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Whalecove Resort, Hervey Bay, takes pride in offering high quality accommodation at Value for Money Rates. Check-in once and you will check-in again and again.
We are an AAA rated four star resort offering beautifully appointed one, two and three bedroom apartments in a securely gated environment.
Hervey Bay is best known as the gateway to world heritage listed Fraser Island and as the premier Whale Watching destination in the world. We are renowned for our calm and safe beaches and never ending walking tracks along our picturesque esplanade.
The resort offers fully landscaped gardens wrapped around a 25 metre lagoon pool and heated spa. There is a recreation room for your enjoyment where you can relax on the lounges or enjoy a game of pool. There are barbeque facilities at either end of the pool with ample outdoor furniture for your use.
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Russian-born classical pianist NATASHA MARIN enjoys working as a soloist, with orchestra, chamber ensembles and piano duos. She was featured on the radio and TV, recorded and has been performing extensively in Europe and in the United States appearing live in venues such as St. Petersburg Philharmonic and Capella Halls in Russia, Carnegie Weill Recital Hall in New York, Comerica Theater in Phoenix, AZ, Leo Bing Theater, Zipper Hall, Schoenberg Hall and Thorne Hall in Los Angeles among others.
Natasha's piano duo "Double Sharp" with Maria Demina has premiered in June 2008 in Los Angeles, won the Grand Prize at the regional piano duo competition and has been appearing nationwide in live concerts and on the radio. The program features music of Russian Romantic and 20th century composers and incorporates custom designed costumes by Vera Chernova DeFehr. "Double Sharp" made special appearances at charity events for Robert Shapiro's Foundation and Alice Cooper's Solid Rock Foundation. Natasha's piano duo with internationally acclaimed pianist Gerald Robbins premiered on the West Coat at the Schoenberg Hall in June 2012 and on the East Coast in November 2012 at the Carnegie Weill Hall.
Natasha Marin collaborates with vocalists from the US and Europe. Together with French soprano Nicol Mecerova Natasha Marin created "Voyage a Paris," program spanning 200 years of the French Art Song. Their performances were enthusiastically received in the US and Russia. Since 2011 Marin has been performing with soprano Nicole Taylor from Los Angeles who is a 2012 Arts Envoy appointed by the US Department of State. Together they have been appearing in venues in Austria and California.
Natasha Marin has collaborated with Santa Cecilia Orchestra performing for its orchestral and chamber programs, as well as with Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra for its "Play Me, I'm Yours" project at the Royce Hall.
Aside from classical repertoire Natasha also plays other genres. She has lent her talent for the recording of the classical crossover album "Siren" by Sasha and Shawna produced by Grammy Award-winning producer Peter Asher and recently presented her new program with American rock/pop vocalist Jon Fiore. Natasha also performs with actor/comedian Cheech Marin. Together they appeared at the Hollywood Bowl and House of Blues in Los Angeles, the Inaugural Gala for the Valley Performing Arts Center of the California State University, Northridge and Bonnaroo Festival in Manchester, TN, and Boulder Theater, CO.
Natasha began her piano studies at age 6. By age 10 she was playing in competitions and prestigious concert halls and at the same time she was accepted to the Special Music School for Gifted Children.Though Natasha considers Los Angeles to be her home since 1995, her higher education continued in both US and Russia. She earned her BA with honors from the Rimsky-Korsakov Music College in the class of Oleg Koshelev and Leonid Sintsev and later completed her studies for graduate degrees at the St. Petersburg State Conservatory where she studied with Leonid Sintev and Igor Lebedev and at the University of California, Los Angeles, where she studied piano performance with Vitaly Margulis and Antoinette Perry, contemporary music with Grammy Award-winning pianist Gloria Cheng and worked with acclaimed scholar/media author Robert Winter.
Natasha is President of the Natasha Marin Production Group and Founder of the Marin Salon Series.
Natasha Marin resides in Pacific Palisades, CA. She was married to actor/comedian Cheech Marin on August 8, 2009 by the Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and in 2010 has changed her last name from Rubin to Marin.


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I'm not sure how many Good Phight members live in the Chicago area, but I thought I'd throw this idea out there: a meet-up for a game when the Phillies play the Cubs in July. Basically we pick a day and agree on a section to sit in, and then I'll go and buy the tickets once I get paid by the rest of the attendees.
We can pick one (or more, if you want to) of:
Monday, July 18 at 7:05 pm
Tuesday, July 19 at 7:05 pm
Wednesday, July 20 at 1:20pm
(all Central time, of course)
Monday and/or Tuesday would work best for me, but I can take off work if Wednesday is a popular choice.
Wrigley seating and pricing Unfortunately the Phillies games are all "Platinum" dates, so they're a little expensive. If it wasn't my only chance to see my NL boys play in person...
So...yay, poll! If you have a seating preference, mention it in the comments.


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Sydney T. Poitier has booked a 5-episode arc on NBC's upcoming Chicago Fire spinoff series Chicago PD. The deal comes with an option for her to become a regular.
Poitier will play a new detective, in a role that which will cross over on Chicago Fire.
She will next be seen in a 3D reboot of Night Of The Living Dead, alongside Tony Todd, and will play Paul Robeson's wife, Eslanda ("Essie") Goode Robeson, opposite British actor David Harewood, in a Paul Robeson biopic.
kim | May 15, 2014 9:42 AM
I thought she was good. I liked her character. I wish she would have become a regular.
Akimbo | December 4, 2013 12:22 AM
Anything to keep her out of my favorite shows and quality films. After this gets cancelled, hopefully she books the 7th lead on a CBS procedural that runs for eternity in complete obscurity.
Man-Over-Board | December 3, 2013 12:53 PM
This lady has got something very special and amazing opening doors for her: Her dad!


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Resident Evil: Revelations succeeds where other RE titles have disappointed. The game seems to take a hybrid form from the traditional survival horror and the newer action-paced Resident Evil games. It will make you jump within it's ghostship atmosphere, but as you progress through the main story you'll find it losing that feel or who knows maybe your just becoming braver.
The story, that pans out to a nice 10 hours, starts with Jill and Parker setting out on mission to find Chris and Jessica. Their last known location was on the Queen Zenobia. Little did these B.S.A.A (Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance) agents realize that Chris and Jessica were on a snowy mountain location researching the return of Veltro, the bio0terroist responsible for the outbreak at Terragrigia. Overall, you may get confused with who's in what organization, especially as you go into the past and relive some moments when some characters where members of the F.B.C (Federal Bioterrorism Commission)., but now they've switched groups. You'll eventually get a handle over it! Much like the title of the game insinuates they'll be moments of confusions while playing till you hit the big REVELATION.
If you are without a Circle Pad Pro you will rely heavily on the dodge ability, which is a bit shady. In order to dodge you simple need to move up on your analog stick at the right precise moment, otherwise your character will end up moving forward into the blow. While the addition of dodge really helps out, it should not have been put on the one thing that controls your movement. It could have easily been placed on A or B. Outside of that, the game plays well enough so that you don't need the Circle Pad to enjoy the game.
That being said if you are able to lay down the extra $20 on the accessory it's definitely worth it. It may be easy just to buy both at once and tell yourself that it's just a $60 game. The device feels ergonomic, plus it's the perfect addition for a shooter. This should open up a larger variety of titles onto the 3DS. For Revelations, it allows the game to be played much like you were playing RE5 on a console. Dodging is still the same annoyance, but with the added analog you're able to move around- thus manually dodging in a way.
Revelations gives you enough difficulty settings to keep you playing and replaying for sometime. Outside of just what difficulty you're playing on, the game also progressively get's harder as you move through the 12 chapters. 3D is also rather neat on this title, granted there's probably no-one who plays any 3ds game in complete consistent 3d. Capcom has also given players a few more options in terms of the dimensional aspect. Within the option menu players can enhance the slider from 'normal' to 'very strong'. It's a fun feature to play with, I tend to like just the slightest amount of depth added to my play. If you turn on very strong though it looks like there's literally a little world within the top screen on your 3ds.
Having a scanning device seemed really awesome at first. The Genesis scanner allows players to scan their environment to look for hidden ammo, herbs, and 'handprints'. You can also scan enemies to research them, but getting to 100% generally always just gets you another herb. Granted, this is useful especially in sticky situations, but eventually it'll just bog you down as something else to do in each room.
The graphics looked spectacular in this game, it may not have looked like a console game, but it fooled me enough not to care. The new B.O.W (Bio Organic Weapons) reflected the environments they were in. While aboard the Queen Zenobia these creatures took on an aquatic like appearance. This built the setting up into a high crescendo, unfortunately the game would take you away from this and stick you with other characters. Most of the time their environments were lacking, and I saw most of the cutaways as comic relief. This was true when you play as Keith and Quint, both two new addictions to RE family. It's extremely hard to stay in the mood when you have one character whose radio codename is jackass.
Musically Revelations is full of wonderful scores. The music will fully emerge players into the story, be the cause of their jumping, and possibly be one of the reasons they close their 3DS after a little scare'.
This first track is played when you explore the Queen Dido, while it doesn't reflect the horror atmosphere of the game, it portrays a rather grand and majestic air.
Ambient sounds are important as they're not always the most critical thing on players minds but it moves them further and further into the game. This particular track is from the Laboratory.
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The Pacific Symphony Presents THE MAGIC POTION Today
Donizetti's classically humorous opera, "The Elixir of Love," is brought to life in Pacific Symphony's special adaptation for kids, "The Magic Potion," designed to give children and their families a positive and entertaining introduction to the world of opera. Along with the most captivating arias, sung in English, this 45-minute performance includes original narration and dialogue intended to acquaint children with the first and most natural instrument a person can possess-the exquisite and powerful voice! Led by Assistant Conductor Alejandro Gutiérrez, "The Magic Potion" sends the audience on a hilarious journey with circus clowns, jugglers, a lion tamer, magicians and a magic potion, of course! Guests watch in anticipation as they wait to see if this magical elixir is, in fact, a concoction of wonder or just a silly trick.
Presented by Farmers and Merchants Bank and underwritten by the Honorable H. Warren and Janet Siegel, "The Magic Potion" takes place today, Jan. 11, 2014, at 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m., in the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall. Tickets are $19-39 and include a Musical Carnival before or after the show (details below). For more information or to purchase tickets call (714) 755-5799 or visit www.PacificSymphony.org.
"Children and families will enjoy the story, the music and the setting we are using to deliver this opera and the comic elements in it," explains Maestro Gutiérrez. "I think they will most enjoy the live singing-the beautiful, different voices of our talented singers and the wonderful melodies of Donizetti's music; also, the fresh and authentic staging by our stage director Peter Atherton, and the always marvelous sound and interpretations that Pacific Symphony delivers."
"The Magic Potion" is the result of a partnership with Chapman University. The ensemble cast and understudies are current students at Chapman. The cast also includes Symphony-favorite and seasoned professional David Stoneman, who is an alumni of Chapman University. Opera Chapman's Director Peter Atherton is the director and script writer. Three of the leads are also played by Chapman music students Kevin Gino, tenor; Emily Dyer, soprano; and Daniel Emmet, baritone, who have the opportunity to sing the arias "Una Furtiva Lagrima," "Prendi, per me sei Libero" and "Come Paride Vezzoso," respectively, with a full orchestra in front of a live audience. The performance also includes Chapman student Natalie Uranga, soprano (who played a role in last season's "The Magic Flute"). Laure Dike, who designs costumes for Chapman, designed both costumes and props for "The Magic Potion," and pianist and music director for Opera Chapman Cheryl Lin Fielding serves as the rehearsal accompanist.
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What's New- Support for high resolution graphics on the MacBook Pro with Retina Display.
- Proper full screen support on OS X 10.7 "Lion" and later.
- When you lose in Scramble mode, the "Try Again" button goes back only 5 levels, instead of all the way back to level 1 (assuming you made it past level 6).
- The "Lion Scramble" and "Dragon Scramble" game modes are replaced by "New Game - Level 10" and "New Game - Level 20" menu options, once you've reached 100,000 and 300,000 points in Scramble mode. This amounts to the same functionality as before, but is perhaps clearer.
- A "New Game - Level 30" menu option is enabled once you've scored 600,000 points in Scramble mode.
- You can now use the space bar to quickly pause or unpause game.
- Added an option in Preferences to turn off free tile highlighting, for those who have asked. You are encouraged to keep tile hightlighting turned on; it is part of the game.
- Fixed an issue where the app would crash on startup if certain system fonts were disabled.
- Support for OS X Sandbox security.
Please note: two early user reviews for version 1.1 claim something has changed in the trackpad or mouse handling or something like that. As far as we know these reviews are simply incorrect; nothing has changed in the game's controls. Over 100,000 people have updated to Moonlight Mahjong 1.1, and no one has contacted us directly with any concerns in this area.
Please keep in mind that the hundreds of earlier user reviews and star ratings for version 1.0 are not immediately visible on the App Store. Please consider updating your review or rating after updating to version 1.1. Your positive reviews are very much appreciated.
App DescriptionFREE for a limited time. The popular 3D Mahjong Solitaire game created for the iPhone and iPad now comes to the Mac. Play arcade-style with progressively difficult levels, or relax with one of the non-competitive game modes. The gameplay is simple yet addictive.
Originally created for touch-screen iOS devices, Moonlight Mahjong on the Mac takes full advantage of a multitouch trackpad, but also can be played with a mouse. Intuitive control allows you to tilt and turn in virtual reality, allowing you to more easily see the tiles on the board.
Moonlight Mahjong on the Mac features four types of play:
Scramble Mode (the default): Make matches faster than the automated opponent "Tilebot" through increasingly difficult levels. The board is automatically reshuffled when you run out of matches, making this game mode easy (to start!) and fun.
Challenge Mode: Compete against Tilebot in full puzzle mode, with no automatic reshuffling, only undo. Challenge requires more strategy than Scramble.
Puzzle Mode: Solve puzzle boards with no time limit. Choose any layouts you like; no high scores.
Relaxation Mode: Clear boards with no time limit and automatic reshuffle when out of matches. Perfect for when you're just not in the mood to strategize or rush.
App Changes
January 29, 2014 New version 2.0
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Skillet Potatoes Recipe
These savory, seasoned skillet potatoes with mushrooms come from Mary Relyea in Canastota, New York and make a hearty, versatile side dish with all kinds of meats. "They're so satisfying," says Mary, "you could even serve them as a meatless meal with a tossed salad." Or for breakfast!
- 1 large baking potato, cubed
- 1/3 cup chopped sweet red pepper
- 1/4 cup chopped celery
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1-1/2 teaspoons olive oil
- 1/2 cup sliced baby portobello mushrooms
- 1/2 teaspoon paprika
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- Place potato in a small saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15-20 minutes or until tender. Drain and set aside.
- In a nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray, cook the red pepper, celery and garlic in oil for 2 minutes. Stir in mushrooms; cook 3 minutes longer. Stir in the potato, paprika, salt and pepper; cook until lightly browned. Yield: 2 servings.
Originally published as Skillet Potatoes in Light & Tasty February/March 2007, p47
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Absolutely great-quick and easy!
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Philadelphia Food Tour
Enjoy a Three Hour Decadent Gourmet Food Tour of Philadelphia For Two
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Price for 2 participants
Find the flavor of Philadelphia and give your taste buds a treat, with this Philly Food Tour for two. During the three hour tour, you and a guest will take a walking tour of the city, stopping at five of Philadelphia's most excellent eateries to taste their fare!
You'll meet the group at Philly's famous Reading Terminal Market, then your guide will take you around the market regaling you with insider's tales of the market and its rich and delicious history! There are three tasting stops during this portion of the tour, giving you the chance to try some great little delicacies such as fresh farm-stand fare, some Mediterranean morsels at Kamal's Middle Eastern Specialty stand, and rich chocolate truffles at the Flying Monkey. You'll then walk to Rittenhouse Square and BiBruno Bros, where you'll indulge in a fantastic tasting of farmstead cheeses. To top off your experience, the tour will then head for Philly's most popular Gelato shop for a the perfect dessert; a gelato tasting!
So if you're looking for a gastronomic gift for someone, or you simply want to know more about Philadelphia's foodie scene, why not take a tasting tour of the city?
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Additional Information
Gratuities for your tour guide are not included but are greatly appreciated and may be offered at the end of the event. Price includes all tastings. Children must be accompanied by an adult at least 18 years of age or older at all times. This tour is not designed for children under the age of 14.
You will have the opportunity to purchase additional food and beverages during the experience, therefore participants are urged to bring additional spending money. This is a tasting adventure, not a full meal.
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We had a great time and toured with 2 other family members. Rochelle and Jolie were very knowledgeable and insightful on our tour. I especially enjoyed the Mediterranean fare at the Reading Terminal Market! What a fun time. Thank you: Rochelle and Jolie!
- Josh Greenberg - Cherry Hill, NJ, Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Excellent time! Rochelle and Jolie were terrific tour guides - knowledgeable and enthusiastic. Tasty food and the walking wasn't tiring! Can't wait to do another tour!!
- Betsy Lindenberg - Philadelphia, Tuesday, December 10, 2013
EXCELLENT!! Even though my husband & I are native Philadelphians we did and saw things here in the city that we have never done before. Our tour guide Rochelle was amazing. She was friendly, outgoing and very, very knowledgeable.
- MELINDA GELLMAN - PHILA, Thursday, October 10, 2013
Rochelle was a great tour guide. Very knowledgable and thoughtful of the needs of the group. The food tastings were very good, it was nice to try the many different things.
- Jason H - Philadelphia, Thursday, August 29, 2013
The tour was fun and educational. Our guide, Virginia, was very informative and entertaining. I would recommed this to my friends.
- Barbara Scharf - Phila Pa., Tuesday, April 02, 2013
My wife & I had a great time on the food tour (despite the fact that I didn't like everything I tasted). Our tour guide Virginia, was wonderful and quite knowledgeable about the various foods we sampled. We also enjoyed the company of the other participants who were on the tour. I would definitely do it again!
- David Freed - Sicklerville, NJ, Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Truly delightful tour providing pertinent history about how the train shed came into existence. We started at the Reading Terminal Market where we sampled sweet and savory fare including wonderful hummus and baba ghanoush at Kamal's. Next a lesson on how cheese is made with a variety of samples at DiBruno's, and we ended with multiple flavors of gelato at Capogiro. There were only two of us and our learned guide, Michelle, provided a personalized tour.
- Nancy Brago - Philadelphia, Wednesday, September 19, 2012
It was a great tour with lots of different foods to try. Our tour guide Rochelle was very knowledgable and seemed to really enjoy it. We couldn't find our tour at first but that may have been our fault. Definitely would consider doing another tour for something different.
- Brittany - Reading Terminal Market, Tuesday, May 08, 2012
My wife and I had recieved a gift certificate from our children two years ago and after finally making some time for the food tour we called and booked our tour for our 25th anniversay. The tour was informative, fun and tasty. We started the tour in the Reading Terminal market where we visted the local farmer's market, Mediterranean food stall and the flying monkey desserts, we then walked to the DiBruni Bros food market on 17th St., where we were treated to an interesting discussion on cheeses and got to taste several different and new cheeses. After making our purchases (we bought something at each visit) we ended up at a Gellato bar at 20th and Sansom and had a taste test of six different flavors of Gellato, what a nice way to end the tour and begin our walk back to the Terminal. Would highly recommend the tour, even to former locals (we lived in south Philly for several years 25 years ago) and we learned a lot of new things about food and especially cheeses at DiBruni's. Thank you!
- Jim Wilson - New Hope, PA, Wednesday, February 01, 2012
The tour was great and our tour guide was very friendly and knowledgeable. Great selection of different foods to try!
- Kaylyn Syvret - Philadelphia, PA, Thursday, January 12, 2012
The tour was a great experience overall. Our guide was friendly, fun, and knowledgeable. The locations were unique and interesting, and the food was fantastic! I would definitely do it again.
- Kelsey - Philadelphia, PA, Wednesday, January 11, 2012
My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed the experience we had on Saturday, June 11, 2011. The food and info were great, but our tour guide, Teagan, made the day. She was cheerful, friendly, knowledgeable, and a pleasure to be around. We are happy to recommend this to anyone!
- Paul Gausch - Philadelphia, Tuesday, June 14, 2011
The tour was GREAT! Eric our leader was knowledgeable, funny and made the whole tour delightful. I would highly recommend it. Yummy and learned a lot too.
- Sharon Raivetz - Phila, Tuesday, May 17, 2011
I wasn't blown away, but it was still a pretty good tour. We had a very intelligent PhD as a guide. She did a very good job of presenting us with all of the knowledge about cheese, chocolate, and gelato. Aside from the nice bag of chocolate, I would have preferred more take home items, especially in the cheese section, but you can't always get what you want, and I am sure a line has to be drawn somewhere.
- Eric - Brooklyn, NY, Wednesday, January 19, 2011
What an amazing experience. Robert, our guide was PERFECT. The treats were amazing and the stories even better. We loved this tour so much, we decided it to buy it as a gift for our friends! AMAZING TIME!
- Julia S. - Staten Island, NY, Wednesday, December 01, 2010
I bought this for my boyfriend for Valentine's Day when I was living in Philly. We have since moved to Maryland, and spent the weekend back in Philly. This tour was fantastic! I wish we had done it before I moved away. The tour guide was terrific...he gave us so much information, not just about cheese, chocolate, and gelato...but wine, restaurants, and more. It was a fantastic day!!
- Bridget Duffy - Towson, MD, Monday, August 02, 2010
My husband and I received the Philadelphia City Food Tour as a Christmas gift from our daughters. We scheduled our tour for last weekend and enjoyed every minute of it! Our guide, Eric, was most knowledgeable, friendly and enthusiastic, treating us as if we were royalty. He taught us so much about cheese, chocolate and gelatto! We now feel like experts in the field. When I came to work on Monday I told many of my friends about the experience. Not only do they want to go on the tour themselves, they thought it would be a much better gift for someone than a usual restaurant gift certificate! Thank you for the opportunity to review our experience!
- Lilly Krupsha - Philadelphia, Wednesday, May 05, 2010
We were very disappointed in the variety of chocolates served. We received white, milk and dark round pieces. With one exceptional piece of chocolate. We expected more of a variety of good chocolates. The wine and tea was good.
- Larry Koppel - Philadelphia, Monday, February 22, 2010
This was a fun experience. The chocolate and tea was amazing but the wine could have been better. The tour guide was very knowledgeable about the history, places and food we discussed.
- Lauren - PA, Sunday, January 10, 2010
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A second person has pleaded guilty to charges
related to the murder of a Marshall County man found in a burned vehicle in
DeKalb County last December.
A grand jury found Delia Downs had nothing to
do with the kidnapping, which was one of the original charges. Downs pleaded
guilty Tuesday afternoon to charges of hindering prosecution and received a
10-year jail sentence for her role in the death of Gary Lee Willis.
Stanley Townsel pleaded
guilty earlier this month and received a life sentence.
Investigators said Willis was shot and killed
in Marshall County and his body left
in a burning vehicle just outside of Geraldine. Prosecutors now believe
that Townsel forced Downs to participate at gunpoint, but Downs later
voluntarily worked to hinder the ability of law enforcement to find Townsel
after the crime.
The third suspect, Christopher Cagle, remains
in the Marshall County Jail on $1-million bond.
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Tests for CAD can be described as either invasive or noninvasive. An invasive test requires a device—a catheter, for instance—to enter the body. Noninvasive tests are diagnostic studies that provide information without entering the body's portals or making an incision. The difference is important, because invasive tests carry a greater risk of complications like infection and bleeding. The rapid pace of technological advances has made invasive studies less necessary, and one day they may become obsolete. Today, though, invasive tests are still an important means of diagnosing CAD.
Invasive Tests
Coronary Angiogram and Cardiac Catheterization
Arteries and veins don't show up on x-rays unless a special dye is injected into the body to make them visible. This dye, or contrast solution, is injected by means of a catheter—a long, flexible tube that's snaked up to the coronary arteries through an incision in the groin, arm, or neck. Arteries narrowed by plaque deposits can be identified easily once the dye has been released.
Coronary Calcium Scan
Plaque is composed, in part, of calcium. Calcium deposits in the arteries—a condition known as calcification—is an early indicator of CAD. Calcium shows up well on computed tomography (CT) scans, making the artery appear bright white. To look for calcification in the coronary arteries, a coronary calcium scan is performed. The amount of calcification found in the coronary arteries indicates the degree of atherosclerosis present. The patient's score on this test correlates with the likelihood that he or she will have a heart attack within a few years, but the results are difficult to interpret and must be considered along with the many other risk factors for CAD.
Noninvasive Tests
An electrocardiogram (commonly called an ECG or EKG) is a test in which the patient's heart rhythm and rate are evaluated by measuring the heart's electrical activity. The test records electrical impulses by means of a set of electrodes attached to the chest. The electrical activity is represented graphically by a rhythm strip.
An echocardiogram relies on ultrasound technology to create a dynamic picture of heart structure and function, including blood flow. An echocardiogram is sometimes combined with a stress test to allow visualization of the heart during exertion.
Exercise Stress Test
A stress test reveals how well the coronary arteries deliver oxygen-rich blood to the heart when the heart is put under stress. You may be asked to walk on a treadmill, or stress can be artificially induced with drugs that increase the heart rate. The heart's performance is tracked using electrocardiography or echocardiography and a blood pressure cuff.


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Monday Dec 31, 2012 (6 & 9pm)
Rockwell Table & Stage
1714 N Vermont Ave
323.661.6163 ext. 20
$50 - 210
"Party like it's New Year's Eve 1978 at Rockwell Table & Stage. Rockwell recreates the vibe of Studio 54, NYC's ne plus ultra of the disco era. After a three-course prix fixe dinner, enjoy a performance of the acclaimed For the Record: Boogie Nights, followed by Rockwell's transformation into Studio 54 for a vibrant disco after-party. The upstairs VIP area will feature DJs spinning 70s and 80s tunes, along with a dessert buffet."
Get transported back to the glory days of disco as Rockwell: Table & Stage is transformed into the legendary Studio 54 for a one-night-only New Year's Eve extravaganza. The evening begins with a three-course prix fixe dinner created by chefs Wayne Elias and Martin Gonzalez. Two dinner and performance seatings will be presented during the evening. Dinner and show packages will allow guests to ring in 2013 with Dirk Diggler and the amazing cast of the critically acclaimed For the Record: Boogie Nights as they perform selections from the Boogie Nights soundtrack. Conceived and created by Christopher Lloyd Bratten and Shane Scheel, and directed by Anderson Davis, this one-of-a-kind 360-degree theatrical concert and dining experience features a rotating cast of special guests from record, stage and screen combining East Coast Broadway theatrics with the style and spectacle of Hollywood.


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A meeting with a CEO who dislikes rebels and change agents reminds me of a most important lesson: the need to be prepared before pronouncing big ideas.
The appeal of subtraction
You may have heard the self-help gurus talk about how paralyzed people have become by all their stuff, jammed into their houses, garages, storage units. It's overrunning people's lives and making them miserable.
The same thing is happening at work. We have so many programs, processes, special initiatives, goals, strategic mandates, task forces, and focus areas that people are overwhelmed. I recently met with a company task force that was trying to figure out a way to communicate the brand messages, corporate vision, company purpose, employee values, and four new "pathway to success" programs, all with their own titles and acronyms.
12 things I learned during BIF9
There is one week every September where I fully immerse myself in ideas, possibilities and new people. Last week I attended the Business Innovation Factory's annual innovation conference. Here's what I learned and was reminded of:
1. Show up more. (Or better, always.)
When we lay bare our vulnerabilities and dreams, we connect with people in rich ways. As author and venture capitalist Whitney Johnson said, "There are no regrets when you show up, and when you show up your dreams can find you. Dreaming is at the heart of disruptive innovation."
2. Good questions start good ideas.
I've attended every BIF conference and have noticed that innovators ask good questions, and those questions get people thinking in new ways. One of my favorites this year were what educator Angela Maiers uses to challenge high school students as part of the Choose2Matter movement: What breaks your heart about the world? What can you do about that? What do you need?
3. Do the work, the path will appear.
Food geek Scott Heimendinger kept his day job in technology and on weekends and nights wrote a food blog and started experimenting with sous vide cooking. Acknowledging that it's OK to be risk averse, which he is, Scott just kept working away on his love for molecular gastronomy as a side project. Eventually, he found his new path as director of applied research at The Cooking Lab. Innovators just start without knowing what the outcomes should or will be.
4. Nothing is too big to change.
Paul LeBlanc, president of Southern New Hampshire University, has created a new higher ed approach, aimed particularly for disadvantaged, often marginalized adults who want to get ahead at work. For just $1,250 people can earn an associate's degree and learn the competencies they need to get a promotion and access the social mobility needed to have a better life. Rather than tweaking the traditional higher ed model or continuing to engage in side issues like student loan rates, SNHU created a new model that goes to the root issues: people want to learn competencies in new, affordable ways so that they can get better jobs FYI: Fast Company has named SNHU one of the worlds' 50 most innovative companies.
5. Oh, God.
Speaking of not being too big to change. Just as Pope Francis' stunning interview urging The Catholic Cburch to preach more about mercy and less about dogma was published last week (Hallelujah!), Rabbi Irwin Kula was speaking on stage about the urgent need to un-bundle wisdom and practices from the people who own them, and to make sure that our moral enhancements keep pace with technological enhancements. "Religion is just a tool box," he said. "It's time to consider blending practices from all religions and make love and empathy the source of what we are designing for the world." Amen.
6. "A network is worthless if you do not give it away."
The wise and generous innovation adviser Deb Mills-Scofield reminded people that it matters not how large or extensive your network is if you do not use it for good, sharing it with others to open up possibilities for them.
7. The fastest way to change is…
The easiest and fastest way to create more innovation in an organization is to accelerate generation change, said Bruce Nussbaum, former Business Week editor and now professor of Innovation and Design at Parsons The New School of Design. My thought: how do we help Baby Boomers share their wisdom and transition to new roles so that younger people can step in and create more of the change that is so needed?
8. Sleep is not over-rated.
Towards the end of the week after many consecutive 16-hour days of intense listening and provocative conversations, I was reminded of how much I value sleep and quiet think time.
9. Optimism is the greatest form of rebellion.
The huge value of empowering the rebels inside organizations seemed to resonate with many, as did Carmen Medina's belief that optimism is the greatest form of rebellion and positive change. Rebels at Work see possibilities, not insolvable problems.
10. Oh joy...
Playfulness, joy and unexpected silliness are essential to our humanity. Erminio Pinque, founder Big Nazo Lab, creates big, funky, life-sized foam creatures for parades and for their own special Big Nazo Shows. Erminio told me that the surprise of the creatures and costumes opens people up to being people. While going through airport security recently, the TSA screeners pulled the foam creature masks out of the suitcase and yelled across to their colleagues, "Hey Joe. Check this out." Everyone in line forgot their frustrations and frantic schedules and laughed together. Like children in awe of the world's wondrous surprises.
11. Digital handshake, in-person hug.
Tim McDonald, director of communities for the HuffingtonPost, and I sat together during the conference. As we said our goodbyes he gave me a big bear hug and explained that he sees meeting people via social media as "the real world," and when he gets to meet them physically he likes to give big hugs. I love his approach to digital handshake, in-person hug. Talk about connecting.
12. Control is for beginners.
The life of Carl Stormer's wife was upended when she had a massive stroke at age 43, and they learned to keep going and find meaning in a life that is not what one would choose. Carl's wife believes that control is for beginners. And that, dear friends, was my greatest takeaway of an intense week of learning.
Knowing when to quit
Two weeks ago I was leading an American Marketing Association workshop about how to gain approval and adoption of new ideas. We covered the first four items on the following list through a series exercises and then I asked everyone which of #5 – 10 they most wanted to spend time on.
1. What's at stake?
2. Make the status quo unappealing
3. Use the SCARF model
4. Uncover the hidden motives
5. It's an experiment
6. What's the real issue?
7. Move away from drama
8. Befriend the Bureaucratic Black Belts
9. Stay under the radar
10. Know when to quit
People loved #10. I have to confess I was surprised and perhaps not prepared enough. How do you know when it's time to let an idea go? Or stop trying to get a project funded? Or get people interested in adopting a new way? Or even leave a job?
Here's what I suggested:
- Rate importance: Ask your boss or client how important a particular project is to them on a scale of 1 – 10. If it's below six, it's just not that important. At this point you'll probably have a hard time getting it to 9 or 10. If they say 7 or 8, ask them what it what would make it a 9 or 10. Then listen very carefully.
- Just ask: "We've been talking about this idea for a while, but it doesn't seem to be moving ahead. I think it helps us (insert important organizational goal). What do you think is holding it back? What advice can you give me?"
- Is the energy waning? Do fewer people show up for meetings about the idea? Is the idea put early on the agenda (probably still interested) or last (if we don't get to it, no big deal.)? Is it even on management meeting agendas?
- Not performance objective worthy: If you set your annual performance objectives and your boss doesn't view your big idea as an important for your objectives, he or she doesn't think the idea is important.
- How much are your colleagues willing to help? If your work friends just aren't into helping you with the idea, it may signal that they don't see the value of it. Another sign that it may be time to quit the idea.
- Are you becoming not yourself? If you're starting to be angry, judgmental or righteous, this might be a sign that it's time to let go.
Yogi Berra allegedly once said, "If the people don't want to come, there's nothing we can do to stop them."
Sometimes the time isn't right for an idea. We rebel thinkers work ahead of most people, and it takes a while for them to catch up with our ideas. Sometimes you just need to wait a while and reintroduce the idea.
Sometimes you may need to more clearly communicate the value and relevance of the idea. It's easy after a while to get so down into the weeds of how a project or idea will work that people have forgotten why it's such a good idea in the first place. (Go to #1 on the list: show them what's at stake, what the idea makes possible and how that's so much better than what exists today.)
Don't beat yourself up or take on all that failure language or people will begin to see you as a problem person vs. the creative person who knows how to come up with great ideas.
Even if this was the greatest idea you think you've ever developed, know that there will be more great ideas. Creativity doesn't stop.
Unless, of course, you spend all your energy hanging on too long to an idea no one cares about.
When your horse dies, get off.
Facilitating healthy dissent
When we corporate rebels (aka intrapreneurs) disagree, it signals we care about an issue. That we want to wrestle with it to find better approaches. So why do people so often try to shut us down?
Many people think disagreeing means that we're being unkind and insensitive. Or impolite. (Egads!) "Let's take this off line," they say.
What's unkind to me is pretending an uncomfortable issue doesn't exist when everyone knows it does. There's a tension at work when this happens. Nothing is moving forward, corporate inertia is draining us, and we're becoming ever more skeptical about the cry for greater collaboration.
Furthermore, the longer an issue is ignored, the more frustrated and demoralized people become. Even worse, trust and respect among people erode. And when that's gone, the organization gets crippled.
"When someone comes to a meeting and states an opinion or makes a suggestion that his teammates don't agree with, those teammates have a choice: they can explain their disagreement and work through it, or they can withhold their opinion and allow themselves to quietly lose respect for their colleague," says organizational health consultant Patrick Lencioni in his excellent book The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else in Business.
"When team members get to choose the latter option — withholding their opinions — frustration inevitably sets in. Essentially, they're deciding to tolerate their colleague rather than trust him."
More than most, we rebels see healthy dissent as a team sport, where everyone with something to contribute is expected to contribute. If you don't speak up your silence can be interpreted to mean that you agree and have nothing to add.
We view dissent as a way of together getting stronger, like a team preparing to hike Mt. Everest. All the potential issues are honestly discussed and worked through to increase the likelihood of a successful expedition where no one gets hurt. We're fed by the positive energy around these conversations. We appreciate and value what our colleagues have to say.
We also listen fiercely and ask frank questions. It's about inquiry vs. preaching. But most organizations practice advocacy instead of inquiry in their conversations, say Sue Annis Hammond and Andrea Mayfield in The Thin Book of Naming Elephants.
"Advocacy is a win-lose form of communication…each person is trying to convince the other that he or she is right and there is only one right answer. Dialogue assumes people see the world differently…each person assumes he or she can learn something new from others."
Practices for inviting healthy conflict
So what can you do to move from advocacy to inquiry? To help foster healthy dissent vs. angry debates? Here are some suggestions.
- Establish agreements: set some guiding principles at the start of a meeting and keep them posted on the wall as a reminder. If someone starts to violate an agreement, bring everyone's attention back to the list on the wall. Here are some guiding principles that I have found helpful:
- Judge ideas, not people.
- Focus on solutions and ways forward; stay away from drama and problems.
- Observations are more useful than opinions.
- Let each person complete their thought; avoid interrupting.
- Ask questions that illuminate, not interrogate.
- Ask questions that are brief and to the point without adding background considerations and rationale, which make the question into a speech
- Respect other people's truths.
- If you want your views to be heard speak now. Not later in backroom side conversations.
- Set the tone: Open the meeting by going around the room and asking everyone to respond to a soft but relevant question where there is no right or wrong answer. No one comments on what a person says, just respectfully listens. This helps to put people at ease, build personal connections, make sure everyone's voice is heard, and get comfortable with listening. I recently asked a group about the most creative thing they had done outside of work in the past month. The answers were hilarious, and that laughter set a relaxing, collegial tone to dig into important issues.
- Set up what's at risk: Frame the conversation by succinctly stating what's at risk and why it's so important to debate the issue and get everyone's views. This focuses the conversation and reminds people why it's worth their time and honest input.
- Make sure you have enough time. Issues worthy of inquiry and debate usually require more than the typical one hour time allotment. One hour meetings are good for updates and touching base. Strategic conversations where we value everyone's involvement need more like three hours, maybe a even a day or more.
- Facilitate or use a facilitator. Effective facilitators carefully listen, guide, inject good questions to open up new conversation veins, move people off dead horses, prevent any one person from hogging the conversation, help the group to recover if someone has said something hurtful, and adhere to the meeting agreements. If you are facilitating, know that it will be difficult to participate. As a participant you're focused on the ideas not the meta conversation. Understand what role you'll be playing, participant or facilitator.
- Ask the wind-down question. It usually gets to the real issues: About 30 minutes before the meeting is to end ask, "What hasn't been said that should? Is there something you feel we've been avoiding? If we never talked about this issue again, would you feel satisfied that we honestly examined all the important aspects of it? If not, what needs to be said?" Inevitably someone speaks up and speaks the truth and the real conversation starts.
- Close with insights: After summarizing highlights and next steps, ask everyone to briefly respond to a closing question, which further respects views and makes sure voices are heard. Possible closers might be:
- How did your thinking on this issue shift?
- What one thing did you find most useful from the discussion?
- What was the high point of this discussion for you?
For more helpful ideas on facilitating healthy dissent, read Carmen's post, "Advice for Managers: Do You Make It Easy for People to Disagree with You?"


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Yellow Gazpacho
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- 2 pounds yellow beefsteak tomatoes, halved crosswise
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 small white onion, peeled and quartered
- 1 small garlic clove, peeled
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 jalapeno, seeded and minced (use 1/2 if milder flavor is desired)
- 1/4 cup fresh cilantro leaves
- 1 small cucumber, diced
- 1 small orange or red tomato, diced
- Working over a large bowl, squeeze the yellow tomato halves to release the seeds and juices. Reserve the liquid.
- Combine the squeezed yellow tomatoes and salt in a food processor or blender and puree until smooth. Transfer to the bowl containing the tomato pulp and juice. Add the onion, garlic, and lemon juice to the food processor or blender and puree until smooth.
- Strain the onion liquid into the bowl containing the tomatoes. Add the jalapeño and mix well. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
- Serve the gazpacho chilled, garnished with the cilantro, cucumber, and diced tomato.
Nutritional Information
- Per Serving
- Calories 54
- Calcium 39mg
- Carbohydrate 11g
- Cholesterol 0mg
- Fat 1g
- Fiber 2g
- Iron 1mg
- Protein 3mg
- Sat Fat 0g
- Sodium 638mg
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MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) - A foot of snow, some Montana humor and the power of social networking have combined to create a new phenomenon called "frosting."
Frosting involves taking a photo of yourself in the snow pretending the weather is nice. The Missoulian reports John Brownell of Turah took a photo of himself reading a magazine in a lawn chair in a pile of snow and posted it on his Facebook page last Thursday.
Later, Ryan Maynes posted some photos of himself in the snow in his underwear. Maynes coined the term "frosting," saying it was like planking, only cooler.
A Frosters Anonymous Facebook page was created by Colin Hickey. It had more than 3,200 "likes" by mid-day Monday. The photos include people "sunbathing," snorkeling in the snow and having water balloon fights.


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Contemplative Dance Practice is training for personal and group awareness of body/mind through a simple form that alternates sitting meditation with self-directed body movement in space. If this sounds interesting to you, you are invited to join the practice group that meets monthly in Philadelphia. No previous experience in dance or meditation is required to participate. Participants wear comfortable clothing that allows movement, and go barefoot. Instruction for newcomers will be presented at the start of each session as necessary.
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More about CDP: Contemplative Dance Practice provides opportunities to deepen spiritual disciplines, develop awareness of inner and outer bodymind rhythms, and participate in the social and political dynamics of an ensemble system, among other things. The practice was developed by Barbara Dilley, who has been practicing and studying meditation in the Shambhala tradition of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche for more than 30 years. Dilley also danced with both the Merce Cunningham Dance Company (1963–68) and Grand Union, a dance/theater collaboration that was to extend the definitions of the art of improvisation (1969–76). Since 1974, Dilley has taught at Naropa University in Boulder, CO, first designing the Dance/Movement Studies Program, and then serving as president (1985–93).
More about the Philadelphia practice group: Barbara Dilley initiated the Philadelphia Contemplative Dance Practice group by teaching a three-hour workshop in January 2011 at the invitation of choreographer, meditator, and writer Lisa Kraus and Jude Robison, also a dancer, longtime meditator, and student of Trungpa Rinpoche. The group has continued to meet monthly since that time, and is generally facilitated by Kraus or Robison. Asimina Chremos facilitates RSVPs and communications.
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Mushroom caps engulfed with a sausage stuffing, featured on a pool of cream gravy
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Sautéed in a garlic olive oil vinaigrette, battered fried, served with a cocktail sauce
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Glazed with a Thai sauce, nestled on a bed of sautéed spinach
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Fried Eggplant crouton topped with sautéed crabmeat, shrimp and parmesan cheese. Glazed with a butter sauce
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SYLVANIA - All 12 players that dressed for Lourdes scored on Saturday afternoon as the Gray Wolves tied a school record for points in a game, posting a 91-63 victory over Marygrove at Tam-o-Shanter.
The Gray Wolves shot 46.5% from the floor and made 10 three-point field goals on the way to matching the school mark for points in a game set on Nov. 18, 2011 in a 91-52 victory over Pittsburgh-Titusville.
"I was happy to see us play well on both ends of the floor today," head coach Zareth Gray stated. "We really got great offensive output from numerous individuals."
Tarynn Hampton (Saint Louis, Mo./Alton H.S.) scored a game-high 20 points and pulled down nine rebounds while Lauren Tilden (Ravenna, Ohio/Ravenna H.S.) drained five triples on her way to 17 points.
"Tarynn was strong in the paint and had a great game after missing the last three with an injury," Gray added. "We got a big game from Lauren outside as well."
Back-to-back threes started the offense for the Gray Wolves in the first half and they never looked back. A 7-0 run pushed a 14-10 advantage into an 11-point lead and Lourdes went on another 9-0 spurt late in the first half to help build a 46-27 halftime lead.
A 13-3 run over 3:30 in the second half increased the lead to 28, 67-39, with 11:12 to play and the Gray Wolves led by at least 22 the rest of the way.
Tiffany Scott (Ottawa Lake, Mich./Sylvania Southview H.S.) scored 15 points while Tara Yurek (Cleveland, Ohio/Valley Forge H.S.) matched Hampton with a game-high nine rebounds as the Gray Wolves outboarded the Mustangs 48-30. Lourdes had 25 assists in the game against just 17 turnovers. Tilden had a team-high six helpers while Ty Ali (Chicago, Ill./Rich South H.S.) dished out five more.
"We did a great job of sharing the ball today with those 25 assists," Gray added.
Elisha Major led Marygrove (1-25, 0-20 WHAC) with 20 points while Diamond Murray added 19 more. Ciara Moore scored 14 points and handed out nine assists.
Lourdes (9-19, 6-14) will take to the road for the final time this season on Wednesday evening as the Gray Wolves travel to Lima, Ohio to face Northwestern Ohio. Tip-off is set for 5:30 p.m.


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Basketball is dumb. I don't expect it to equal wrestling or, mother of all guffaws, football, but people paying so much attention to something this dumb is unacceptable. The game of basketball must be made into a sport. Herein I will submit my suggestions for doing so.
Note: No safety equipment will be allowed.
Suggestion #1: Penn State - From General Beaver to General Knight
No, just kidding.
Suggestion #2: Write defensive rules similar to that of football
No pass interference or tripping shall be tolerated. Neither holding of the jerseys nor tackling of players without the ball shall be tolerated. Shoving's cool, they let that go now anyway. A player with the ball is fair game.
Suggestion #3: Eliminate the shot clock
With these new rules, it's just a given.
Suggestion #4: Eliminate the three point shot
Players such as Jon Diebler must be made useless.
Suggestion #5: Beating the crap out of people during rebound situations is now totally cool
Suggestion #6: Make the hoop slightly bigger
This will hopefully get us scores in the perfectly reasonable thirty-point range. This is far better than the current way of doing things. My fellow Americans, you make me sick with your whining demands for "more points" in all of our sports. Are you Big 12 fans?
Suggestion #7: Each team should have eleven players on the court
More players mean more chaos!
Suggestion #8: No, that's it, we're done.
So in six suggestions, I give you what would be a true sport, and a great one at that. Six!
Imagine it.
The triple-double would become truly legendary. 10+ points (And points are now rendered meaningful), 10+ tackles, 10+ rebounds (Hard to come by). Only players of great countenance, much ambition, and stout manhood could succeed and thrive in this sport.
Following my suggestions is literally the only way conceivable to make basketball actually worth watching.
P.S. If anyone wants my suggestions for baseball, here goes: don't even bother trying to fix baseball.


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Experience the history, architecture and flavors of Stellenbosch during an orientation tour of the valley, its museum and wine estates.
Depart the pier for the scenic drive to Stellenbosch. This broad, fertile valley on the Eerste River was named after its founder, Governor Simon van der Stel, who discovered it in 1680. Today, Stellenbosch is a major university town characterized by Cape Dutch-style architecture and streets lined with oak trees, some of which have been declared national monuments.
Upon arrival, you will take an orientation drive through Stellenbosch, followed by an hour at your leisure to explore the town independently. Along the way, you can visit the Stellenbosch Museum, which is comprised of four different houses depicting different eras: the 1709 Schreuder House, 1788 Bletterman House, early-19th-century Grosvenor House and 1850 O.M. Bergh House, (optional and at your own expense). Alternatively, you may wish to browse through the variety of curio shops.
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How Low Would You Go for Your Cell Phone?
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How low would you go for your cell...literally?! This woman decided she just couldn't bear the idea of parting with her phone, even if it meant taking a head first dive into an outhouse—pee eww! Sometimes I experience slow motion play-by-play images in my head of my phone falling into a toilet, which gives me heart palpitations. Seriously though, does this lady honestly think her "soiled" phone is worth retrieving? Is it really going to work? I don't think I could "go there"... even if it was my iPhone! Not gory enough? There are more pics where these came from!
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bunnystack 6 years
That's not even funny. Seriously, that's so nasty. Even if she rinses it, it'll still smell.
bunnystack 6 years
That's not even funny.Seriously, that's so nasty.Even if she rinses it, it'll still smell.
juicylove 6 years
thats SO gross:| just get a new one. or atleast.. get something to get it out? i dont know. just ew.
SoulfulSuga 6 years
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Matdredalia 6 years
My cellphone? No. No way in HELL.My 30 gigabyte iPod with ridiculously extended Warranty or my Nintendo DS....well....no, I wouldn't dive in. But I'd fish them out, somehow.However, I'd love to know how the *#()$ someone drops their electronics in an OUTHOUSE as is? I mean, seriously....What the hell were they thinking?And why is he only in his underwear, shoes, and socks?
Matdredalia 6 years
My cellphone? No. No way in HELL. My 30 gigabyte iPod with ridiculously extended Warranty or my Nintendo DS....well....no, I wouldn't dive in. But I'd fish them out, somehow. However, I'd love to know how the *#()$ someone drops their electronics in an OUTHOUSE as is? I mean, seriously.... What the hell were they thinking? And why is he only in his underwear, shoes, and socks?
verily 6 years
That's beyond disgusting. Did she even consider what kind of bacteria and parasites might be festering down there? The phone is already dead; not worth retrieving it.
sunnynight 6 years
I wouldn't DIVE into the hole to get it. I'd use a pole, or get a janitor to help me out, or at the very least wear a mask and gloves before trying anything.
colormesticky 6 years
She's a damn fool. Period.
colormesticky 6 years
She's a damn fool. Period.
Leopardcc 6 years
Oh no, that is so yucky, no no no.
jennjennnbubba 6 years
I feel you paula. I used to work for a service provider and peopel would come in and deny getting it wet with the big, red, liquid damamge indicator staring at them. Used to make me so mad! I def. would not go in an outhouse for my phone!
jennjennnbubba 6 years
I feel you paula. I used to work for a service provider and peopel would come in and deny getting it wet with the big, red, liquid damamge indicator staring at them. Used to make me so mad! I def. would not go in an outhouse for my phone!
LindyHopper88 6 years
WOW!! thats so gross!! I would have found some sort of claw thing to get my cell phone out.
KristinDaBomb 6 years
I can't believe some people are so obsessed with their phones.
Schaianne 6 years
Sad thing is ... there's not much WATER in an outhouse. I could see a toilet - that's not too bad. But how ya gonna get all that feces and urine out of it? And ever hold it back up to your head again. Yes, retail, people do stupid things all for their replaceable OBJECTS.
Schaianne 6 years
Ummm, sorry ... I will just replace it. :P
the-makeup-blogette 6 years
several months ago, this really happened in the news in my country: a few students were playing by the monsoon drain after school and one of their cell phones fell into the drain. fearing the wrath of their parents, one of them jumped into the drain to try and get the phone back. he drowned and his body found days later.
the-makeup-blogette 6 years
what's the point of reaching into the toilet bowl to retrieve ur phone when all that water would have already damaged it....
PAULAYOST 6 years
ok i work at a cell service and repair center and this stuff happens all the time. the worse part is they don't tell me until i have already touched it and opened the phone to find it is water damaged and they go oh yeah i dropped it in the toilet,port a potty or baby diaper, or my dog peed on it and so on. So I keep a bottle of hand sanatizer in about 5 diffrent places in my office and use it after i touch a phone cause you never know and I don't want to get sick or come down with a crazy dieases. All I have to say is come clean with the tech cause believe me we have probably already seen it before and it is just courteous. Treat us with Respect and we will try to fix it or get your contacts out but lie and try to trick us and we are not as willing to help.
licia 6 years
That is so disgusting.. I would never go that far to retreive anything that I have to hold up to my face afterwards! Ugh.
anned 6 years
I dropped mine once because it was in my jacket pocket. I rescued it, but it didn't work anymore, so I had to get a new one. Now my cheap butt pays for the insurance. p.s. where the heck do they still have outhouses??!?
Kelly-O 6 years
No. Freaking. Way. Not even for my Crackberry. And while we're on the subject, who makes pictures of that? Probably the same people who take drunk pictures, put them on MySpace and then wonder why they get fired/don't get that promotion/insert consequence here.
geohiker 6 years
eeewwwww! I hate my cell phone anyway, and can not imagine going after it like this!
bugn 6 years
That is SICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How clean could you possibly get it afterwards? Yuck! I would NEVER retrieve it, not ever!!!!
hkdkat 6 years
Ewwww but I have to say I wouldn't dive in but I'd try to find a way to get it out and salvage it given that I can't get the insurance for my phone as it is a "pocketpc" and AT&T "claims" they don't insure those. Good thing Apple insures their phone themselves.
i-heart-monster 6 years
i've never dropped my phone anywhere gross and if i did, i would buy a new phone. I'd definitely never go that low!! Gross.
sparklestar 6 years
EWW!! No matter how desperately I needed my phone RIGHT THEN I would not go fishing in some toilet for it. EWW?! Or a drain. Or anything like that! My contacts sync to my MacBook and my iCal has all of my events pre-programmed in to it. It would not be a big deal. Of course my phone is a Sony Ericsson w880i. Ask me again when I have an iPhone. ;)
miss_english 6 years
This is going to sound awful... I dropped my old cell phone in the toilet 3 TIMES. Count 'em... THREE TIMES. I had a tendency to put my phone in the back pocket of my jeans--not a good idea! Ridiculous, I know. But I went after it each time. And surprisingly, the phone still worked. Now I have a new phone, only because of my new every 2 deal, which I'm going to take much better care of. I hope.
mbkosel 6 years
Too low. thats what the $3 a month for insurance is for.
macgirl 6 years
Um yeah, I really can't think of much that could get me to go down an outhouse toilet. Maybe my wedding ring, but that's if I could see it up on top. I think I need to go puke now :-(
Rachiepop 6 years
Ew NEVER would I do that. Actually I'm really paranoid about toilets, and things in my pocket. I've had a friend drop her phone in the toilet on 2 separate occasions whenever I go into a bathroom if I have stuff in my pockets I empty it into my purse and keep the purse away from the toilet or I sit it on the counter if it's at someones home. I never use outhouses like even if I have to go really bad when I go in them my body just says "no no way am I using that" and refuses to do anything.
SkinnyMarie 6 years
I tend to not bring my phone into the bathroom, or anywhere near there. Are you really going to talk to someone on the toilet?
Gdeeaz 6 years
thats to low. i would either ask someone to do it for me or pay them to do it, but i wouldnt do it myself, my phone isnt worth it i can always get ppls numbers again and i have a mini disc that has all my important stuff from my phone like music, pics, etc.
Lovely_1 6 years
Yea, I dunno. I'm sure I would get it out if there, but I might of through of a better way... Poor girl!
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Posted under Grades and Standards & Independence Institute & Innovation and Reform & learning & Middle School & Parents & PPC & School Accountability & School Board & Suburban Schools
Not too long ago I wrote about my Education Policy Center friends' visit to Adams School District 50 for the Standards-Based Education tour. Some seem to have taken the posting as an unqualified enthusiastic endorsement of the district's SBS program, or maybe they thought I was being too one-sided and generous with praise.
The intent was to provide a descriptive summary of what my friends saw from the official tour. Okay, though, I own up for not making it clearer, and maybe I gave the district too much benefit of the doubt. But that's also what happens when my friends let a 5-year-old do their blogging for them. (Not that I don't like doing it, I'm just saying….)
Anyway, a few facts are plain: 1) Adams 50′s SBS system is new and untested. 2) Buy-in from schools and teachers certainly isn't universal across the district, and implementation has been rough — at least at times. 3) Test results so far haven't been encouraging.
Some people out there from Westminster challenged my statement that SBS should be given a couple more years to see if it succeeds, including parent and community member Sharon Rahne. Based on her son's middle school experience, her interactions with administrators and school board members, and on hearing the experiences of fellow parents and community members, she has identified some additional problems, including the following:
- Insufficient accountability for teachers and principals to get results in advancing students through the performance levels
- At least at one school site, weeks worth of time wasted at the beginning and end of the school year
- Substitute teachers, unfamiliar with the SBS approach, supervising activities that do nothing to advance learning
- Insufficient district communication to parents (especially to the many non-English-speaking families) about problems with the system that need to be addressed and fixed
I want to be clear I'm still not coming to any conclusions on one side or the other, nor do I want to get entangled in internal district politics. Nevertheless, many of the concerns Mrs. Rahne has raised are serious and should be addressed. To her credit, even though her son is moving on to an area charter high school, she has expressed her desire to stay engaged with District 50 on behalf of friends and neighbors.
As I see it, the issue boils down to how much time should district leaders be given to prove some successful results for SBS. That is ultimately a question for parents and community members to decide. While there definitely are some hopeful signs, there also are some serious valid concerns with implementation and vital gaps to bridge with the community. For the sake of the kids, I hope they all figure it out correctly soon.
If any other school districts the size of Adams 50 decide to pursue SBS in the near future — which in large part will depend on how things play out in the suburban Denver district — they certainly will find important lessons to be learned from this whole scenario.
2 Responses to "Adams 50 and SBS: Balancing the Equation with Some Parents' Serious Concerns"
lourie on 01 Jun 2010 at 3:14 pm #
My children was involvd in the sbs and my problem with this is my 5th grader never moved forward in his reading/writting i was told that he just needed to test on his areas and he could move forward. we(as his parents) incouraged this verry much so. But he never did advance in his levels know going into 6th grade he is still reading and writting at a high level 2nd grade low level 3rd grade and we dont hold our students back is what i was told for the last 3 years… no child left behind????
As far as his math goes the teacher only had a total of 15 min the whole year to speak with us. my experiance has been pretty crapy here. Going into the school year he tested at a high 5th grade at the end of the year he was a low 4th grade what is really going on here???
Ed is Watching » Innovation Alert: Glenwood Springs Schools and Students "Moving On" Up? on 28 Feb 2011 at 1:14 pm #
[...] Roaring Fork isn't the first school district in Colorado to the gate. Westminster District 50 just outside Denver is in its second full year with its learner-centered SBS program in place. While I did have a few nice things to say about it after my Education Policy Center friends took the tour last May, I later raised some significant concerns about the implementation. [...]


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Vintage tractor run raises money in farmer's memory
Up to 75 vintage tractors have taken part in a 50 mile charity road-run around Cumbria.
It was in memory of farmer Dougy Lamond, who died in November after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer three weeks earlier.
His friends and family organised the event to raise awareness about the disease.
It was also a public tribute to a popular man.
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Voters headed to the polls Tuesday to vote in a runoff election.
Here are the unofficial results:
State Senator, District 14
Matt Laughridge (R) 31%
Bruce Thompson (R) 69%
3 of 3 counties reporting
State Representative, District 104
Teresa Cantrell (R) 35%
Chuck Efstration (R) 65%
1 of 1 counties reporting
State Representative, District 127
Diane B. Evans (D) 44%
Brian Prince (D) 56%
2 of 2 counties reporting
Atlanta Board of Education, District 8 At Large
Cynthia B. Brown 66%
Reuben McDaniel (i) 34%
100% of precincts reporting
Atlanta Board of Education, District 9 At Large
Jason F. Esteves 71%
Lori James 29%
Atlanta Board of Education, District 5
Steven Lee 59%
Mary L. Palmer 41%
Atlanta Board of Education, District 6
Dell Byrd 41%
Eshe' Collins 59%
East Point Mayor
Clyde K. Mitchell 29%
Janquell Peters 71%
East Point Council, Ward A At Large
Sharonda Hubbard (i) 48%
Sharon D. Shropshire 52%
East Point Council, Ward D At Large
Deana Holiday Ingraham 79%
Jackie Slaughter-Gibbons 21%
Johns Creek City Council, Post 3
Cori Davenport 66%
Karen Richardson (i) 34%
Sandy Springs City Council, District 6
Andy Bauman 63%
John Stoj 37%
College Park City Council, Ward IV
Roderick Gay 42%Charles E. Phillips, Sr., Esq.(i) 58%
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In case you haven't noticed, the internet has a thing for celebrity yearbook photos. So yesterday when one Redditor shared, "My mom went to high school with Christopher Walken. This is his yearbook picture," it of course became an instant hit. Because if there's anything the internet likes more than yearbook photos it's time-traveling vampires. And if there's something the internet likes even more than time-traveling vampires, it's Christopher Walken. If that needs explaining you're in the wrong place.
Just look at young Ronnie Walken, fresh-faced and full of promise. And yet the lengthy description already has him nailed. Well played, 1960s high school yearbook editor. Well played. (Ronnie had been working as an actor since age 10 in case the showbiz credits threw you off.)
And yes, there's only one appropriate reaction to the above image…
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Wemyss Bay Ferry (to Rothesay) "Argyle"
Inverclyde / North Ayrshire
This is the Caledonian MacBrayne ferry "Argyle" arriving from Rothesay on the
Isle of Bute and unloading in Wemyss Bay.
The village on the far shore is Innellan on the Cowal Peninsula,
just a little south of Dunoon.
These were taken on a less than sunny day in September 2012.
On the other hand, it's pretty standard weather for the Clyde coast.
Unloading the cars and lorries. The normal turn-round time is less than 15 minutes.
This is the station at the pier-head.
As you can see it's got curved platforms, a curved roof and a curved frontage.
Not a straight line in the place, basically.
There was a chimney in the background on the old Inverkip power station, a mile or so to the north, but it's now been demolished so it's been edited out.
In this wide shot the curve of the foot passenger ramp down to
the ferry can also be seen.
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GULF OF MEXICO (WLBT) - After 107 days of delays and disappointment, BP officials said Wednesday the "static kill" to plug up the broken oil well in the Gulf of Mexico is working.
Engineers pumped heavy drilling mud into the blowout preventer and then down to the leaking well, forcing the crude back down to its reservoir.
The operation is being closely monitored to make sure there are no sudden spikes in pressure.
Drilling on relief wells could resume this week if the "static kill" continues holding.
A federal report on the gulf oil spill said nearly 207-million gallons have leaked from the blown well. It said a little more than 172-million gallons of that have made it into the gulf waters.
The White House Office on Energy and Climate Change Policy has confirmed a new government report that said a majority of the oil spilled is gone.
"The vast majority of the oil is gone. It was cleaned up. It was burned. It was skimmed. It was contained. Mother nature did its part...really is good news," said Assistant to the President Carol Browner. "It's a testament to the response that we launched. Close to seven-thousand vessels, over 40-thousand people. You know we are going to continue to work with the citizens of the gulf. It's not over. We're not saying it's over, but, I do think there's some good news today."
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Replacing Strings in AS3
Although this may be pretty basic - when it comes to dealing with strings, one of the most valuable methods is no doubt the split().join().
So let's first go over split().
This is from adobe's live docs:
split(delimiter:String, [limit:Number]) : Array
Split has two Parameters:
delimiter:String - A string; the character or string at which my_str splits.
limit:Number [optional] - The number of items to place into the array.
Ok - don't get confused. Essentially if you have the string:
The first parameter (delimeter) is whatever character(s) you want to use for splitting the other characters up. So:
The second parameter basically tells split how many times you want to do it.
trace(myString.split("%", 4) // outputs: B , C , D
So a few really cool applications of this are:
1 - using it to parse out data.
2 - using it to replace or remove a string.
Let's say you have some external data you are loading in - but you don't want to use XML for some reason. You can separate your content by inserting a weird string of characters between your content:
var contentArray:Array = theContent.split("#%?");
trace(contentArray); // outputs: this is some content , and some more
The other option - the real money maker - is split().join()
This is the easiest way to replace things in a string.
for removal:
theContent = theContent.split("#%?").join("");
trace(theContent); // outputs: this is some content and some more
For replacing strings:
theContent = theContent.split("damn").join("darn");
trace(theContent); // outputs: I hate when content has words like, 'darn' in it
Happy Scripting!
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