pregnant, Castro starved and beat her in a successful attempt to terminate the pregnancy. That formed the basis of the aggravated murder charge to which Castro pleaded guilty.
Berry gave birth to her child in captivity without any medical care.
The women suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder from their prolonged torment, Dr. Frank Ochberg, a clinical psychologist who is an expert on post-traumatic stress disorder, said on Thursday.
All three endured "repeated episodes that were terrifying, the kind of trauma that we meant when we define the post-traumatic stress disorder," Ochberg said. "The kind of trauma that you don't escape for years and sometimes for a lifetime."
"You are being infantilized, then little by little you're given what it takes to survive," Ochberg said. "You deny that this is the person who did all of this to me, and you start to feel as you did as a little baby, with your mother."
The women survived in part because of extraordinary, and simple, acts of human kindness between them, the doctor said, even if they will never be entirely free of the damage done them by Castro.
Knight, he said, is "an extraordinary human being. She served as doctor, nurse, pediatrician midwife …. She's a very courageous and heroic individual."
"Little by little, you are allowed 'the gifts of life,'" Ochberg wrote. "You are like an infant, totally dependent on your mother for survival. As you receive these gifts of life, without consciously realizing what is occurring, you feel some warmth — even love — toward that life giver."
Castro's son Anthony Castro told the TODAY show on Monday that he did not think he would visit his father in prison.
"I think that if he really can't control his impulses and he really doesn't have any value for human life, the way this case has shown, then behind bars is where he belongs for the rest of his life," the son said. "I have nothing to say to him."
Castro pleaded guilty to 937 counts including rape, kidnapping, and aggravated murder. Prosecutors dropped 40 more counts that were considered redundant. He was due to be transferred to Wayne Correctional Institution in North Carolina.
"A person can only die in prison once," the judge noted on Thursday after imposing Castro's sentence.
NBC News' Kate Snow, Cate Cetta and Alison Kartevold contributed to this report.


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North American Juniors Game Night: 11/14/10
World Junior A Challenge
Canada East 4 vs. USA 6 (Gold Medal Game)
C Jimmy Mullin, USA: 1-0-1, 2 PIM (unsportsmanlike conduct)
Tournament totals: 4 GP, 6-0-6, 2 PIM
Jimmy Mullin's sixth goal of the tournament – scored unassisted – was the game-winner as the USA won gold at the World Junior A Challenge for the third consecutive year. Mullin scored the tie-breaking goal with just over 4 minutes left in the game. The U.S. would add an empty netter late. Mullin, who led all players in goals for the tournament, was named to the WJAC's all-star team. USA defenceman Scott Mayfield was named MVP. Mullin will now return to Fargo of the USHL. (HockeyCanada.ca photo)
Canada West 3 vs. Switzerland 8 (Bronze Medal Game)
C Brendan O'Donnell, CW: 0-0-0, 0 PIM
Tournament totals: 7 GP, 0-2-2, 0 PIM
Switzerland continued their rise in international play with a commanding blowout win over the home side, Canada West, to win bronze. O'Donnell did not hit the scoresheet in the game and finished the tournament with two assists. West scored the game's opening goal and led 2-1 in the second period before entering the third tied at 2. Switzerland then scored the game's next 6 goals, including 4 in about 4 ½ minutes. O'Donnell won't have to travel to return to Penticton of the BCHL. Penticton served as host-city for the WJACs.
Moncton Wildcats 5 @ Gatineau Olympiques 1 (OT)
D Adam Janosik, GAT: 0-1-1, E, 4 PIM (cross checking, roughing), 0 SOG, 2 Hits
Season Totals: 21 GP, 2-6-8, +4, 16 PIM
Moncton scored with less than 30 seconds left in the game to tie it, then scored again in OT to win it.
Drummondville Voltigeurs 1 @ Montreal Juniors 5
D Charles Landry, MTL: 0-0-0, +2, 0 PIM, 0 SOG, 0 Hits
Season Totals: 13 GP, 0-6-6, +6, 2 PIM
Montreal is 9-1 in its last 10 games and pulled within 2 points of the Volts for first in the TELUS West Division.
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G Michael Zador, OSH: Win, 19 saves on 21 shots.
Season Totals: 15 GP, 8-3-1-1, 3.37 GAA, .881 sv%, 1 SO
Zador made the most of what has become a rare opportunity to start, stopping all but 2 shots in a win over the Petes.
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Wy'East Fire District and local, state and federal investigators are working diligently to bring the Diamond Fruit Growers fruit bin fire case to a close and are asking for the public's help in gaining more information about the Nov. 25, blaze, according to Wy'east Fire Chief Greg Borton.
A total of 10,000 plastic fruit bins, valued at about $1.3 million, were destroyed. No one was injured in the fire, which was fought by every fire department in the Hood River valley. Neighboring homes and vehicles were damaged.
"Diamond Fruit Growers as well as many other community members suffered a great loss as a result of this large fire and many neighbors suffered damages to their residences and personal belongings as a result of the intense heat," Borton said.
Because of this, a reward of up to $5,000 is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person or persons involved with the Diamond Fruit Growers Bin Pile Fire.
If you have any information call the fire tip hotline at 1-800-452-7888, 24 hours per day, or call the Hood River County Sheriff's Office at 541-387-7077 and leave a message.
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