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By Jess Stratton | Monday, September 15, 2014
This week on Monday Productivity Pointers, I'm going to show you how you can migrate over to Google Apps—specifically, how you can start using the cloud-storage app Google Drive and work with your documents within it.
By Aaron Quigley | Friday, August 29, 2014
It's back-to-school time, and that means shopping for paper, pencils, a ruler, and the various other tools of academia.
One surprising item popping up on school lists around the nation is an Internet-ready mobile device, such as an iPhone or iPad. Classrooms as young as kindergarten are working mobile applications into their curricula, hoping the technology can aid instructional pedagogy and increase student engagement and achievement. At the same time, these devices are helping teach students technical skills that translate to their future careers.
By Jess Stratton | Tuesday, July 22, 2014
Sharing and simultaneous collaboration is a huge benefit to using Google drive—but what if you have to share a Google Doc file (such as a word-processing document) with a user who doesn't actually have a Google account?
By Susan Metz | Saturday, September 15, 2012
UPDATE 7/22/14: Check out our new article on how to Share a Google Doc with a Non-Google User for the very latest tips.
You've just completed a Google spreadsheet with charts, formulas, and data galore. Now you're ready to share your spreadsheet with your colleagues and you realize that you don't know whether or not they have a Google account. The good news is that there are many ways to share a Google Doc with a non-Google account holder. The easiest solution is to simply ask your colleague(s) if they have a Google account. But in this case, we'll assume that you either don't have time to ask, you need to share a document with several colleagues under deadline, or it is a situation in which you simply can't get that information ahead of time. In this post, we'll discuss three of the most common scenarios for sharing a Google Doc with a non-Google account holder, but first we should probably get clear on some vocabulary. A Google account is not a Gmail account. A Google account is a unified sign-in system that gives one access to Google products like Docs, Groups, AdWords, and so on. A Google account can be associated with any email address—not just Gmail addresses. It's very likely that the person you are trying to share a Doc with already has a Google account that they have created at one time or another. A Doc is a Google document, spreadsheet, presentation, drawing, or form. Docs can only be edited within the Google Docs application. A Google account is a user name and password that allows a person to sign into Google Drive. This may be an @gmail account, a Google Apps account, or any email address associated with a Google account. You can associate any email address in the world with a Google Apps account. Three scenarios for sharing a Doc with a non-Google account holder Scenario one: You've created a document, spreadsheet, or presentation and you need to share the completed version with a non-Google user. In this case the best thing to do is send the document as an email attachment. With the Doc open, click the File menu and choose Email as attachment. A dialog box will appear where you can adjust the format for the file, enter the email address of the recipient(s), and send a message along with the Doc. You can send your Docs in the MS Office format, as text files, as HTML files, or even as PDFs. This is the best option if you are sending a completed file, like a report. However, if your recipient makes edits to the file in Microsoft Excel or Word and sends it back to you, you can always convert the file from MS Office format back into a Google Doc to edit. Scenario two: You need to share a doc with a group of people who do not have Google accounts and you would like them to make edits to the doc. If this is the case, the best thing to do is to change the visibility options of the Doc to Anyone with a link. You can change the visibility options by opening your Doc, then clicking the Share button at the top right and selecting Change under the Who has access portion of the Sharing settings dialog box. This will bring up the Doc's visibility options. Select the second option, Anyone with the link, and then select Can edit from the dropdown menu by Access. Finally, click Save to keep your changes. Note: If you are a Google Apps users and you do not see the option Anyone with the link it may be that your Google Apps administrator has disabled this type of sharing. If this is the case, you should move on to scenario number three, below. Once you click the Save button you will be back at the main sharing screen. Copy the link in the Link to share field. This is the link you should share with people who need to make edits to the Doc. Once you share the Link to share link, your editors will be able to access the Doc in edit mode without being asked to sign in. Do not share the URL you see in your browser's URL menu because that is a private link only for you. If you are in the Doc at the same time as another person, the people that do not have Google App accounts will show up as Anonymous User You'll also see these non-Google people show up as anonymous users when you look at the revision history. The anonymous users with which you share your Google Doc link do not automatically become what Google calls collaborators, so be aware that you will not be able to use the Email collaborators function (as mentioned in scenario one) if you share the Doc using the supplied link. It should also be noted that it is a best practice to change the visibility settings of the Doc back to Private when people are done editing and the Doc is complete. That way, no one can use the link you shared to come back into the Doc later and make more changes. I would not consider using the Link to share functionality a best practice for sharing confidential Docs because this system of sharing creates a link that anyone can access. If you need to share a confidential Doc, see scenario three, below. Scenario three:You need a non-Google user to edit your Doc and you don't have the option to change the Doc's visibility settings to Anyone with the link. Or you need to share a confidential Doc with someone who does not have a Google account. If you want to share a private Google Doc and you want to use the Google Doc editor to edit the file, and the Google Doc list to manage the file, then you should ask your contributor to create a Google account. As mentioned aboved, a Google account is not a Gmail account, but rather a unified sign-in system that gives one access to Google products like Docs, Groups, AdWords, and so on. A Google account can be associated with any email address—not just Gmail addresses—and it's likely that the person you are trying to share a Doc with already has a Google account that they have created at one time or another. When you share a private Doc with someone they'll be sent a link to the Doc via email. When they click on the Doc link they'll be taken to a sign-in page where they can enter their Google account user name and password. If they don't have a user name and password, they can click the Sign Up link to create a new Google account. With a Google account created, the person can now access the Google Doc that you have shared with them. They can receive email notifications about the file, and based on your permission settings, they can now edit the file online. When they have the Doc open, you will see their user name appear in the upper right-hand corner of your Doc, rather than the Anonymous User moniker that appears for non-Google editors. These are the three best ways to share a Google Doc with a non-Google user. I would also keep in mind that as more and more people are using Google products in one way or another, it is very likely that many of the people you need to share a Doc with will already have a Google account. To learn more about Google Docs and Google Drive, check out Google Drive Essential Training on lynda.com.
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Young adult cancer survivors constitute an under served population to whom fertility potential is particularly important. For female young adult patients, cancer treatment such as alkylating chemotherapy are toxic to the finite number of eggs they have, resulting in risks of infertility and premature menopause related to ovarian failure. Reproductive issues are a major concern for young cancer survivors, but one that is understudied. Young cancer survivors have few tools to measure post-treatment ovarian reserve, or the quantity and quality of remaining eggs4. Accurate determination of ovarian reserve and fertility potential would not only be an important research tool, but also directly impact clinical management. The purpose of this study is to test if basal and provocative ovarian reserve testing can predict return of menses in female young adult cancer survivors, to compare basal and provocative ovarian reserve testing results between female young adult cancer survivors and healthy controls, and to compare basal and provocative ovarian reserve testing results between female young adult cancer survivors on and off of combined estrogen and progesterone hormone products.
Participants will be asked to keep track of their periods over three months. If a participant is taking birth control pills, patches, or vaginal ring, they will asked to come off the birth control for 3 months. Participants will also be asked to undergo ovarian reserve testing by blood draws and pelvic ultrasounds at the start and end of the 3 months.
|Cancer Infertility
|Drug: recombinant FSH
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
|Official Title:
|Ovarian Reserve Testing in Female Young Adult Cancer Survivors
- Return of menses [ Time Frame: 3 months ]Self reported via bleeding calenders
- Blood levels of FSH [ Time Frame: 3 months ]
- Blood levels of estradiol [ Time Frame: 3 months ]
- Blood levels of AMH [ Time Frame: 3 months ]
- Blood levels of inhibin B [ Time Frame: 3 months ]
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|January 2011
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|December 2020
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|December 2020 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Experimental: Basal Testing
Drug: recombinant FSH
Each participant will recieve recombinant FSH (150 IU) intravenously
Other Name: Gonal F
Detailed Description:
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 35 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Postmenarchal
- Cancer diagnosis
- Prior exposure to gonadotoxic therapy, inclusive of chemothearpy, pelvic or total body irradiation, unilateral oophorectomy
- A minimum of 1 year since completion of gonoadotoxic therapy
- Intact uterus
- At least one ovary
Exclusion Criteria:
- Estrogen receptor positive cancers
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01421095
|Contact: Samantha C Bailey
|United States, California
|UCSD Moores Cancer Center
|San Diego, California, United States, 91351
|Principal Investigator:
|H. Irene Su, MD MSCE
|UC San Diego
|Responsible Party:
|Hui-Chun Irene Su, Assistant Professor of Reproductive Medicine, University of California, San Diego
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01421095 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
ORT study
|Study First Received:
|June 15, 2011
|Last Updated:
|May 2, 2017
Keywords provided by Hui-Chun Irene Su, University of California, San Diego:
young adult
cancer survivors
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Genital Diseases, Male
Genital Diseases, Female
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Tamer Husni second highest paid Egyptian singer
Egyptian singer Tamer Husni has decided to increase his wage to 150 thousand Egyptian pounds for any concert he holds, making him the highest paid Egyptian singer after prominent singer Amr Diab.
Tamer has just released his latest album "Ya Bint El Aih" and is currently in the process of filming a music video for the song that holds the same name for the album. The song, which is composed by Tamer himself, will be directed and produced by Nasr Mahrous.
On a different note, the entertainment world is currently talking about the obvious change in the character of Tamer, especially after he had become close with Islamic preacher Amr Khaled. Tamer has announced that he considers Amr to be his role model and looks to him for advice on how to go about his life.
Khaled had sent Tamer a gift, which consisted of religious tapes and books, right after he was released from prison. Since Tamer received the gift he has refrained from his usual night life, and is doing all he can to help those in need. In addition, Tamer appeared in his most recent music video without a model, which was his usual style.
Tamer has also taped all of Amr's shows, and was overwhelmed with joy when the latter told him he admired his voice and was very impressed with his talent. Amr also told Tamer that he hopes that Tamer's fans would imitate him in his quest to become closer to God and stay away from commiting sin.
The singer has strongly denied rumors that state that since his change in character he intends on quitting his singing career.


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Legendary producer/director Roger Corman is launching a pay YouTube channel on June 13th; click here, or on the image above, to listen to Corman introduce the new venture.
Always a few steps ahead of the game when it comes to distribution and exploitation of his product, Roger Corman has cut a deal with YouTube to stream his library of more than 400 films on his own YouTube channel, films that he either produced or directed, with the initial emphasis on the more "mainstream" fare, but who knows what will happen as the channel evolves?
Let's not forget that when no one else would strike a deal with Ingmar Bergman for the American rights to his masterpiece Cries and Whispers, Corman stepped in with a telephone offer to distribute the film in the US based solely on two conditions; one, that it be a "representative Bergman film," and two, that it was shot in color. This was no problem for Bergman, who readily agreed, and the film went on to become Bergman's biggest American hit, which Corman booked in not only legitimate theaters, so to speak, but also in drive-ins.
Roger Corman has inspired dozens of filmmakers, actors, writers, and marches very much to his own drum; he was finally recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with a special Academy Award© for his lifetime contribution to the cinema. Corman has directed and produced, or served as the co-producer or distributor, for a lot of excellent films, and he's constantly, even in his 80s, reinventing himself to keep up with the times.
Streaming is the way to go these days, and Roger is one of the first to jump on the bandwagon with a pay channel in this area; judging by the enthusiastic comments from his many fans, the channel should be a solid hit, and hopefully he'll run some of the more interesting arthouse films he championed in the 1970s and 80s along with the solidly commercial work; this could be a very interesting undertaking.
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Colvin determined to build on bounce-back '12
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Tyler Colvin joined the Rockies last year with the task of proving he was a Major League player. The Cubs, after all, had sent him to the Minors for a good portion of 2011 and unceremoniously traded him during the winter.
Colvin reestablished his career by hitting .290 with 18 home runs and 72 RBIs for the Rockies while playing all three outfield positions and first base. The production earned him a one-year, $2.275 million contract in his first year of arbitration.
But Colvin, 27, who had a strong rookie year with the Cubs before struggling through 2011, realizes he's still at the proving stage of his career.
"We've got a whole new staff and everybody has to see what I can do," Colvin said. "I'm going to get ready for the season, and whatever happens, happens.
"Every year you have to prove yourself. Just to have that bounce-back year is good, just to know I can get back to where I should be, go back to the right approach and the right mindset at the plate. From there, it's just having good at-bats. It really worked out for me."


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The Good Fight
For 30 years, Tom Berenger has navigated Hollywood with a keen eye for history and a solid sense of what's important.
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Actor Tom Berenger will casually mention that he's a bit of a history buff, but there's little about military history—ours or just about anyone else's—that he can't recite off the top of his head. His knowledge of military strategy, whether learned through books or through the movie roles that he's played over the last 30 years, is a bit overwhelming, as is his opinion on which battles were worth fighting, which were questionable and whether the final outcome was worth the engagement. This includes Hollywood.
In The Art of War, the classic treatise on military strategy by Sun Tzu, the Chinese general and warrior offers that "if you know your enemy and you know yourself, you need not fear the results of a hundred battles."
Tom Berenger has a pretty good handle on who he is and what he's made of, and after three decades of being on the stage, on the set and on the tube, he's got a pretty good feel for who and what Hollywood is. Berenger may never have served in an actual war between countries, and his résumé surely lists "actor" as his profession, but it might as well read "veteran"—maybe even "warrior."
The average reader won't see a whole lot in print on Tom Berenger outside of the traditional movie review, the announcement of a new DVD release or, as is currently the case, some general news about his ongoing role in the ABC television drama "October Road."
The average reader won't see a whole lot in print on Tom Berenger outside of the traditional movie review, the announcement of a new DVD release or, as is currently the case, some general news about his ongoing role in the ABC television drama "October Road."
There are no screaming headlines about Tom Berenger leaving questionable telephone voice mails for any of his six children, no public divorce battles with ex-spouses (he's happily married, thanks, and is on pretty good terms with his two ex-wives) and nothing in the industry tabs about Berenger walking off sets, demanding bigger trailers or calling fellow actors racial or sexually charged slurs.
In a day and age when even C-list—especially C-list—performers hire the most expensive publicists their wallets can stand in the hope of generating mega print and television exposure, Berenger can't be bothered. He hasn't had a publicist in years, he admits, and, at 58, doesn't see the need for one now, in spite of having a television series and his having just finished wrapping three movies—the Christmas-themed Jonathan Toomey, the life-in-flashback drama Order of Redemption and the violent thriller Stiletto—scheduled for 2007 and 2008 releases.
Of the few articles on Berenger from the last decade or so, the only thing in common is references to his eyes. More often than not, they're referred to as "icy blue" or "light blue" and, frankly, they're not. Oh sure, there's no question that the guy can freeze you in your tracks with a simple narrowing of those eyes, but it's more about the laser intensity of the gaze rather than the color. There's nothing cool or light about Berenger's eyes; a vivid, intense blue-green indoors, a brighter, clearer blue outside, and reflect the kind of color a jeweler would call aquamarine and that companies like Sherwin-Williams and Crayola hire marketing specialists to package with names like "Cerulean" or "Caribbean."
Ask Berenger what color his eyes are and he mumbles something like, "Uh, blue-green," before getting uncomfortable. On a two-month hiatus from filming "October Road," he's spent the last 10 days filming the crime thriller Stiletto. For his role as a Greek thug, Berenger is sporting a ruddy tan that still doesn't hide the extra wash of color that comes when discussing his looks.
What becomes clear very quickly after meeting Berenger is that looks are just not all that important to the guy. On the first day of the interview he shows up in an old faded T-shirt, even older sweatpants and a pair of deck shoes. It's eleven o'clock in the morning when he arrives and, having come from a shoot that went until midnight, there are deep circles under those eyes. Although he's taken the time and care to shave, it's equally obvious that, given an option, he'd rather be lying prone with a pillow over his head than at the Beverly Hilton Hotel preparing for a photo shoot.
It is, Berenger explains, the old catch-22; when you don't have work, you want it desperately. When you've got lots of it at one particular time, as he does right at this moment, it's a little more complicated.
"You know, on shoots like this one [Stiletto] we're six days on, one day off, with no room for play," explains Berenger, "and we might be shooting 14-, 16-hour days. Sometimes they're day shoots, sometimes they're night shoots. It's just brutal. When you manage to get to the seventh day, that one day off, you want to sleep, but chances are you'll wake too early because you're trained for it, you'll wind up getting up and then there are chores. Chores, chores, chores," he says, wearily. "And with chores, man, you know you'll never get them all done in one day."
When quizzed on whether that list of chores might include checking things off like, say, getting his nails buffed or scheduling his personal trainer, Berenger just rolls his eyes before muttering, "Yeah, right." For the down-to-earth Berenger, the list is a tad more everyday, a tad more mundane.
"Chores. You know, chores! Doing your laundry, getting your groceries, picking up the dry cleaning. Cleaning the toilets, cleaning the sinks and changing the sheets. You know, the stuff you do when you look around you and go, "'Man, this place is beginning to look like a pit.'"
If this doesn't sound like the to-do list you'd expect from a movie and television star, much less one with Academy Award and Emmy nominations and Golden Globe wins to his name, think again. Berenger may have relocated to Los Angeles last fall for "October Road," but he's the anti-Angeleno and definitely different from the clichés that typically accompany a Hollywood actor. There's no bling on the guy short of a gold wedding ring, and he's not feeling any particular pressure to swing a Hummer, Escalade or Mercedes convertible into valet parking. He's quite content, thanks, with his Honda minivan.
"I'm pragmatic," he says, simply. "I'm not that big into cars, I guess. I like room and I use it to haul things around, people around. For me, a car is to get from point A to point B. What's the big deal about cars here?"
He and his wife, Patricia Alvaran, were equally pragmatic when they made the decision for Berenger to relocate from their home in Beaufort, South Carolina, to Los Angeles last fall for "October Road." Because the couple also owns a home in Vancouver, British Columbia, they decided that Alvaran and their 8-year-old daughter, Scout, would live in Vancouver. Berenger would relocate to Los Angeles, find a place to settle in, and the family would reconvene after the school year ended. They also decided, ambivalently, to put the South Carolina house that they loved up for sale, but which wasn't practical for an actor working steadily anywhere but near South Carolina.
As Berenger tells the story, there's a gradual buildup that takes place, not unlike someone building up to the punch line of a bar joke, and as his lip starts to curl, you realize that whatever the joke winds up being, it's apparently on him.
"So, we make all these decisions, tough decisions for a family, and I pack up my things. I box my things, I rent a moving truck, I load the truck and I drive across the country. Now, I drive across the country," Berenger continues, enunciating every word to set up the punch line, "to move to L.A. for a job that, after I've been in town all of about four or five days, they tell me that they want to film in Atlanta. Atlanta! Whoa. I've just moved from the East Coast to the West Coast in order to go live in a hotel and film on the East Coast. Hell, with the South Carolina house I could at least have driven home on the weekends from Atlanta, but nooo. My wife and daughter are living full-time in Vancouver, which is on the West Coast, albeit way up the coast; I'm now in an apartment in L.A. and I'm going to be back filming on the other coast again. Whoa."
If there's a happy ending to this story, it's that Berenger is given a heads-up during the interview that "October Road" has been picked up for the fall season and that the network decided to film the majority of the upcoming season in and around L.A., with flashes of other scenery to lend an air of the East Coast. The hour-long drama, set in the fictional town of Knights Ridge, Massachusetts, focuses on the twenty-something author of a best-selling novel who, when he hits a serious case of writer's block in the big city, returns home to his birthplace, moves back in with his widowed father (Berenger) and his slacker brother, and tries to reconnect with the friends and family he abandoned 10 years ago. What complicates matters is that he didn't just leave on a six-week trip to Europe and never return; he used those same friends and family—sometimes unflatteringly—as the characters in his best-seller.
When it's pointed out to Berenger that Atlanta really doesn't qualify as the East Coast—the Southeast maybe—and that it's an odd choice for filming a show that's supposed to be taking place in Massachusetts, he just rolls his eyes again.
"It's cheaper there," he explains, "and the leaves were turning while we were there, which was beautiful, and had a New England feel to it. It's cheaper...the crews are cheaper, and we didn't use a studio or soundstage, we used a warehouse. Then again, they only wanted five episodes, not an entire season. Only five episodes because [Berenger lapses into a falsetto voice] 'we're not sure. We're just not sure. We don't know. Only five episodes because we're not sure what we want.'"
"I'm telling you," Berenger shakes his head in disgust and goes back to speaking in his own deep voice, "studio heads? Network heads? You do not want these people leading your armies. No. No Hollywood executive should ever, ever be in the military. They would be shot for cowardice. Or treason. Whatever. Shoot 'em for cowardice."
As Berenger growls out the last few words, it's impossible to miss the similarities that exist between his words, tone and delivery and some of the roles the Chicago-born actor's taken on in the last three decades. Maybe there's a little Lt. Gen. James Longstreet in there, the real-life military leader Berenger played in Gettysburg, or a bit of another real-life American icon, Theodore Roosevelt whom he played in the TV movie Rough Riders.
Maybe there's a little Thomas Beckett, the soldier he played in the trilogy of Sniper films, a flavoring of Sergeant Hayes, the Marine recruiter he played in Born on the Fourth of July and a pinch of Capt. John Riley, the Mexican War officer he played in One Man's Hero.
There may be all of those characters in the impatience Berenger can exhibit when discussing Hollywood, but the one you listen for—the one you half fear and half desire—is Sergeant Barnes from Platoon.
There are only a few movie roles that you simply can't imagine another actor playing, but Berenger's indelible portrayal of the damaged sergeant in Oliver Stone's epic war drama, Platoon, is certainly one of them.
There are only a few movie roles that you simply can't imagine another actor playing, but Berenger's indelible portrayal of the damaged sergeant in Oliver Stone's epic war drama, Platoon, is certainly one of them.
Based on his own experiences as a grunt soldier in Vietnam, Stone's screenplay, written in the mid-1970s, was bounced around for more than 10 years before it finally found a studio willing to take a risk on a story that, like the war itself, had no happy ending.
With a budget of only $6 million—a lot of money in 1986 for a simple film being shot on a studio lot, but a pittance for a war movie filmed overseas featuring all the real-life accoutrements of battle—the film only boasted two fairly well-known names at the box office: Berenger and Willem Dafoe. With an incredible eye for up-and-coming (or underutilized) talent, Stone also cast Charlie Sheen (who played the character based on Stone himself), Johnny Depp, Forest Whitaker and John C. McGinley.
Berenger's portayal of Sgt. Bob Barnes, a battle-scarred—literally and figuratively—and somewhat brutal soldier who's seen too many tours of duty but can't bring himself to go home even after being horribly injured, was a pivotal role in the film. Berenger himself was certain he could bring Barnes to life on the screen, but there were some initial doubts by others.
In a foreward that he wrote for the book edition of the screenplay, Stone refers to the real-life Barnes, whom he knew and served with in Vietnam, as "Achilles, a warrior king in his own time," and Berenger as "a quiet actor with the moral stamina and possible longevity of a Frederic March or Spencer Tracy, another Irishman. He buries his natural personality so well in his parts that even in films like The Big Chill, people don't see the original stamp and overlook him."
As the Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and his Golden Globe win for the same category can attest to, nobody who's ever seen Platoon could have overlooked Berenger's portrayal of the wounded warrior. Aside from the horrific scar that starts at the man's scalp and curls all the way down one side of his face—a physical attribute that required Berenger to spend three hours in makeup every day—Berenger managed on screen to define the notion of walking wounded, the kind of dull and incessant emotional pain that renders a man inhuman, to an extraordinary and chilling degree.
"I remember reading the script and thinking 'whoa,'" says Berenger, "and I never doubted I could do it. I had a handle on it. I knew that Oliver had doubts and I knew that Dale [Dye] had doubts, but I knew exactly what I wanted to do with [the role]. I could see them being worried, but I wasn't."
Stone had, like the rest of the world, seen Berenger take on a dark, sinister role, earlier in his career in Looking For Mr. Goodbar (1977), but Dale Dye, the technical adviser on Platoon, let Berenger know up front that he had some concerns about the casting.
Asked about those concerns today, decades after working with both Stone and Berenger on a number of films in the interim, Dye admits that part of the doubt he expressed to the actor at the time was a touch of reverse psychology. Dye, a former Marine who earned three Purple Hearts and a Bronze Star in Vietnam for valor before retiring as a captain, has spent the last 20 years working as a military consultant and part-time actor in the movie industry. He says he has nothing but immense respect for Berenger as an actor and now, years later, as a friend.
"Early on, when I first started in the movie business," says Dye. "I barely knew one actor from another and certainly had no clue about things like heart, emotion, insight and talent that an actor needs to bring a role to life. So in my infinite wisdom at the time, I took a look at Tom's head shot—a handsome, soulful, sensitive photo—and said, 'There's no damn way this weenie can play Sgt. Barnes.'
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Darwen Vale teachers will strike in weeks
4:00pm Wednesday 4th June 2014
By Emma Cruces
4:00pm Wednesday 4th June 2014
By Emma Cruces
STAFF at a high school will go on strike within weeks.
Members of the NAS UWT teaching union at Darwen Vale High School have set the date for strike action on Wednesday June 18.
The forced academisation of the school will also see NUT members meet within days to discuss joining them in a coordinated strike.
The date was chosen as no exams are set to take place during the week in question.
NASUWT regional leader Claire Ward, a Darwen Vale teacher, said pupils at the school were also hoping to have their say.
The union is inviting students and members of the community to join them on the picket line.
She said proposed redundancies were no longer a motivation to strike as Blackburn with Darwen Council were now overseeing a 'sympathetic' redundancy process.
She said their remaining objections centred on forced academisation and a lack of a parental and community ballot.
She said: "This date has been chosen as there are no GCSE exams that week as we want to minimise disruption for pupils.
"Pupils themselves are very angry as many could easily have gone to the nearby academy, if they wanted to go to an Aldridge school.
"They want their right to a choice and I have had children say to me they will be leaving the school if it becomes an academy. We want to encourage any members of the community, and pupils to join us on the picket line at 7.30am."
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Woodford's New Bourbon Doubles the Oak
Jack Bettridge
Posted: February 17, 2012
How do you make an already excellent Bourbon better? According to Chris Morris, the master distiller at Brown-Forman's Woodford Reserve Distillery, "You double the maturation. You double the wood exposure." And that's the concept behind Woodford's new Double Oaked brand extension.
Except that the full story is a little more complex than that.
Instead of simply adding time to the process, Woodford has used an innovative maturation that uses two different sets of barrels that have undergone a pair of distinct charring processes.
The initial aging is done in barrels treated the same as standard Woodford Reserve. The second maturation is performed in casks that have been fired in what is essentially a reciprocal method as the first.
By law, all barrels used to age Bourbon are charred. That treatment, however, is actually a two-step process in which the casks are first toasted (heated near the flame). Morris says this creates "vanilla character, hints of honey and creamy notes." The second (charring) "actually burns and caramelizes oak sugar, chocolate, butterscotch, maple syrup, really rich notes."
Brown-Forman makes its casks in its own cooperage. The casks for its standard Woodford Reserve are lightly toasted and deeply charred. For the second maturation the company has created barrels that are custom-crafted with a deeper toasting, but a lighter charring because, explains Morris, "we don't want those big, bold char notes, we want those delicate toast notes to shine through."
The new Bourbon, which will be released in March, is more a complex version of the already flavorful standard Woodford, which is made from a rye-rich mashbill (72 percent corn, 18 percent rye and 10 percent barley) in a succession of three pot stills.
Added are the honey and
toast notes of which the distiller speaks, plus darker fruits and
interesting spices. The new Bourbon is also a very willing partner for a
Woodford Reserve Double Oaked (90.4 proof or 45.2 percent alcohol, $49.99)
APPEARANCE: Very dark amber with slow, thick legs.
NOSE: Maple and toast come straight through, followed by almonds, orange peel and honey suckle.
PALATE: Starts with bread dough notes and immediately gets a second wind of caramel, maple and olive oil. Then come black tea, fruits and honey, and finally some vanilla and a distinct spiciness.
FINISH: At the long back end is more toast and bread dough, plus wood and a sweet apple note.
CIGAR PAIRING: We smoked a succession of full-bodied cigars with this and found the lighter of the three, a Romeo & Julieta Short Churchill, to be optimal. The respective bodies matched well, and the Bourbon brought out almonds and cedar on the cigar. The smoke returned the flavor by imparting a bit more zip on the Woodford.
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Jack I'm sure when your tasting for a review you have it straight, but for pleasure do you drink it with a couple of cubes or water?
...with a good cigar
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A Southern Air Boeing 747-200 suffered the loss of all four engine-driven electrical generators while en route from Miami to Anchorage, Alaska, on September 12. The Boeing landed on Anchorage's Runway 7 Left using the aircraft's two emergency generators.
Because the aircraft was operating on emergency power, the jumbo's anti-skid was inoperative, which caused 14 of 18 tires to blow out during rollout. The NTSB is investigating the incident.
Larry Walters (not verified)
September 27, 2012 - 10:11am
I guess the 4 that didn't blow were the ones that were recently changed?
This should be a chapter 5 conditional inspection requirement listed in the MEL to inspect the tires, vice a simple addition of required landing distance to stop the aircraft. On this one it's pretty obvious that some maintenance needs to be done.
We often forget how important the antiskid systems are on large transport category aircraft.
Stress obviously was also a factor, possibly adding extra speed on landing, and the leg muscles flexing the toe pedals a bit too hard without the assistance of the antiskid valves to release the pressure when the wheels lock up.
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September 30, 2012 - 5:11pm
An eye-opener, Goat and thanks. While blowing 14/18 is far better than a run-off, I have to wonder about the condition and inflation of all 18. I'm going to follow this one and see what the NTSB says really happened. WIth all four turning and burning, loss of electrical from ALL FOUR is more than a little strange. Like Way More than strange. I wonder what really happened. We'll know, but it will take a year or more, so if you hear anyting in the interim, please keep us posted. (I don't think that NTSB has even a prelinary report out yet, but I'll be watching.) No one hurt is Good. No 'serious' damage (all 18 tires are trash) is also good. Don't know the details, but I suspect that the pilots were paying attention and had plenty of time to plan and prepare. Auto-brake and anti-skid are great features, but when they fail, the drivers have little choice but to stand on those pedals and pray. If a few brakes and/or most of the tires fail in the process, it is still far better than a run-off. I think you will agree that Boeing builds pretty good airplanes and yes, even the toe brakes can stop tthe airplane - if necessary. Great post!! From your perspective, it might be fun to inspect the entire breaking system and gear, including new brakes and rubber for all 18 wheels. (If only indirectly, I'm thinking job security for you and your colleagues. It may not be the most fun of tasks, but it is honest, productive work.)
As noted, it will be interesting to learn what REALLY went wrong. Best wishes, 'Goat.' If I have any fault with y our great blog, it is that you do not post often enough. Your readers want more. This reader would really like to see list of the routine, most common issues that you see within a given week. What components 'break' or fail most often? What kinds of hardware failure items are the lost likely to delay a flight. Within your constraints, please let us know what issues occupy the majority of your time. Thanks and best wishes, -C.


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Perisher is the ultimate winter wonderland for families seeking a fun, action-packed holiday this winter. With top notch facilities and 50 runs that cater to varying skill levels, there truly is something for everyone at Perisher.
Perisher is located in Kosciuszko National Park within the NSW Snowy Mountains, approximately two hours from Canberra, six hours from Sydney and seven hours from Melbourne.
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Perisher is an easy six-hour drive from Sydney via Canberra and Cooma, and a seven-hour drive from Melbourne. Cooma's Snowy Mountains airport is a quick 45 minute drive from Perisher. Motorists are required to carry proper fitting wheel chains for any vehicle other than 4WDs in a snow-ice risk section within the national park.
Coach services also operate from Canberra and Sydney, and local shuttles also regularly depart Jindabyne for Perisher during the ski season.
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There is an entry fee for each vehicle that enters the national park. The prices vary according to the type of vehicle you are driving and the time of year. If you plan to stay in the National Park for longer than a week, it is advised that you buy an annual pass, which is more cost effective and also has the added bonus of covering the costs to visit other NSW National Parks throughout the year, too. This is payable at the National Parks Centre in Jindabyne or at the entry gates and must be displayed on your vehicle at all times while you're in the national park.
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Perisher has a great range of family accommodation options. You can choose to stay 'On Snow', 'Near Snow' or nearby in Jindabyne. The Perisher website has an excellent accommodation search facility that conveniently allows you to book the perfect accommodation for your family's requirements and budget.
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Teaching a new CPR: 'We went from 12% to a 50% survival rate'
EUGENE, Ore. -- What once was considered the standard for emergency responders has recently evolved or devolved as the case may be. ACT-C3 is being heralded as the new CPR, only there is nothing new about it.
Emergency medical teams discovered a lack of blood flow to a subjects brain when undergoing during mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. More lives were saved when responders performed chest compressions alone.
Josh Moore, program coordinator for ACT-C3, said that he expects to see a radical improvement if more people start using the new method.
"We went from 12% survival to a 50% survival rate, just in our changes." said Moore.
On Saturday, Moore organized a group of 45 volunteers from the National Honor Society to learn, perfect and perform the procedure for 7th graders in the Eugene and Springfield school districts. He hopes that getting the word out about ACT-C3 will save more lives.
This group of High-Schoolers watched a video to learn the new act-c3 method before practicing their techniques on inflatable dummies.
"That first link in the chain of survival is getting the public to recognize cardiac arrest, activate 9-1-1, and and start chest comp." Moore said.
Moore added that oftentimes cardiac arrest patients don't receive CPR before the ambulance arrives. Part of the project is aimed at arming these kids with the knowledge to start CPR themselves.
The 7th graders taught must also complete a project as part of their training. The winning group will go to McKenzie Willamette Medical Center to watch an open heart surgery take place.


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Well it looks like i'll finally have sometime to sneak in some golf for the 1st time in about a year.
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Officials in Arizona say lettuce supplied by Midwest Beef was the probable cause of an E. coli outbreak this summer that was linked to a Federico's Mexican Restaurant in a Phoenix suburb.
Almost 100 people, including several members of a high school sports team and their families, were confirmed with E. coli in late July and early August, but no deaths were linked to the outbreak, according to a report from the Maricopa County Public Health Department. About 20% of the victims required hospitalization.
"Lettuce was by far the most suspect food item, and it is highly likely that it was the contaminated vehicle in this outbreak," according to the Nov. 25 report. The report names Midwest Beef, Phoenix, as the supplier of meat and fresh produce to the specific Federico's restaurant in Litchfield, Ariz., and other Federico's locations and foodservice operations in the area.
Midwest Beef officials did not immediately return calls seeking comment on where the company sources the lettuce it sells.
The health department report said it was possible that the restaurant received a single batch of lettuce that could have been contaminated at any point in the continuum from field to fork.
"Lettuce handling protocols were observed in detail, and it was noted that if contamination had been present on a small amount of lettuce, it could have easily spread to contaminate other lettuce in areas such as the prep sink and shredder, or during storage in a large container," the report states.
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From "Law and Order's" Detective Mike Logan to "Sex and the City's" Mr. Big, Chris Noth keeps stretching the boundaries of his acting career.
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"They've got great jazz here," says the 55-year-old actor, who's wearing an open-collared blue shirt under a navy blazer. "It's been around-it's got legs. It feels like the old New York, the one you don't see much anymore. I like places with a little bit of history-which must mean I'm getting old."
He laughs and relaxes under an Al Hirschfeld drawing, one of several that decorate the walls.
"You used to be able to smoke cigars in here-now you can barely do it anywhere," he says, throwing a wave of greeting at waiters, who acknowledge him as they walk by. The manager, who stops by to say hello, sends over a complimentary appetizer-a thick, gooey oval with layers of egg, sour cream and glistening black caviar surrounded by toast points.
"This is my neighborhood joint," Noth says, digging into the soft concoction in front of him with a sharp edge of toast. In fact, the restaurant is around the corner from the apartment he shares with partner Tara Wilson and their two-year-old son, Orion. "It's great because I can walk home, which is important when you're stumbling."
He chuckles again. Despite an imposing physicality that rises to a commanding 6-foot-2, Noth has a breezy presence. He may look like the hard-charging police detective Mike Logan of the "Law & Order" series or the prepossessing Mr. Big on "Sex and the City" (and its spin-off films, the second of which opens May 28) or even Peter Florrick, the humiliated (and recently paroled) politician he plays on the new hit series, "The Good Wife." But he's a very different guy.
"It might surprise people to know just how goofy Chris is," says Julianna Margulies, who plays his spouse, the title character on "The Good Wife." "He's a jokester. His character on the show is very serious-his character on 'Law & Order' was, too-but he is a lot more lighthearted than that. He always has a joke for you."
Sarah Jessica Parker, another of his on-screen wives (as Carrie Bradshaw, she married him at the end of the first Sex and the City movie), said in an e-mail interview, "As originally written, there was a sort of wonderful conventionality about Mr. Big. Chris brought humor to him and a winking delight for Carrie."
That delight, in terms of the ongoing story of Carrie Bradshaw and Mr. Big, has now extended into the realm of marriage for the characters. Where the first Sex and the City movie dealt with the fallout when Big got cold feet at the altar-until he eventually came around and married Carrie in a fabulously extravagant New York wedding-the second film focuses on what happens after "happily ever after."
While the creative talent behind Sex and the City 2 are exceptionally close-mouthed about plot particulars, Noth says, "My story line is about the growing pains of a marriage. It's interesting because it's actually reversed from which of us people imagine would have a problem with being married. People expect I'd be the one to feel the pressure. I do think it will be a better movie than the first one, just in terms of my storyline. It's not as drastically dramatic.
"The first film had a different feeling from the series because it dealt more with issues that people have. In the series, the relationships were not as dramatic; there weren't as many breakups. The first one was about the things people face, the intense day-to-day reality that people face in a marriage, that they need to overcome to get closer. The second one deals with some of that. But the girls have a grand adventure and that's a big part of the movie."
Michael Patrick King, who wrote and directed both films, said in an e-mail interview, "Our journey over the years has been to keep making Mr. Big more and more real as he became more real to Carrie. And this journey continues in the new movie. I think you see even more new colors in Chris's performance, which was very exciting to me as a director. Chris has the charisma, sexuality and the humor to make the unattainable part of Mr. Big tolerable. The audience sees something in Mr. Big that they feel is worth that struggle to try to attain. And men like Mr. Big because he seems authentic to them...and a little inspirational."
While fans of the show relished the romance between Carrie and Big -in all its on-again, off-again glory-what made the show a phenomenon was the powerful sisterhood of its four female leads: "The friendship equation makes it special," Noth says. "You can't forget the bond these girls have. And the city was also a big part of it. It was New York-and the friendship of the women."
Still, King says, "The entire arc of the six years of the television series and now two films has been Carrie's effort to find happiness with John James Preston, aka Mr. Big. None of it would have worked or even been possible if Chris Noth's Mr. Big was not worth that effort. He had to be a complicated and ultimately a noble guy or Carrie would have seemed a fool. Chris is the man that audiences have loved for over 12 years. That's a major accomplishment."
Noth takes pride in being part of the show's legacy: "When you think of the things that came out of that show-the fascination with Carrie's wardrobe, with the name of shoe designers, with Cosmopolitans-I mean, fashion is a big, important industry in New York and 'Sex and the City' helped contribute to that. It's more a part of our pop culture now.
"Hey, there are tour buses that offer the 'Sex and the City' tour and show people where the girls shopped for shoes, things like that. That's pretty interesting. If that exists, it shows it's reached a point of no return. No one's going to start a 'Law & Order' tour: 'And here's where Lenny found a dead hooker.' "
With his dark good looks and deep voice, Noth would seem to be a fish out of water in the "Sex and the City" milieu: a man's man among the girliest of girls. Not so, Parker says.
"I don't think he's a man's man or a woman's man," she says. "He really enjoys the company of both sexes. He loves conversation and is certainly not muted in any environment. At this point, we have been working together for 12 or 13 years and he and I get on like a house on fire."
If anything, Parker says, fans might be surprised at some of Noth's tastes in popular entertainment: "First of all, he's a great and devoted poetry fan," she says. "He loves to talk about his favorite poets and who was the most influential in his life. The second surprising thing might be that he is a massive (Stephen) Sondheim fan. He knows every song, every show."
"Oh, I've listened to Sondheim all my adult life," Noth says enthusiastically, nibbling at another bit of toast and sipping a beer. "It's interesting that a gay man was able to write the most telling song ever of what it's like for a man to be married. It's in his show, 'Company,' called 'Sorry/Grateful.' It's probably the most insightful song about some of the questions men have.
"I would love to play Sweeney Todd." He pauses, then tunefully rumbles a line from the dark Sondheim musical: "You are young/you will learn." He shakes his head with a sad smile: "I wish I could sing; I sing but no one wants to hear me."
Everyone, however, seems to want to write about him-at least that's how Noth feels some days. He has few kind words for the celebrity media culture he sees as taking over the world, or at least his part of the world.
Sitting in the booth at the Knickerbocker, he catches a glimpse of CNN on a TV in the nearby bar area and recalls a recent item he saw on TV: "It was on CNN, on the ticker under the picture, just recently: 'Chris Noth hurt on set'," he says. "I couldn't believe they ran it because it wasn't true."
The story emanated, he believes, from an incident on the set of "The Good Wife" six months earlier. At a key moment in the pilot, Margulies had to slap Noth-the angry wife finally unloading on the betraying spouse.
"It was a big moment and she gave me good slaps," says Noth, himself the son of a journalist. "I think we did three takes and it left a little bit of a mark. And six months later I see it on the CNN ticker: 'Chris Noth hurt on set.' How reliable is the news today if that's the news?
"Everyone is talking about the demise of newspapers. This is one good reason I hope it doesn't happen. I mean, it wasn't true-and it was six months later. It's so ridiculous the news that comes out. They absolutely say anything they want.
"I remember before we made the first Sex and the City movie. None of us thought it was going to happen because there were some legal issues. Someone asked me about it and I maybe said that it would be fun, if we make a movie, if we could go to Bali. The next thing I know, I'm reading that Chris Noth is holding out and holding up the Sex and the City movie until they go to Bali. It's just amazing to me, the fact that people can write anonymously, with no rules and none of the ethical considerations. I don't give a shit, except to have a laugh. But it's more of a signal that anything goes."
(A few weeks later, Noth pops up again, this time in a Huffington Post.com headline: "Snooki, Chris Noth OK After Glass Ceiling Shatters at Purim Party in NYC." To which Noth said in an e-mail: "I showed up at the behest of a couple of friends from Israel and left 10 minutes later. They call that news?")
The success of "Sex and the City"-and people's identification of Noth with his Mr. Big character-mean greater recognition on the streets. But, after 20 years in which he's been a regular TV presence in people's living rooms, Noth hasn't changed his approach to life as a New Yorker. He still rides the subway, still gets his own coffee at Starbucks, still walks the streets-more Mike Logan than Mr. Big, with no thought of holing up behind a curtain of celebrity privacy.
Yes, people recognize him, he says, but they're usually polite about it.
"People never went, 'Hey, Mike Logan!' " he says. "But they do go, 'Hey, Big!' They get a lot more excited about Mr. Big. I guess people are desperate for a certain kind of romance and they think I'm that guy. I'm so not invested in that world. And I'm not going to give up riding the subway because people call me 'Big.'
"A few weeks ago, a woman started yelling at me in a Starbucks. She came up to me and demanded that I take a picture with her. When people present themselves in an offensive way, I won't do it. And sometimes you just don't feel like it. For her, I didn't. And she's yelling, 'Why are you being such a jerk?'
"I mean, I usually do it. So I sure hope it's not true what the Indians say about having your picture taken."
Los Angeles, where he also maintains a home, is a different story: "In L.A., it's easy to know the places not to go. There are some good restaurants I won't go to because I think it's nonsense to have to enter through a gauntlet of flashbulbs. There are parks in L.A. I won't go to because of photographers. There's a way to do things out there.
"But these days everybody is a paparazzo because everybody has a camera in their phone. Everybody is taking pictures. I don't know what the hell they're doing."
Noth didn't become an actor for the fame or glory. Indeed, when he started, he was still searching for just what it was that he did want to do with his life.
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Located in the heart of Boise, this aparthotel is within a 15-minute walk of Boise Depot and Boise State University. Taco Bell Arena and Idaho State Capitol Building are also within 1 mi (2 km).
Property Features
Along with an outdoor pool, this smoke-free aparthotel has a fitness center and a snack bar/deli. Free buffet breakfast is provided, as well as free WiFi in public areas, free self parking, and a free airport shuttle. Other amenities include a spa tub, a 24-hour business center, and coffee/tea in a common area.
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Property Amenities
In addition to an outdoor pool, Residence Inn by Marriott Boise Downtown/University provides a spa tub and a fitness center. The aparthotel offers a snack bar/deli. A complimentary breakfast and manager's reception are offered (may not be available daily). A computer station is located on site and wireless Internet access is complimentary.
Business-related amenities at this 3-star property consist of a 24-hour business center and a meeting room. Event facilities measure 460 square feet (43 square meters). This business-friendly aparthotel also offers barbecue grills, coffee/tea in a common area, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. An area shuttle within 2 mi and a roundtrip airport shuttle (available 24 hours) are complimentary for guests. Onsite self parking is complimentary. The property may provide extended parking privileges to guests after check-out (surcharge).
Residence Inn by Marriott Boise Downtown/University is a smoke-free property.
- Fitness facilities
- Free airport transportation
- 24-hour front desk
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Number of floors - 2
- Elevator/lift
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Free breakfast
- Designated smoking areas
- Computer station
- Total number of rooms - 104
- Laundry facilities
- One meeting room
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Year Built 1986
- Free area shuttle
- Snack bar/deli
- Conference space size (meters) - 43
- Free self parking
- Free grocery shopping service
- Spa tub
- Outdoor pool
- Barbecue grill(s)
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Express check-out
- Fireplace in lobby
- Free WiFi
- 24-hour business center
- Conference space size (feet) - 460
- Free reception
- Tennis on site
- Smoke-free property
- Number of buildings/towers - 13
- Outdoor seasonal pool
- Television in common areas
- Use of nearby fitness center (discount)
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Kitchen
- Area shuttle (complimentary)
- Snack bar/deli
- Laundry facilities
- Sofa bed
- Refrigerator
- Microwave
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Premium TV channels
- Premium bedding
- Separate sitting area
- Air conditioning
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Phone
- Free local calls
- Refrigerator
- Coffee/tea maker
- Microwave
- Cookware, dishware, and utensils
- Kitchen
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Shower/tub combination
- Satellite TV service
- Iron/ironing board
- Desk
- Sofa bed
- Dishwasher
- Stovetop
- Pillowtop mattress
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
- In-room climate control (heating)
- Free WiFi
- Free wired Internet
Where to Eat
Guests are offered a complimentary buffet breakfast. The aparthotel offers a complimentary manager's reception on select days.
Nearby Things to Do
An outdoor pool and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a fitness center.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Downhill skiing nearby
- Rafting nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Mountain biking nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Basketball on site
- Volleyball on site
- Golf lessons available nearby
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
Property Policies
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-in time ends at midnight
Check-in time starts at 4 PM
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Up to 2 children 18 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 20.00 per night.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 100 per accommodation, per stay
- 2 per room
- Restrictions apply
- For more information contact the property at the number on the booking confirmation
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Optional extras
- Pet fee: USD 100 per accommodation, per stay
- Rollaway bed fee: USD 20.00 per night
Property Name
- Marriott Boise Downtown
- Residence Inn Boise Downtown
- Residence Inn Marriott Boise Downtown
- Residence Inn Marriott Hotel Boise Downtown
- Residence Inn Marriott Boise Downtown Aparthotel
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Up to 2 children 18 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. Guests can arrange to bring pets by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation (surcharges apply and can be found in the Fees section).


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Digoxin/St. John's wort
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Medical warning:
Moderate. These medicines may cause some risk when taken together. Contact your healthcare professional (e.g. doctor or pharmacist) for more information.
How the interaction occurs:
St. John's wort may increase how quickly your body processes digoxin.
What might happen:
Your digoxin levels may decrease, which may decrease the effectiveness of your digoxin.
What you should do about this interaction:
Make sure that your healthcare professionals (e.g. doctor or pharmacist) know that you are taking St. John's wort. Your doctor may want to check your blood level of digoxin and adjust the dose of your medicine. If you experience shortness of breath or a fast heartbeat, contact your doctor.Your healthcare professionals may already be aware of this interaction and may be monitoring you for it. Do not start, stop, or change the dosage of any medicine before checking with them first.
1.Johne A, Brockmoller J, Bauer S, Maurer A, Langheinrich M, Roots I. Pharmacokinetic interaction of digoxin with an herbal extract from St John's wort (Hypericum perforatum). Clin Pharmacol Ther 1999 Oct; 66(4):338-45.
2.Lanoxin (digoxin) Tablets US prescribing information. Covis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. July, 2015.


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RootsCamp will be held from November 30th – December 1st in Washington DC at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.The goal of the conference is to provide participants (i.e. progressive organizers an activists) with an intensive election debrief as well as insights on into scoring post-election work. There will even be a job fair.
If you plan to attend the RootsCamp "Un-conference" and haven't yet booked your accommodations, you should definitely consider us as your home away from home. Our lodging in DC is located in the Dupont Circle area and offers
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text: U.S. Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-3rd, will help celebrate the lighting of the Broadway Plaza Christmas Tree starting at 5:45 p.m. Friday. Also participating will be Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus, their reindeer, the Polar Express Holiday Train and Allen County Republican Chairman Steve Shine. The public is invited to attend the annual event in front of the Shine & Hardin law office, 2810 Beaver Ave. at Broadway.


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Colorful and Comfortable Room
Size16 m²
Floor No.
- Family/child friendly
- Kitchen
- Air conditioning
- Breakfast
- Suitable for events
- Pets allowed
- Internet/WiFi
Accommodation summary
This double room (extra bed possible), red, private or shared bathroom, TV, air conditioning, free wireless internet.
The double bedroom, color: blue, private bathroom, air conditioning.
The room can accommodate up to four people, has a private bathroom with shower and free wireless internet. Kitchen available.
Located on 1st floor without elevator.
The bed and breakfast is located in Rifredi.
The garage Tanucci in front of the house is in agreement with 15 euro per day, the University Hospital Careggi including the Universities of Florence, including the faculties of Engineering, Biology, Mathematics and Medicine, Meyer Hospital are near from a B&B.
The place it's 10 minutes from the airport, near the train station SMN-FI, the Fortezza da Basso is within walking distance, the old town in 5 minutes, the bus stop is in front home,
Hairdryer, Iron and ironing board, Microwave, Air conditioning.
Free Wireless Internet Access, Daily room cleaning.
We make sure you are spoiled by an excellent and substantial breakfast, offering consulting books and guides of Florence that will help you discover this beautiful city.
House rulesSuitable for events.
Pets stay free provided they are not left alone in the room
Breakfast room is available from 8.30 am to 10.00 am
The owner does not live in the structure for every possible need not hesitate to contact us.
-Communicate with 24 hours in advance your arrival time in Florence.
I wanted to inform you that from July 1 the City of Florence has established a tourist tax on overnight stays by non-residents of 2 euros per day per person, excluding:
- Children up to the completion of the tenth year of age
- Individuals who care for patients admitted to health facilities in the territory
- Parents who care for patients hospitalized with minor health facilities for up to two people per patient.
• Check-in 15:00 / 18:00 (after 19, the 10 euro surcharge) - Check out at 10,00 / 11,00.
• For arrivals and departures at other times, call to make arrangements
Cancellation Policy: Flexible upon need.
|Weekly rate for up to 2 guests
|408 €
|Monthly rate for up to 2 guests
|1327 €
|Price for > 2 guests
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Hundreds of people followed the Yellow Brick Road to Devizes School, as pupils put on their own production of The Wizard of Oz.
Students from Years 7 to 13 entertained more than 640 audience members over four nights.
The show was the culmination of three months of hard work, including almost daily cast rehearsals.
The school's main hall was transformed into a theatre, with raised seating, professional lighting and sound, extended stage and their own Yellow Brick Road.
The production was the school's biggest, most ambitious and best attended so far, with people hurrying to get their tickets over the course of the week as the show's good reputation spread.
Stuart MacFarlane, head of creative and performing arts at the school and the producer and director of the musical, said: "The students and staff never cease to amaze me with their talent and dedication.
"Everyone has stepped up to the mark this year and all around their full-time jobs, homework and exams."


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ByWSJ Staff
At the White House, Chief of Staff Denis McDonough greeted returning workers, many of whom had been at home for more than two weeks. "Good morning!" Mr. McDonough said in a loud voice at a security gate, with a pencil tucked above his right ear.
Elsewhere, Vice President Joe Biden welcomed employees back to work Thursday at the headquarters of the Environmental Protection Agency in downtown Washington. He broughtmuffins.
Mr. Biden said: "These guys not only took a hit and weren't sure – I mean, the anxiety of knowing whether they'd get back or paid. But now they're back and they've got all that work piled up so they've got a lot to do so I'm not going to hold them up very long."
"It was depressing," said Ettereteen Welch, the morning security officer at the EPA facility, of the shutdown. She said the shutdown made her realize "how much I enjoy doing what I do," according to the pool reporter.
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Cracker Barrel, which has long ranked right up there with ExxonMobil Corp. on the list of well-known businesses that are considered anti-gay, improved its score on this year's Corporate Equality Index by 40 points, from a 15 to a 55. Tennessee-based Cracker Barrel is cited in the 2011 CEI report, released Monday by the Human Rights Campaign, as one of 12 companies that increased their score by more than 30 points:
"Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc., once in the news for delivering pink slips justified by 'The employee is gay,' has implemented a non-discrimination policy and diversity training that includes sexual orientation and has even gone as far as to provide a cash grant to the Tennessee Equality Project," according to HRC.
If you'll remember, Cracker Barrel's anti-gay history goes back at least as far as 1991, when the company instituted a policy requiring employees to display "normal heterosexual values which have been the foundation of families in our society." From Wikipedia:
The company refused to change their policy in the face of protest demonstrations by gay rights groups. After ten years of proposals by the New York City Employees Retirement System, a major shareholder, the company's shareholders voted 58 percent in 2002 in favor of rescinding the policy. The board of directors added sexual orientation to the company's nondiscrimination policy.[3]
The Tennessee Equality Project, the recipient of Cracker Barrel's donation, is applauding the company's improved score on its website, going so far as to print "Equality — Now Being Served" under a Cracker Barrel logo.
Well, not quite.
Unlike 76 percent of companies rated in the CEI, Cracker Barrel still doesn't prohibit discrimination based on gender identity; unlike 79 percent of companies in the CEI, Cracker Barrel still doesn't have written gender transition guidelines and/or cover gender identity as a topic in diversity training; and unlike a whopping 95 percent of companies in the CEI, Cracker Barrel still doesn't offer domestic partner health coverage.
In short, as tasty as it may sound, we're not quite ready to order up an Apple Steusel French Toast Breakfast at one of Cracker Barrel's eight locations within 50 miles of Dallas Voice's zip code.