Fred Schiffman MD Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

Monday, June 06, 2011

GoLocalProv Health Team

The Rhode Island chapter of the American College of Physicians recently presented Fred J. Schiffman, M.D., FACP, associate physician-in-chief and director of medical education at The Miriam Hospital, with one of the organization’s highest honors. The 2011 Milton Hamolsky Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes excellence in the specialty of internal medicine and service to both the community and the state chapter of the American College of Physicians.

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Theater Review: Arlene Violet’s Mob Musical, The Family

Monday, June 06, 2011

Tracey Minkin, Features Editor

Mafia art is a tricky business, especially in a post-Sopranos world.  The operatic organized crime story peaked cinematically with Francis Ford Coppola's Godfather trilogy in the 1970s, and then was deconstructed for the small screen by the great minds at HBO in the 1990s.  Now, every don is a man, his psychology on display in simultaneous brutality and mundanity.

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College Admissions: Last-Minute Summer Strategies

Monday, June 06, 2011

Cristiana Quinn, GoLocalProv College Admissions Expert

Summer vacations will start soon, and many teens still haven’t made plans. The dismal economic news this week makes finding a summer job less likely. Yet colleges still want to see students busy and productive every summer in high school. So, here are some last minute options to make the most of your summer vacation and impress admissions folks...

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Modern Manners + Etiquette: Talking About STDs + HIV

Monday, June 06, 2011

Didi Lorillard, GoLocalProv Manners and Etiquette Expert

This week marks 30 years since AIDS was identified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and yet we still don't know the etiquette for talking about HIV and STDs. What inhibits us from having such an important conversation? Is it the fact that we're bewildered and disturbed about when to talk to a new sexual partner about HIV and STDs and when we do, what exactly do we say?

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Brady Beats Me To The Punch!

Monday, June 06, 2011

Scott Cordischi, GoLocalProv Sports Editor

It's 3 timely sports columns for the price of 1 to get your week started off on the right foot.

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Just Pay Them - Give the College Athletes Their Money

Sunday, June 05, 2011

Michael Parente, GoLocalProv Sports Editor

Just pay ‘em.

Pay ‘em whatever it takes, because certain battles aren’t worth fighting.

Prostitutes will keep prostituting no matter how many times you stuff their mini-skirts into the back of a police cruiser.

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B’s Lose Game 2 In OT

Sunday, June 05, 2011

Scott Cordischi, GoLocalProv Sports Editor

Alex Burrows shouldn't even have been allowed to play game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals and he ended up being the hero for the Vancouver Canucks.

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RI’s World Class Runners Will Compete at NY Marathon

Saturday, June 04, 2011

GoLocalProv Features Team

Rhode Island's best-kept secret reputation as a hotbed of long-distance runners may be revealed this fall at the New York Marathon.

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A Better World By Design’s $1,000 Challenge

Saturday, June 04, 2011

GoLocalProv Features Team

It can be easy to get carried away with design for the sake of design. Here, then, is a competition that asks designers to remain squarely in the real world of high-impact social issues. And the winner stands to make one thousand real dollars. Open to all students, the Better World Challenge takes the Better World by Design conference beyond the weekend, engaging real issues, generating creative solutions and showcasing students’ innovative ideas.

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Brown Research: News on Caffeine + Alcohol

Saturday, June 04, 2011

GoLocalProv Health Team

Having that Red Bull with your vodka or enjoying your Irish coffee may not improve or enhance your inebriation, according to researchers at Brown University.

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