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BBC Worldwide have announced a deal to provide programming content to Internet streaming service Netflix in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The company already streams BBC programmes including Doctor Who and Torchwood in the US, Canada and Latin America.
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The BBC have also announced an enhanced content service with Virgin Media, bringing what they term as next generation BBC TV services to the cable provider's Tivo platform. Jane Weedon, Controller of Business Development, BBC Future Media said:
Netflix's Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos said:
BBC shows are a big favourite of our over 20 million streaming members in the US, Canada and Latin America. Members love watching back-to-back episodes of BBC series where and when they want, at the click of a button. We are incredibly proud to make these high quality programmes available to Netflix members in the UK and Ireland.Steve Macallister, President and Managing Director for Sales and Distribution at BBC Worldwide, said:
With our content already available on Netflix in North and Latin America, we're delighted to be a launch partner for Netflix in the UK and Eire, offering viewers the chance to watch some of our best loved shows on the platform from day one. UK audiences have really grasped the experience that online viewing can bring, and our programming has proven to be particularly popular with this digital audience.Shows like Doctor Who are already available online in the UK through Internet Service providers like BT Vision and Virgin Media (and of course recent programming domestically through the BBC's own iPlayer service); Netflix's service also opens out programming to a number of internet-enabled platforms including the Xbox360, Nintendo Wii, and Sony PS3, plus a variety of blu-ray players, televisions, and mobile devices.
(newslink: BBC Press Release, Radio Times)
The BBC have also announced an enhanced content service with Virgin Media, bringing what they term as next generation BBC TV services to the cable provider's Tivo platform. Jane Weedon, Controller of Business Development, BBC Future Media said:
With its pioneering BBC iPlayer service now available on more than 300 different internet-connected TV devices, the BBC has successfully taken catch-up TV beyond the PC and into the living room. Having partnered with Virgin Media to bring BBC iPlayer to TV back in 2008, we have since brought a vastly-improved, fully-integrated experience of BBC iPlayer to Virgin Media's TiVo Service. With the addition of the BBC News app and enhanced BBC Sport services – all accessible via the Red Button – we plan to build on this partnership and continue to innovate in connected TV through 2012.
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Annual to tree
Leaves generally compound, alternate, stipuled; leaflets generally entire
Inflorescence: generally raceme, spike, umbel or head; flowers sometime 12 in axils
Flowers generally bisexual, generally bilateral; hypanthium generally flat or cup-like; sepals generally 5, fused; petals generally 5, free, or the 2 lower ± fused; stamens 1many, often 10 with 9 filaments at least partly fused, 1 (uppermost) free; pistil 1, ovary superior, generally 1-chambered, ovules 1many, style, stigma 1
Fruit: legume, sometimes including a stalk-like base above receptacle, dehiscent, or indehiscent and breaking into 1-seeded segments, or indehiscent, 1-seeded, and achene-like
Seeds 1several, often ± reniform, generally hard, smooth
Genera in family: ± 650 genera, 18,000 species: worldwide; with grasses, requisite in agriculture and most natural ecosystems. Many cultivated, most importantly Arachis , peanut; Glycine , soybean; Phaseolus , beans; Medicago ; Trifolium ; and many orns
Reference: [Polhill & Raven (eds) 1981 Advances in legume systematics; Allen & Allen 1981 Leguminosae]
Family description and key to genera by Duane Isely.
Annual or perennial herb, unarmed
Leaves generally palmately compound; stipules conspicuous, partly fused to petiole; leaflets generally 3, sometimes 59, ± serrate or dentate
Inflorescence: raceme (often umbel-like), head, or spike, axillary or terminal, generally many-flowered, often involucred, generally peduncled; flowers bracted or not
Flower generally spreading to erect, often becoming reflexed; corolla generally purple to pale lavender, sometimes yellow, persistent after flower; 9 filaments fused, 1 free
Fruit generally indehiscent, but often breaking, short, plump, generally included in corolla; base often stalk-like
Seeds 16
Etymology: (Latin: 3 leaves)
Reference: [Gillett 1980 Can J Bot 58:14251558; Zohary & Heller 1984 Genus Trifolium]
Annual, hairy
Stem generally erect
Leaves cauline; stipules lanceolate, sometimes bristle-tipped; leaflets 0.52 cm, narrowly oblong or oblanceolate
Inflorescence: spike, 13 cm, ovoid to short-cylindric, dull green to gray
Flower: calyx 4.57.5 mm, lobes > tube, needle-like, plumose; corolla 34 mm, < or << calyx, pale pink to white
Seed 1
Chromosomes: 2n=14,28
Ecology: Disturbed, waste areas
Elevation: especially < 300 m.
Bioregional distribution: California Floristic Province
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Nemet Chevrolet sued the website Consumeraffairs.com over some posts on that website which Nemet thought were defamatory and interfered with Nemet's business expectancy. The website moved to dismiss the lawsuit, claiming that the Communications Decency Act at 47 U.S.C. 230 immunized the website from the lawsuit.
The court dismissed the action on Section 230 grounds and Nemet sought review of the dismissal with the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. The appellate court affirmed the dismissal.
Section 230 precludes tort plaintiffs from holding interactive computer services (like website operators) liable for the publication of information created and developed by others. Most courts (like the Fourth Circuit) consider Section 230's protection to be a form of immunity for website operators from lawsuits arising over third party content.
But that immunity disappears if the content giving rise to the dispute was actually created or developed by the operator and not by a third party. In those circumstances the operator also becomes an information content provider. And there is no Section 230 immunity for information content providers.
That's where Nemet steered its argument. It alleged that the website was a non-immune information content provider that created and developed the offending content.
Nemet raised two general points in its argument. It claimed that the website's structure and design elicited unlawful content, and that the site operator contacted individual posters to assist in revisions to the content. It also claimed that the site operator simply fabricated a number of the offending posts.
Applying the pleading standards on which the Supreme Court recently elaborated in Ashcroft v. Iqbal, the court found Nemet's claims that the site operator was actually an information content provider to be implausible.
As for the structure and design argument, the court differentiated the present facts from the situation in Fair Housing Council of San Fernando Valley v. Roommates. com. In Roommates.com, the court found that the website was designed to elicit information that would violate the Fair Housing Act. In this case, however, there was nothing unlawful in inviting commentary on goods or services, even if it was for the purposes of drumming up business for plaintiffs' class action lawyers.
As for the other arguments, the court simply found that the allegations did not nudge the claims "across the line from conceivable to plausible." The court found the argument that the website fabricated the posts to be particularly not creditable, in that Nemet's allegations relied mainly on an absence of information in its own records that would connect the post to an actual customer.
On balance, this decision from the Fourth Circuit shows that Section 230 immunity is as alive and well at the end of the "oughts" as it was a dozen years before when the Fourth Circuit became the first federal appellate court to consider the scope of the section's immunity. That 1997 decision in the case of Zeran v. AOL remains a watershed pronouncement of Section 230's immunity.
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The flight to Denver, via Salt Lake City, went with-out incident. Pikes Peak International Raceway in Colorado Springs, Colorado, was the location for the Goodguys 8th Colorado Springs Nationals, held September 9 through September 11, 2005. Travel went so smoothly on Thursday, we made it to the host hotel fast enough to scout out the parking lot for early-arriving vintage trucks. Surprisingly, none were in evidence.
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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration keeps undermining its own case for a punitive strike in Syria. If the president wants permission from Congress and support from the American people, he and his aides had better get their story straight.
The "messaging," to use an unfortunate Washington term, has been confusing, contradictory and halfhearted. The nation simply will not approve going to war if its leaders cannot coherently explain what they want to do, how they plan to do it and why.
Secretary of State John Kerry threw mud into turbid waters Monday when he said the attack would be an "unbelievably small, limited kind of effort." This punch line came at the end of a string of similar assurances: no "troops on the ground," nothing "prolonged," merely a "very targeted, short-term" affair.
But if the attack is designed to be so limited, why bother? Why not just send a special envoy to give Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad a stern talking-to, followed perhaps by a reassuring hug?
Kerry was speaking at a London news conference, and maybe he was jet-lagged or sleep-deprived. He has seen combat firsthand in Vietnam and knows that to anyone on the receiving end of bombs or missiles, war never looks "unbelievably small." He also knows that the stated mission — to punish Assad for using chemical weapons and "degrade" his capacity to do so again — cannot be accomplished in an afternoon.
In trying so hard to convince everyone that Syria will not be another Afghanistan or Iraq, however, Kerry and others speaking for the administration — including President Obama himself — have undermined their own case for a strike.
On Aug. 21, according to the administration and a host of solid evidence, the Assad regime fired rockets containing sarin gas into a rebel-held Damascus suburb, killing hundreds of men, women and children. U.S. officials put the death toll at more than 1,400 — and say this horror followed a series of smaller-scale chemical weapons attacks.
Even in the context of a civil war, the use of poison gas — a forbidden weapon — should shock the world's conscience. If Assad and his brutal government face no consequences, they will draw the conclusion that they may use chemical weapons with impunity. Other tyrants around the world will be tempted to follow suit.
These are the arguments — moral and geopolitical — that the administration was making forcefully two weeks ago, when it appeared a strike was imminent. But Obama's decision to consult Congress, yet not call legislators back from recess, drained the case for war of any urgency.
Obama's words Friday at the end of the G20 summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, only added to the confusion. He was theoretical and professorial, as if he were discussing a case study in international relations rather than a crisis obliging the nation to go to war.
"I did not put this before Congress just as a political ploy or as symbolism," Obama said. "I put it before Congress because I could not honestly claim that the threat posed by Assad's use of chemical weapons on innocent civilians and women and children posed an imminent, direct threat to the United States."
I fail to see how the headline "President Says Syria Poses No 'Direct Threat'" helps Obama's cause.
I also fail to see how this standard jibes with Obama's own record in office. Without consulting Congress, he ordered military action in Libya — where the rebellion against Moammar Gadhafi posed less of a threat to U.S. interests than does the multisided civil war in Syria, which could easily spill across borders and spark a much wider conflict.
Obama justifies the Libya action on grounds that the population of Benghazi was in imminent peril. But it is hard to argue that the danger to civilians in Syria, with more than 100,000 dead and millions displaced, is somehow less grave.
Assad, at least, was clear and purposeful in his interview with Charlie Rose. The urbane ophthalmologist-turned-ogre warned that in the event of a strike, the United States should "expect everything" in retaliation. "What do wars give the United States? Nothing. No political gain, no economic gain, no good reputation," he said.
Nobody is going to be dissuaded from military action by smarmy lectures from a thug. But nobody is going to be persuaded to back a missile strike unless Obama and his aides clearly explain the rationale for war — and sound like they mean it.
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House Republicans on Friday thrust President Barack Obama's health law into the middle of two looming fiscal battles, a strategy that roils Congress's efforts to keep the government solvent this fall and avoid a partial government shutdown in less than two weeks.
The House on Friday passed a Republican bill to keep the government funded starting Oct. 1. That measure, however, also eliminates money for the health-care law. It was a triumph for a wing of the Republican Party that has campaigned for months to convince GOP leaders to make a fight over the health law a top priority.
With the government-funding issue unresolved, House Republicans opened another front Friday. Following a closed-door GOP strategy session, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R., Va.) set a vote for the coming week on legislation that would link a yearlong postponement of the health law's implementation to a yearlong extension of the government's borrowing authority. The law's online insurance marketplaces are set to go live Oct. 1 for policies that will take effect in January.
Neither challenge to the health law is likely to survive the Democratic-controlled Senate.
The simultaneous showdowns and the injection of the health-care issue risk creating a market-rattling impasse reminiscent of the fight over raising the debt limit in 2011 that resulted in the U.S.'s credit rating being downgraded.
The budget that currently allocates funds to the federal government expires Sept. 30. Then, by mid-October, Congress would need to raise the federal debt limit or the government will run out of ways to keep paying its bills.
Mr. Obama called House Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio) Friday night to say he wouldn't negotiate on the debt limit, according to an aide to Mr. Boehner, reiterating comments the president made earlier in the day in Claycomo, Mo. The speaker replied that "the two chambers of Congress will chart the path ahead," the Boehner aide said.
"We're not some banana republic. This is not some deadbeat nation," Mr. Obama said earlier at the Missouri event. "So what I've said is, I will not negotiate over the full faith and credit of the United States."
The House bill would cut off all federal spending for implementing and running the health law, including subsidies to help low-income people pay their premiums and federal funding for states expanding their Medicaid programs.
The conservatives' victory Friday could be short-lived. The Senate in the coming week is expected to restore the health-care money and throw the government-funding bill back to the House. Republican leaders are hoping they will build up enough momentum to pressure Democrats to accept health-law cuts or other budget concessions during the debt-limit fight instead.
"The key thing is we are going to negotiate over the debt limit. The president isn't going to be able to say, 'I'm just simply not going to talk with anybody,' " Rep. Tom Cole (R., Okla.) told reporters Friday.
The House bill, which would keep the government funded through mid-December, was approved 230-189, with two Democrats voting for it and one Republican voting against it.
The Republican strategy reflects the pressure the party's leaders have been put under by an energized libertarian caucus in the House along with tea-party activists who say they're responding to public hostility toward a health-care law many people still don't understand.
"This law is a train wreck," Mr. Boehner told a boisterous rally of House Republicans on Friday inside the Capitol. "It's time for us to say, No."
Some Democrats are concerned about unpopular elements of the health-care law, especially lawmakers from conservative districts such as Reps. Mike McIntyre of North Carolina and Jim Matheson of Utah, the two Democrats who voted with Republicans Friday.
At the House GOP rally, Mr. Cantor turned the focus onto Senate Democrats facing re-election in conservative states in 2014, including Sens. Mark Pryor of Arkansas, Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, Kay Hagan of North Carolina and Mark Begich of Alaska. Mr. Cantor suggested they would suffer politically if they didn't support cutting off health-law funding.
Most Democrats, however, see the GOP effort to make "defunding Obamacare" central to their budget strategy as a political gift because it helps their effort to portray the GOP as reckless and disruptive in their pursuit of ideological goals.
"Watching that GOP rally was like watching kamikaze cheerleaders," said Rep. Steve Israel (D., N.Y.), chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which helps elect Democrats. "They should have handed out parachutes."
The emergence of the defund campaign marks a shift that eclipses the Republican Party's traditional focus on demanding spending cuts and long-term deficit-reduction measures in exchange for lifting the debt limit.
"The defunding or delay of Obama care has become pre-eminent," said Rep. Tom Rooney (R., Fla.). "It's a little frustrating to those of us who look at this time of year as the time to address the debt."
Congress has to act on a routine government funding bill by Sept. 30, when the fiscal year ends, because it has not yet approved any appropriations for the new fiscal year.
If it fails, the government won't actually shut down. Agencies will pay Social Security benefits, the military will stand watch and other essential government services will continue. Many federal employees, however, will stop getting paid and some services will be disrupted.
Still, members of both parties are eager to avoid a shutdown, especially Republicans, who fear their party will be blamed for any disruption, as they were after a shutdown in 1995 and 1996. Failure to raise the borrowing limit could send financial markets haywire and damage the U.S.'s ability to borrow.
When the House funding bill goes to the Senate on Monday, Democrats pledge to restore funding for the health law. Members of both parties say that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) has enough votes to do so, although the process may entail overcoming procedural hurdles that could absorb the week.
The bill would then return to the House, where GOP leaders would need to decide whether to bring it up without changes.
"I'm much more confident there won't be a shutdown," said Rep. Pete King (R., N.Y.). But he predicted the debate could drag out until the deadline because the House may not immediately pass, without change, the Senate's version of the funding extension. "There could be some more back and forth."
Republicans say the House could be willing to approve a government-funding bill without the health-law language because conservatives have been promised another fight over the issue on the debt-ceiling bill. That legislation is expected to include an array of other GOP legislative proposals, including a broad framework for writing a tax-overhaul bill and a provision to expedite the legislation.
The provision, which is based on a similar measure passed by the House last year, would create fast-track procedures for committee consideration in the House and Senate, and allow for automatic votes on the House and Senate floors.
Other proposals likely to be linked to the debt-limit bill are a requirement that Mr. Obama approve construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, which is designed to carry oil from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. It also would include provisions to curb spending in Medicare, but it isn't expected to include any of the major changes in entitlement programs that deficit hawks have been pushing for years.
"We're not talking about that at all," said Mr. Rooney. "I wish we would."
—John D. McKinnon contributed to this article.
Write to Janet Hook at [email protected] and Siobhan Hughes at [email protected]
A version of this article appeared September 21, 2013, on page A1 in the U.S. edition of The Wall Street Journal, with the headline: Health Law Thrust Into Fiscal Fights.
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The most important programming feature of the Symphony's 2011-2012 season is a Beethoven Festival in January/February 2012. The highlight will be the performances of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 on February 10, 11 & 12, 2012. Music Director Sebastian Lang-Lessing says it's the symphony he has conducted more than any other. Here is a brief interview with Maestro Lang-Lessing explaining his unique experiences with different ways of playing the Ninth:
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Spoil yourself with a luxurious day spa Florida getaway at Spa Sandestin, where you can design your own beauty enhancement program. Relax and indulge in a variety of services at this Destin day spa that includes hairstyling, nail design, facials, therapeutic body treatments and massages. From salt glo body treatments to aromatherapy facials, Spa Sandestin offers the ultimate boost for mind, body and soul.
There's no better place along the Emerald Coast to indulge in a relaxing, therapeutic massage than Spa Sandestin. Whether you're looking to ease sore muscles after that round of golf or just want to de-stress with a pampering treatment, our extensive menu offers selections such as Swedish, Deep Tissue, Hot Stone, Pre-Natal and Sports massages. In addition to their healing touch, our therapists also incorporate only top-shelf bodycare products into your treatment ensuring you leave revitalized and renewed. Click here to view our full menu.
Body Treatments
The body treatments available at our South Walton day spa are multi-step marvels that take you deep into wellness using restorative products designed to reinvigorate your senses and purge toxins. Using the latest therapies and techniques available, our caring therapists guide you through deeply relaxing and therapeutic sessions that leave skin glowing and mind and body at ease. Popular selections from our menu include a luxurious Body Wrap, cleansing Sedona and Red Clay treatment and the stimulating Seaweed and Green Clay therapy. Click here to view our full menu
Stress. Long hours. That delayed flight. A transformative facial is just the ticket to unplug from these modern maladies and get you back to your glowing self. Our long list of facials employ European and American techniques created to smooth age lines, cleanse pores and rehydrate skin after exposure to the sun. Choose from options including Ultra-Healing for post-sun exposure, Express Facial for a quick deep cleansing, exfoliation and masque, and for the ultimate pampering, our Deluxe complete facial. Click here to view our full menu.
Mani / Pedi
Maybe your wedding party is looking for a little polish and pampering before your Big Day. Or you just want to indulge yourself with a new color before that special evening tonight. Whatever your needs, Spa Sandestin's beauty services are available to help you look and feel your best. You'll find a full line of mani/pedi services including the Spa Pedicure -- a spa tub soak coupled with detailed nail service, as well as manicures like the Ultra-Healing Manicure featuring a moisturizing paraffin wrap ideal for hands and nails that need extra care. Click here to view our full menu.
Our South Walton day spa is home to expert hair stylists specializing in contemporary cuts and styles for both men and women. Popular options include deep conditioning treatment and coloring services such as highlights and lowlights as well as cut and blow dry services for men. All our hair services and beautifying treatments are designed to nourish and protect every hair type while making you look your best.
The ultimate indulgence, Spa Sandestin's Spa Packages combine some of our most popular treatments together to create an unrivalled day spa experience within our privileged resort. If you're looking for a deeply relaxing escape into wellness and renewal, try one of our themed packages, each designed to transport you to your own personal land of ahhhs:
Refresh - A perfectly refreshing combination of services and time. De-Stress Express Massage, Express Facial and Spa Pedicure.
Relax- After an exfoliating body buff you will have a 50-minute relaxing massage followed by a Custom Facial designed to relax and rejuvenate you.
Retreat- Retreat to Spa Sandestin for a few hours. This 50-minute Swedish Massage, plus Custom Facial and Ultra-Healing Manicure and Pedicure with warm paraffin melts stress away.
Couples - A 50-minute side-by-side Swedish massage in our couples suite.
Men's Fitness- Perfect for active men. A 50-minute Therapeutic Sports Massage is followed by a Men's Facial then finished with a Men's Sport Manicure.
Spa Etiquette
• Complimentary use of the wet area is included with any spa service. Wet area includes a steam room, sauna and whirlpool.
• If you choose to use the wet areas, please arrive 30 minutes prior to your appointment time.
• Robes and slippers are available for your use, however a swimsuit is also recommended if using the wet areas.
• If you prefer not to change into a robe or use the wet areas, please arrive 10-15 minutes before your service time.
• You may dress comfortably for your service. Massage, facial and body appointments require varying degrees of undressing for the service, however you will always be draped appropriately.
• A 20% service charge is applied to all services except Spa Packages upon check-out.
• The spa cancellation policy is eight (8) hours. All services cancelled or changed within four hours will be charged at full rate.
DE-STRESS EXPRESS MASSAGE ~ A relaxing upper body massage that concentrates on shoulders, neck and upper back.
20 mins/$70
SCALP, HAND AND FOOT MASSAGE ~ An easy fully-clothed massage that works on trigger points to relax the entire body
25 mins/$75
SWEDISH ~ A full-body relaxation to leave you with an overall feeling of well-being
50 mins/$100 | 80 mins/$145
DEEP TISSUE ~ A more intense massage that works deeper into the muscles with firmer pressure and technique
50 mins/$120 | 80 mins/$170
HOT STONE ~ The ultimate in massage luxury, using warm stones to relax muscles and melt away tension
50 mins/$120 | 80 mins/$170
PRENATAL ~ For the mother-to-be to receive some TLC (after her 13th week only.)
50 mins/$110 | 80 mins/$160
SPORTS ~ Designed for the athlete and perfect for golfers to increase flexibility and range of motion, combat soreness
50 mins/$110 | 80 mins/$160
Body Treatments
SANDESTIN SPLURGE ~ A shoulders-to-toes exfoliation followed by a rehydrating body masque, then finished with a 25-minute relaxing Swedish massage. The perfect ending to your Sandestin vacation.
80 mins/$135
BODY BUFF ~ A full-body exfoliation and hydration
30 mins/$50
BODY WRAP ~ A luxurious full-body treatment to detoxify, remineralize and improve circulation.
SEDONA AND RED CLAY ~ purges toxins and soften skin with magnesium, vitamins A, B, B12, E, essential oils and sage
SEAWEED AND GREEN CLAY ~ stimulate and detoxify with amino acids, vitamin E, green tea, grapefruit and kelp
50 mins/$110
add-on facial cleanse and masque/$30
Add-on Services
Add on to any Massage or Body Treatment Service
Aromatherapy - $10
Hot Lava Shells - $15
Moroccan Oil Hair Treatment - $20
All 50-minute facials include cleanse, tone, exfoliation, masque, massage and hydration.
FIRM SKIN ~ For age defying and dry skin. Refine, tighten hydrate and nourish
50 mins/$95
ULTRA-HEALING ~ For post-sun exposure and anti-aging. Anti-redness, sun recovery and calming
50 mins/$90
CLEAR SKIN ~ For acne-prone or oily skin. Clarify, detoxify and revitalize
50 mins/$90
CUSTOMIZED ~ A specialized treatment for your unique goals and skin type
50 mins/$100
DELUXE ~ For the ultimate pampering. A complete facial including lymphobiology and a specialty masque
80 mins/$135
EXPRESS FACIAL ~ For a quick deep-cleansing exfoliation and masque. Great as an add-on service or if you're short on time
30 mins/$50
MICRODERMABRASION FACIAL ~ A physical exfoliation that removes the outer layer of skin cells
50 mins/$125
add-on to any facial /$35
MEN'S FACIAL ~ A relaxing and cleansing facial with products tailored for a man's specific needs. There is no need to shave prior to this treatment
50 mins/$90
Add-on Services
Add on to any Facial
Eye Treatment $15
Lip Treatment $20
Eye and Lip Treatment $30
Specialty Masques $20
Specialty Peel $20
Eyebrow Tint $17
Eyelash Tint $17
From brows and back to bikini, waxing is available for any area. Ask about services and pricing. Waxing cannot be performed on an area treated with retinol products, chemical or laser peels within the past seven days.
Airbrush Makeup Application - $60
Eyelash Application - $25
SPA PEDICURE ~ Soak in our spa tub and receive nail shaping, cuticle and callus care, an exfoliating scrub, light massage and polish or buff to a healthy shine
45 mins/$55
FRENCH PEDICURE ~ All the details of our Spa Pedicure, with natural polish and white tips perfect for any season
45 mins/$65
ULTRA-HEALING PEDICURE ~ The perfect treat for tired legs and feet, contains all the details of the Spa Pedicure along with a moisturizing paraffin masque
55 mins/$65
add-on French polish/$10
SPA MANICURE ~ After a warm soaking, your nails and cuticles are cared for, followed by a gentle application of lotion and your choice of a polish or buff to a healthy shine
25 mins/$30
FRENCH MANICURE ~ All the details of the Spa Manicure, with natural polish and white tips — perfectly natural looking and elegant
30 mins/$40
ULTRA-HEALING MANICURE ~ If your hands need some extra care, this is the perfect treatment. After being groomed, your hands and nails are wrapped in a moisturizing paraffin masque
45 mins/$45
add-on French polish/$10
SHELLAC / ORLY FX GEL ~ This manicure is perfect for those on the go. After your nails and cuticles have been cared for, they are polished with either Orly Gel FX or CND Shellac for a manicure to last at least ten days
45 mins/$45
MEN'S SPORT MANICURE ~ Enjoy all the details that will get your hands and nails looking and feeling great
25 mins/$25
Prices for hair may depend on length and thickness.
Ladies Shampoo, Cut and Blow Dry $60
Ladies Shampoo and Blow Dry $40
Men's Cut and Blow Dry $30
One Step Color $70
Partial Highlights/Lowlights $80
Highlights/Lowlights $120
Deep Conditioning Treatment $30
Special Occasion Style $70
Services and prices subject to change.
Spa Packages
Spa Package services are to be performed on the same day and on one person only per package, except the couples package. Package prices include gratuity.
REFRESH ~ A perfectly refreshing combination of services and time. De-Stress Express Massage, Express Facial and Spa Pedicure
RENEW ~ Short on time but need pampering? Our Sandestin Splurge treatment will exfoliate, rehydrate and massage your body. Wrapped in a warm body masque, your face is gently cleansed, exfoliated and rehydrated
RELAX ~ After an exfoliating body buff you will have a 50-minute relaxing massage followed by a Custom Facial designed to relax and rejuvenate you
RETREAT ~ Retreat to Spa Sandestin for a few hours. This 50-minute Swedish Massage, plus Custom Facial and Ultra-Healing Manicure and Pedicure with warm paraffin will chase all your troubles away
COUPLES ~ A 50-minute couples massage (your choice of massage) in our couples suite, followed by side-by-side pedicures
MEN'S FITNESS ~ Perfect for all men. A 50-minute Therapeutic Sports Massage is followed by a Men's Facial then finished with a Men's Sport Manicure


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Bruce Matthews watches Green Bay film first as an uncle. Then he hits replay and studies the defense in his role as Tennessee's offensive line coach.
Each time, he's watching the same Packers linebacker.
``He's a great player,'' Bruce said of his nephew, Clay Matthews. ``It isn't like he's just some guy out there. He definitely is the guy who makes things happen on their defense, and he's a guy we really have to make a pointed effort to account for him, which we're doing.''
The Packers linebacker is just the best-known member of the third generation carrying on the Matthews' NFL tradition, and this is the latest family football showdown. Bruce, a Hall of Fame lineman, spent 19 years with the Houston-Tennessee franchise and played against brother Clay, a 19-year linebacker with Cleveland and Atlanta, 23 times.
Clay Matthews Sr. got it all started with his four seasons with the San Francisco 49ers in the 1950s.
For Clay III, he said Thursday that his family's NFL success added to his motivation. He went from a walk-on at Southern California to being drafted in the first round - just like his father and uncle - by Green Bay 2009.
``Obviously, growing up in a football family where - you're right, not only my father played but my uncle and grandfather, played, that's what I wanted to do,'' the Packers linebacker said. ``Fortunately I was healthy enough and blessed to fall into the situation I'm in right now, but they were absolutely instrumental role models in getting me where I'm at today.''
Titans coach Mike Munchak had a close view of the Matthews' brothers' rivalry in the old AFC Central as a teammate of Bruce's for years. Munchak said it's exciting for his offensive line coach to watch film knowing his job is to stop his nephew from having a good day.
So no pressure there.
``Hopefully, he'll reach out to him during the week and tell him we have all types of plans for him to kind of discourage him a little bit, maybe slow him down,'' Munchak said. ``It's a great challenge.''
Clay Matthews has 11 sacks so far this season for the Packers, so watching him play is a bit different from what Bruce Matthews saw when he studied his brother during the 1980s and 1990s. Even so, he says his nephew reminds him very much of his brother, a four-time Pro Bowler.
``He can cover. He can play against the run, and obviously he can rush the passer,'' the Titans' assistant said. ``It's just a matter of what they're asking him to do as to some point in the game he does all three, and obviously, he isn't a one-dimensional guy. He plays with passion, so it's fun to watch guys like that, especially when you count him as a family member.''
This game was set to be even more of a family affair until Bruce's son, Kevin, sprained his right ankle Monday night against the Jets. He had started two straight games at center, but now may wind up on injured reserve if the Titans need an extra healthy player.
Kevin said he had been waiting for this game for both the chance to play at Lambeau Field and against his cousin. They text often, and Kevin said Clay had asked him to give up some plays to help him against the Titans.
``I told him he doesn't need any help from us,'' Kevin said. ``He's doing a good job this year.''
This could be a preview of coming attractions. Clay's brother, Casey, is a linebacker with the Eagles, while Bruce's son, Jake, is a junior offensive lineman at Texas A&M and considered a top draft candidate.
For now, the focus is on Sunday and family bragging rights with the Titans (5-9) already are eliminated from playoff contention and the Packers (10-4) honing their game for the postseason. With the Titans in the AFC and the Packers in the NFC, these teams hadn't played in the regular season since 2008.
``It's one of those things you think about, but you never think it's going to come to fruition ...'' Clay said. ``It'll be something to look back on and talk about. But it'll be more interesting when Sunday rolls around to see what he's going to do.''
He will line up opposite Titans left tackle Michael Roos, the lone starter left on a patched-up offensive line. How much help Roos gets from his position coach against Clay remains to be seen. Uncle Bruce is giving nothing away before kickoff.
``I don't know that we all anticipated the kind of success and kind of rock star quality he has right now, but it's really fun to watch and I'm very proud of him. But like I've always said, I love to see him do well, just not this week.''
NOTES: The Titans practiced indoors Thursday due to a soggy field. Winds gusting to 40 mph kept the bubble over the field swaying, and Munchak said his key was just not looking up. ... Rookie WR Kendall Wright (ribs) did not practice, though WR Damian Williams (hamstring) practiced fully. LB Colin McCarthy (concussion) also practiced fully.
AP National Writer Nancy Armour contributed to this report from Green Bay, Wis.
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"Voice" fans, coaches and contestants alike were startled at the twist on Monday's show: Blake Shelton and Christina Aguilera would each have to send home one of their team members, in the show's first-ever instant elimination round.
For a crew of coaches who had painstakingly assembled teams from their strongest four singers thus far, that task didn't prove easy.
From Blake's team, country upstart RaeLynn wowed the coaches with a growling version of Jason Aldean's "She's Country" that Blake called "the most proud moment I've had all season.
Erin Willett' inevitably invited some tough comparisons to Adele with her rendition of the British diva's "Set Fire to the Rain" — but she won heaps of praise for it, albeit tempered by Adam's quibbles with her phrasing.
Jermaine Paul pulled out all the stops (and, said Adam, "overembellished… and didn't need to") with his delivery of Phil Collins' "Against All Odds" — a delivery that Blake called the singer's "superstar" moment and that earned him Christina's admission that he was her favorite from Blake's team.
And although Blake called Jordis Unga's performance "perfect" and other coaches praised its vulnerability, at the end of the night, she was the one to go from Blake's team.
"I'm sad, but I understand. I'm proud of what I did here," she said humbly as the show closed.
From Christina's team, Jesse Campbell sang Beyonce's "Halo" to his daughter to raves for his emotional build-up and unique twist on the familiar hit. Adam commented that at first the song seemed like a strange choice but that it made plenty of sense once the crescendo hit.
Ashley De La Rosa, who was just turning 18, sang a slow rock rendition of Jewel's "Foolish Games" that had all the coaches grateful Christina had saved her from elimination last week and raving about how far she'd come.
And indie singer Lindsey Pavao sang an unusual, affecting take on Katy Perry's "Part of Me" that won praise for its style if not its sometimes getting pitchy. Ultimately, Blake pointed out, some pitchy notes didn't matter — because he was already a huge fan of hers.
And Chris Mann broke out of his habit of wanting to sing opera and instead tackled a Coldplay song, to Christina's delight.
Ultimately, despite the plaudits from the coaches and an apologetic explanation from Christina, Jesse headed home with his daughter.
"I'm grateful," the single father told the coaches — and nobody doubted how sincerely he meant it.
As for America's voting? The results will be revealed on Tuesday's show, at 9 p.m. ET, and the contestants at the bottom will get a chance to perform once more in the hopes their coaches will spare them.
Two Axed From "The Voice" in Surprise Instant Elimination
Jesse Campbell and Jordis Unga were reluctantly sent home by their coaches.
"Voice" fans, coaches and contestants alike were startled at the twist on Monday's show: Blake Shelton and Christina Aguilera would each have to send home one of their team members, in the show's first-ever instant elimination round.


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The Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP) has reached an historic juncture: the recognition that there is a critical need to change our direction. Under the new name, the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI) will not confine itself primarily to the scientific investigation of claims of the paranormal—we never have—but will deal with a wider range of questionable claims that have emerged in the contemporary world. Actually, the subtitle of Skeptical Inquirer —The Magazine for Science and Reason—is the best description of our overall mission: to explicate and defend the importance of scientific inquiry, thus contributing to the public understanding of science.
When we founded CSICOP in 1976, we were concerned with the proliferation of paranormal claims in the media that were unexamined by scientific investigators. These were often on the borderlines of science. When we announced our intention of creating CSICOP, many scientists heralded the role that we were to play. At long last an organization composed of scientists, educators, investigators, and journalists proposed to carefully investigate alleged mysterious phenomena, which were not being adequately examined by the scientific community.
These questions were generally interdisciplinary; they fell between the cracks of existing disciplines. Distinguished scientists rallied under our banner from the start—including Carl Sagan, Steven Jay Gould, Isaac Asimov, Richard Dawkins, and Nobel Prize winners Murray Gell- Mann, Francis Crick, Glenn Seaborg, Leon Lederman, and others. We also enlisted well-known investigators of the paranormal, such as James Randi, Philip J. Klass, Martin Gardner, Ray Hyman, and others. Scientists worldwide embraced our agenda such as astronomer Cornelius de Jaeger (The Netherlands), Jean-Claude Pecker (France), and Nobel laureate scientists in Italy. We were interested in criticizing the distortions in the media of alleged phenomena, from psychics and UFOlogists to astrologers and faith healers. These posed, in our view, a threat to the integrity of science, for they fudged the differences between genuine science and pseudoscience. We soon discovered that it was often difficult to draw a sharp demarcation line between these two areas; empirical inquiry was the only sensible approach. We were ever careful not to squelch new proto-sciences that might emerge. After thirty years we have established a record in which naturalistic causal explanations for such alleged phenomena are now available. The "paranormal" has been deflated in field after field.
We of course had a broader motive: to explicate the methods of scientific methodology and the scientific outlook, to encourage scientific education, and the development of critical thinking. We viewed ourselves as the defenders of the Enlightenment.
Today there are new challenges to science. For example, the field of biogenetic engineering provides exciting opportunities for the growth of knowledge and its applications to human betterment. Yet powerful moral, theological, and political forces have opposed scientific research on a whole number of issues— such as stem-cell embryonic research. On the other hand, pro-scientific proponents say that we are faced with "a New Singularity," and that life-extension programs of research offer great promises for extending life. Science demands rigorous peer review. The excessive extrapolation of possible breakthroughs needs careful evaluation. Thus skeptical inquiry needs to examine such claims impartially. There are still other challenges that will no doubt emerge.
Under its new title, the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry will endeavor to be true to its early mission. We intend to invite leading scientific investigators from a variety of fields to carefully evaluate questionable claims and will criticize those who would block science in the name of occult force—such as the imposition of the concept of "soul" to thwart the investigation of the brain. As such, CSI will function as a Socratic gadfly, using the best tools of scientific inquiry and analysis to ferret out what is at stake. Hopefully it can contribute to the public appreciation of science and also distinguish pseudoscientific claims from genuine ones. We have not abandoned the examination of paranormal claims, but we have extended our net more widely to deal with other areas that have provoked controversy.
The Executive Council of CSICOP embarks in this new direction with great enthusiasm. The "new skepticism" that we have cultivated recognizes that skepticism is an important part of the process of scientific inquiry. This it is not simply negative debunking; it can make significant constructive contributions to the development of reliable knowledge.
The Committee for Skeptical Inquiry is part of the broader Center for Inquiry Transnational movement. It likewise is committed to science, reason, and free inquiry in every area of human interest. This, we hope, will greatly enhance the cooperative worldwide efforts to extend the frontiers of scientific knowledge for the benefit of humanity.


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Starting with 1960's The Magnificent Seven (a remake of The Seven Samurai) and culminating in the recent spate of adaptations of Japanese and Korean horror movies, Hollywood has often looked to Asia for new ideas. But rarely do we see it go the other way -- at least, not in any sort of official capacity. Now, Sony Pictures Classics will distribute the new film from acclaimed Chinese director Zhang Yimou (Hero, House of Flying Daggers), and it's a remake of the Coen Brothers' first film, Blood Simple.
First of all, that's awesome that someone is remaking Blood Simple -- it's certainly a good movie, but the Coens were just starting out, so it's not one of their best. And an American remake by anyone other than the Coens themselves would have been disastrous. Now, with the crime of passion taking place in a noodle shop in a Chinese desert rather than in a bar in Texas, Coen fans will get to fall in love with the story all over again! Having it take place in a completely foreign environment, not to mention a foreign language, will hopefully mean less chance of unfavorable comparisons to the original. (Hell, it might even be better -- Yimou is no slouch.) Plus, how lucky are the Chinese moviegoers who will get to experience that movie for the first time, especially if they've never seen the original? You lucky, lucky bastards.
This news has me so excited, I want there to be more Asian remakes of American movies. I know, American films play bigger in Asia than Asian films do here, but American studios should give Japanese studios permission to do the remakes in exchange for U.S. distribution rights. How awesome would it be to watch a new version of:
"Robocop," directed by Takashi Miike (Ichi the Killer)
"Batman," directed by Park Chan-Wook (Oldboy)
"Jurassic Park," directed by Bong Joon-Ho (The Host)
"Back to the Future," directed by Stephen Chow (Kung Fu Hustle)
"Ghostbusters," directed by the Pang Brothers (The Messengers)
"Indiana Jones," directed by Takashi Shimizu (The Grudge)
My personal dream movie would be for Yimou to next do a remake of Big Trouble in Little China, simply called Trouble in China, which would follow a long-distance trucker as he attempts to get his truck and his girl back from a crazed, demon-possessed warlord. If the movies I've seen about China are any indication, that kind of thing happens all the time over there.
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History of the American West, which includes the fur trade, mining, missionary, ranching, cattle, Indian, transportation and farming frontiers.
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Montana's Stagecoach Mary
In Montana folklore, Mary Fields is "Stagecoach Mary," one of the toughest women in Montana Territory. Descriptions of Fields often have it that "she was a tart-tongued, gun-toting, hard-drinking, cigar-and-pipe smoking, 6 foot, 200 pound black woman who was tough enough to take on any two men."
Mary Fields may have been all those things but foremost she was a loyal friend to Mother Amadeus Dunne, eventually following the mother superior to Montana in the 1880s.
Mary Fields was born into slavery in 1832, living on a plantation in Tennessee. It is not clear how or when she arrived in Ohio and made her way to the Ursuline Convent. But once at the convent, she found work and security, and grew close to the sisters and the children under the Ursuline's care. She was especially fond of Mother Amadeus.
When the Catholics started building missions in Montana to serve Native Americans on the reservations, the Jesuits asked the Catholic sisters to help build mission schools. They asked Mother Amadeus to supervise the sisters efforts in the West. She arrived with five Ursuline Nuns in Miles City, Montana in 1884.
The sisters were the first from the Ursuline convent in Toledo, Ohio to leave the comfort and sanctity of their convent home to establish mission schools on the Cheyenne, Crow, Blackfoot and Gros Ventre-Assiniboine Reservation in central and eastern Montana. The sisters had little to work with and endured harsh Montana winters to accomplish their goals, often doing so at the risk of their health. Mother Amadeus came down with pneumonia while working to establish St. Peter's Mission schools in central Montana.
Ursuine Convent at St. Peter's Mission
St. Paul's mission and schools among the Gros Ventre-Assiiniboine
Her health was of such concern that Father Damiani at St. Peter's contacted Mother Stanislaus at the Ursuline convent in Toledo. Mother Stanislaus left immediately to bring the Ursulines back to Toledo. Accompanying the Mother Superior from Toledo was Mary Fields. Mother Amadeus' health improved, but Mother Stanislaus was not able to convince the sisters to abandon the Montana missions. Mother Stanislaus left Montana for Toledo alone, leaving Mary Fields to look after Mother Amadeus.
After Mother Amadeus recovered from pneumonia, she found work for Fields as the mission freighter and in the mission laundry. The Jesuits, who established St. Peter's Mission, did not appreciate Mary Fields' explosive temper and did not believe that the black woman set a very good example for the children at the mission. He instructed the sisters to send her away. Unknown to the bishop, Mother Amadeus financed Fields in the restaurant business in nearby Cascade. The mother superior also asked the government to give Fields the mail route, which served the mission. Mary eventually was the U.S. mail coach driver for the Cascade County region, thereby, acquiring the nickname of "Stagecoach" Mary.
Stagecoach Mary died in Cascade, Montana in 1914.
The Urslines continued to build their mission schools in Montana.
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Sisters Art class at St. Peters.
Once the Ursulines finished establishing Indian Mission schools in Montana, Mother Amadeus received permission from Bishop Brondel to establish an Ursuline convent and school in Alaska. The intrepid nun died at the Urusline convent in Seattle, Washington, 1919.
Ursuline convent at St. Mary's Mission at Akulurak, Alaska, 1904
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Good Day Dr. I'm gald to see some of us has Mary's story correct. Pre-production starts this spring.ReplyDelete
The real 'Stagecoach Mary' story:
Mary Fields, Black Mary, and 'Stagecoach Mary' are all one of the same person. Mary was born in 1832, a slave in Tennessee and was owned by a Catholic family; the father was a businessman and Judge who had a single girl child the same age as Mary. Mary's mother was the House Slave Servant and the judge's favorite cook; therefore Mary was always in the main house, in the kitchen and not in the fields, as a Field Slave. Mary's father was a Field Slave, and Field Slaves were not allowed in the Main House, much less, to court a House Slave. Mary's mother became pregnant by Mary's father and he was beaten and sold to another plantation for getting Mary's mother pregnant. After Mary's birth, Mary's mother and her were allowed to stay in the main house, and Mary became the Judge's daughters' playmate, therefore being the Judge's daughter's playmate, Mary was allowed to read and write, a rarity for that time.
After the emancipation and coming into adulthood, Mary was 6 feet tall and weighed over 200 pounds. Mary became her own woman and traveled solely from Tennessee, up and down the Mississippi River, to Ohio, then finally to Montana where she got her nickname at the turn of the 20th Century. She earned this nickname by working for "Wells Fargo" delivering the United States Mail through adverse conditions that would have discouraged the most hardened frontiersmen of her time. All by herself, she never missed a day for 8 years, carrying the U. S. Mail and other important documents that helped settle the wild open territory of central west Montana.
Mary had no fear of man, nor beast, and this sometimes got her into trouble. She delivered the mail regardless of the heat of the day, cold of night, wind, rain, sleet, snow, blizzards, Indians and Outlaws.
Mary was a cigar smoking, shotgun and pistol toting Negro Woman, who even frequented saloons drinking whiskey with the men, a privilege only given to her, as a woman. However, not even this fact, sealed Mary's credentials given to her, her credentials boasted that, "She would knockout any man with one punch", a claim which she proved true.
Her fame was so acclaimed, even the Actor, Gary Cooper, two time Academy Award Winner, told a story about her in 1959 which appeared in Ebony Magazine that same year. While, Annie Oakley and Martha Canary (Calamity Jane) were creating their history with Buffalo Bill, Stagecoach Mary was making "her Epic Journey!"
Despite Mary's hardness, she had another side of her, a kindness so strong, even today, in the beginning of the 21st Century, the town of Cascade, Montana, and other surrounding communities celebrate her birthday. The Epic movie is in pre-production mode. Check out website at http://www.stagecoachmary.net
Have you seen/heard of the sketch Charlie Russell, the famous Montana artist made of Cascade Montana titled "A Quiet Day in Cascade" which is anything but quiet. the sketch shows Russell in the right hand corner, with trademark sash drawing the picture of among other things, a horse bucking, a runaway team, a cowboy shooting at the feet of a dude (to make him dance) a man putting war paint on a man sleeping (off a drunk?) and hogs running wild in the street, one or more having knocked Mary Fields off her feet and she is sitting in the street with her groceries strewn around her. Thanks Buffalo Soldier 9 for leaving your comment on my blog about Mary. Eunice Boeve http://www.euniceboeve.netReplyDelete
You're are welcome Eunice Boeve, and keep telling that history:...please read my novel, Rescue at Pine Ridge, where Buffalo Bill Cody meets a Buffalo Soldier. A great story of Black military history...the first generation of Buffalo Soldiers. Five stars Amazon, Barnes & Noble and the youtube trailer commercial...and visit the website http://www.rescueatpineridge.comReplyDelete
How do you keep a people down? 'Never' let them 'know' their history.
The 7th Cavalry got their butts in a sling again after the Little Big Horn Massacre, fourteen years later, the day after the Wounded Knee Massacre. If it wasn't for the 9th Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers, there would of been a second massacre of the 7th Cavalry.
I know you'll enjoy the novel. I wrote the story that embodied the Native Americans, Outlaws and African-American/Black soldiers, from the south to the north, in the days of the Native American Wars with the approaching United States of America. This story is about, brutality, compassion, reprisal, bravery, heroism and gallantry. Read the novel, Rescue at Pine Ridge, the story of the rescue of the famed 7th Cavalry by the 9th Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers.
The novel was taken from my mini-series movie of the same title, "RaPR" to keep my story alive. Hollywood has had a lot of strikes and doesn't like telling our stories…its been "his-story" of history all along…until now. The movie so far has attached, Bill Duke directing, Hill Harper, Glynn Turman, James Whitmore Jr. and a host of other major actors in which we are in talks with…see imdb.com at; http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0925633/
When you get a chance, also please visit our Alpha Wolf Production website at; http://www.alphawolfprods.com and see our other productions, like Stagecoach Mary, the first Black Woman to deliver mail for Wells Fargo in Montana, in the 1890's, "spread the word".


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Thai Pickled Cabbage
Makes about 4 cups
1 1/2 pounds Napa cabbage
2 tablespoons kosher salt
1/2 cup lime juice
3 tablespoons fish sauce
1 tablespoon sugar
1 clove garlic, finely minced or put through a press
2/3-inch piece peeled fresh ginger, finely minced
1 small jalapeño chile
1. Discard the tough outer leaves of the cabbage. Quarter the cabbage lengthwise and chop into 1-inch pieces. Place in a large colander. Sprinkle the salt over the cabbage; combine thoroughly with your hands. Let it sit in the sink for 20 minutes; stir it once halfway through — you'll notice that the cabbage has started to wilt and get wet.
2. Combine the lime juice, fish sauce, sugar, garlic and ginger in a large bowl. Stem the jalapeño, slice it into very thin rounds and add it to the bowl.
3. Rinse the cabbage with cool water to get rid of some of the salt. Squeeze it very firmly and repeatedly to expel as much moisture as you can, then let it drain well; if it is too wet, it will dilute your pickle.
4. Add the drained cabbage to the brine; toss to combine. This pickle can be eaten straight away, but it is much better the next day. Unused portions can be refrigerated for at least 3 weeks.
— Karen Solomon, "Asian Pickles" (Ten Speed Press, $19.99, 208 pages)


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WASHINGTON — The child sex abuse scandal at Penn State is raising awareness of potential abuse in our area.
The Fairfax County Police Department's Child Abuse Squad is investigating twice as many reports of abuse from November and December 2011 compared to the same months in 2010.
The county's Office for Women's Domestic and Sexual Violence hotline is receiving more calls asking for advice since the scandal broke.
One warning sign that a child may be sexually abused is if he or she is reluctant to visit places or participate in activities they previously liked, experts say. They also might start displaying unusual sexual behavior.
Police spokeswoman Lucy Caldwell says if you suspect a child is being abused, "Don't hesitate to contact either social services or the police department" to discuss your concerns.
Caldwell says experts in the area can give you perspective about behavior that may be normal, or not normal. They also can refer you to additional resources.
Fairfax County counselors and police who work to protect children from sexual abuse are holding an online discussion next week to answer questions and concerns people may have. It will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 18 from 10 – 11 a.m.
You can submit a question now by clicking here.
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October 10, 2013
By Barbara Moore
On September 18, 2013, the Best Start South Los Angeles/Broadway-Manchester community partnership presented a Kindergarten Readiness Workshop at the Mark Twain Public Library.
The kindergarten workshop was developed and presented by three early childhood education consultants: Martiza Sanchez; Carolina Mercado; and Barbara Moore, who also serve in leadership roles with the Best Start South Los Angeles/ Broadway Manchester community partnership.
Getting kids ready for kindergarten is a primary goal of Best Start, a placed-based effort of First 5 LA. By focusing on parents, the workshop gave tips on how to encourage and motivate their children upon starting kindergarten. These tips included checking the school's health requirements, taking your child for medical and dental check-ups and visiting the school with your child before kindergarten begins.
The trio of early childhood experts also recommended making play dates with child's future playmates, and practicing any new routines at least one week before school starts. Parents were encouraged to set a regular bedtime, discuss bus and pedestrian safety and see their children off on the first day of school.
Once school starts, it's helpful for parents to get involved— to ask questions, send notes and have the teacher update them often. It's also important to attend parent-teacher conferences and volunteer their time if possible.
The latter part of the workshop consisted of parent and child make-and-take activities at four rotating learning centers. These activities showed parents how to make their own activities to do with children at home, which stressed color recognition, eye-hand coordination, fine motor skills and sorting by color using household items. Parents also received free backpacks with age-appropriate kindergarten school supplies.
This successful event was replicated a week later at St. John's Well Child Center on September 27, which had over 100 parents and children in attendance.
Best Start is a place-based effort of First 5 LA that focuses on the places where children and their families live. Best Start reflects First 5 LA's belief that if families are strong and communities support those families, then children will have a better chance to be healthy, safe and ready for school


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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Attorneys are ready to argue before Ohio's high court whether state laws regulating oil and gas drilling can trump local restrictions on the practice.
The case being heard Wednesday before the Ohio Supreme Court was brought by the Akron suburb of Munroe Falls.
It involves a well that Beck Energy Corp. began to drill with state permission on private property in the city in 2011. The city contends the company sidestepped 11 local laws on road use, permitting and drilling in the process.
The legal question is whether Beck's state-issued permit could pre-empt Munroe Falls' regulations.
Pro- and anti-drilling forces believe the case could set a national legal precedent on local laws restricting drilling, particularly hydraulic fracturing. Beck's well was traditionally drilled, not fracked.


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Biotechnology veteran -- and MSSEF board member -- Michael S. Wyzga has assumed the position of CEO at Cambridge, MA-based Radius Health, following a 13-year career at Genzyme. While serving as Genzyme's Executive Vice President, Finance, and CFO, Mike led the $20.1 billion sale of Genzyme to Sanofi last April -- the second-largest acquisition ever in the industry.
In his new role at Radius, Mike will drive corporate strategy and lead the advancement of Phase 3 osteoporosis drug BA058. "It is a great privilege to have been asked to lead Radius at this important point in the company's evolution," Mike said. "BA058 represents a unique opportunity to advance not just a best-in-class drug, but potentially a best-in-disease drug in the expanding osteoporosis market. BA058 has the potential to transform the treatment of osteoporosis and optimize outcomes based not only on its unique bone-building and safety attributes but on the development of the once-daily, short wear-time transdermal patch, our fast follow-on product that we believe will further expand the appeal and market penetration for our product."
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These people figured out some way of doing an incredibly distorted drawing so that when they stood a reflective cylinder (cylinder mirror) in the middle of it, the reflection showed the picture as intended. One of these is of Mission San Rafael, the exact view you'd see if I tilted my Nikon digital camera up – Escher portrait lyes inside this photo.
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A "Watergate-style" political scandal has broken in Hungary after the opposition party was forced to admit an over-zealous intern was responsible for hacking into the servers of the governing party. Fidesz said the hack against the systems of the ruling socialist party, ahead of the April general elections, was not sanctioned by the party's leadership but, nonetheless, conceded it was a serious breach of electoral etiquette.
"Whichever one of our enthusiastic staff did this committed a serious mistake, but the world will not come to an end," Fidesz campaign chief Antal Rogan told Hungarian TV last week, AFP reports. Nearly 3,000 items of campaign literature were downloaded from its secure server, according to the government. The intrusion was traced back to an IP address belonging to Fidesz.
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He said he gets a variety of stares and pointing fingers when he drives his 2003 Honda Accord in Kinston � at least while he�s in town.
Cardiesse Veal made an oblivious decision when he purchased a paint job for his car two years ago.
When does a Honda get so much attention?
Maybe when it�s vibrantly orange.
Veal, 31, said the bright color caught his attention, so he chose it.
�I was going through colors and it kind of just jumped out,� he said about the exterior work that coated a previously green vehicle. �I didn�t like the green. I just thought I�d spice it up and add a little flavor to it. It definitely jumps out around town.�
He said he gets a variety of stares and pointing fingers when he drives his 2003 Honda Accord in Kinston � at least while he�s in town.
Veal likes to travel, naming New York as his favorite place to go.
�I love New York,� said Veal, an avid shopper. �New York fits me, that�s the shopping capital, I think.�
He�s also been to New Jersey and Florida but has only driven the car as far as Durham.
Veal moved back to Kinston in 1997 after being raised in St. Louis, Mo. He currently works two jobs and is 19 credits away from earning a degree in computer information technology from Pitt Community College.
In the little spare time he has, he either plays video games or basketball, �to keep me in shape,� Veal said.
While his vehicle is worthy of car club ranks, he hasn�t joined one because of a restrictive schedule.
�I don�t really have time to attend their meetings and activities they have,� he said. �I work a lot, and I�m in school also. I�m pretty busy.�
Veal said he is a shy person and didn�t realize his car would turn so many heads.
�I�m not an attention-seeker,� he said. �It�s hard to believe since I got orange, but I just liked the color (and) didn�t think about what I was getting into when I picked it.�
He said because of his car, people may think he is an extreme partier or even womanizer due to negative misconceptions behind flashy cars.
�It does send a message,� Veal said.
He laughed when he added, �Some people look at me and think I party a lot, but they don�t know that I really work. I don�t have the time to party.�
Veal said he is trying to stay on a positive track.
His parents, from Kinston, passed away eight months apart due to illnesses. He has two young children, a sister, three brothers and a handful of relatives who live in Kinston.
�I�m trying to get myself together as far as a degree and make (my parents) happy,� Veal said. �I�m not doing anything negative.�
As for his future with the car: the relationship won�t last too much longer. While he loves the tangerine eye-catcher, he will soon sell it to get a Chevrolet Tahoe truck.
�(I�ll miss) the look on people�s faces when I come to the car wash,� Veal said. �I have a bunch of memories with this car when I let it go.�
Jessika Morgan can be reached at 252-559-1078 or at email@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @JessikaMorgan.
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Name: Cardiesse Veal
Age: 31
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Set on the white sands of Klong Prao Beach, in the centre of Koh Chang's west coast,
Centara Koh Chang Tropicana Resort is inspired by traditional Thai design themes and
is framed by lofty green palm trees and the deep blue waters of the seascape.
With its natural surroundings the resort is a tranquil one, and along with the oceanfront swimming pool,
water sports and indoor games, there are nearby attractions such as forest paths,
waterfalls, a fishing village and an elephant camp to explore.
Koh Chang, or Elephant Island, is Thailand's second largest island and forms part of a national marine park. More than 50 islands are in the immediate vicinity, offering plenty of opportunities for boating, island hopping, and diving and snorkeling. Koh Chang itself has a mountainous and jungled interior that is a great attraction for nature lovers.
The island is situated off the coast of Trat province and is accessible all year round by ferry. Centara Koh Chang Tropicana Resort is easily reached via the island's ring road, the journey from the landing pier taking approximately 25 minutes. Trat has its own airport handling domestic flights.
Centara Koh Chang Tropicana Resort's 157 spacious rooms and suites are designed
to enhance the sensation of living in a tropical beach setting and are contained in two wings,
Superior and Deluxe, spread throughout lovingly landscaped gardens.
The Superior wing features low-rise architecture accentuated by full glass frontages, with the rooms surrounding the swimming pool and Jacuzzi, while the Deluxe wing uses natural materials and thatched roofs to blend seamlessly with the rustic simplicity of the Oceanside setting.
Club Benefit (for Deluxe Cabana Club / Premium Deluxe Cabana Club / Cabana Suite):
Superior Room
Room size: 42 sq.m. | Located on 2nd floor building
Superior room offer spacious living area of up to 42 square meters comprising a furnished balcony overlooking the gardens and a bathroom with bathtub. Designed in a subtle tropical décor, each room can accommodate up to 3 adults or 2 adults and 1 child in twin beds with extra bed. In-room amenities include individually controlled air-conditioning, satellite TV, tea and coffee making facilities, mini-bar, in-room safe, hairdryer, IDD telephone line and complimentary wireless Internet access.
Deluxe Room
Room size: 45 sq.m. | 20 rooms
Furnished in a tropical décor the 20 Deluxe rooms deliver comfort to up to 3 adults or 2 adults and 1 child with total living area of up to 45 square metres including a balcony or terrace with garden views. All rooms come with a bathroom equipped with a bathtub, individually controlled air-conditioning, satellite TV, tea and coffee making facilities, mini-bar, in-room safe, hairdryer, IDD telephone line and complimentary wireless Internet access.
Deluxe Cabana
Room size: 48 sq.m. | 45 rooms
Deluxe Cabana Club
Room size: 48 sq.m. | 45 rooms | include club benefit excess lounge
Offering a choice of either a king-size bed or twin beds, the 45 Deluxe Cabanas can accommodate up to 3 adults or 2 adults and 1 child. Each Deluxe Cabana is harmoniously designed in a tropical décor with total living space of up to 48 square meters including a balcony or terrace and a spacious bathroom with bathtub. In-room amenities include individually controlled air-conditioning, satellite TV, tea and coffee making facilities, mini-bar, in-room safe, hairdryer, IDD telephone line and complimentary wireless Internet access.
Premium Deluxe Cabana
Room size: 65 sq.m. | 17 rooms
Premium Deluxe Cabana Club
Room size: 65 sq.m. | 17 rooms | include club benefit excess lounge
Light wooden furniture, a tropical décor and expansive terraces define the 17 Premium Deluxe Cabanas. These cabanas spaciously appointed cabanas offer 65 square meters of total living space and sleep up to 3 adults or 2 adults and 2 children with the option of either a king-size bed or two doubles beds. All these cabanas come with a bathroom with bathtub and outdoor shower, individually controlled air-conditioning, satellite TV, tea and coffee making facilities, mini-bar, in-room safe, hairdryer, IDD telephone line and complimentary wireless Internet access.
Cabana Suite
Room size: 62 sq.m. | Suites - Second Floor Cottages
The nine Cabana Suites make for a comfortable retreat with a furnished balcony and total living space culminating at 62 square metres including a bathroom with both bathtub and separate shower. These cabanas are designed in a tropical décor and can comfortably accommodate up to 4 adults or 2 adults and 2 children with a king bed complemented by a single bed. Each Cabana Suite comes with individually controlled air-conditioning, satellite TV, tea and coffee making facilities, mini-bar, in-room safe, hairdryer, IDD telephone line and complimentary wireless Internet access.
Premium benefits and access to the Premium Lounge are included.
Deluxe Ocean View Cabana
Room size: 48 sq.m. | 4 Rooms
Just a few steps away from the beach, the four Deluxe Ocean View Cabanas offer two double beds that comfortably sleep up to 3 adults or 2 adults and 2 children. Each thatched-roof cabana boasts up to 48 square meters of total living space including a spacious terrace and a bathroom with bathtub and outdoor shower together with a host of amenities including individually controlled air-conditioning, satellite TV, tea and coffee making facilities, mini-bar, in-room safe, hairdryer, IDD telephone line and complimentary wireless Internet access.
|Sea Breeze Restaurant
Sea Breeze Restaurant & Bar is set on a spacious wooden deck overlooking the white sands of the beach, and offers both outdoor and indoor seating. Both authentic Thai and international cuisines are served, with the speciality being fresh seafood. Vegetarian food is also served. A full range of wines, beers, spirits and cocktails are available.
A house band plays a selection of gentle and romantic music during the evening to set the mood for memorable beachside dining.
Type of Cuisine: Thai and International
Seating Capacity: 180
Opening Hours - 06.30 a.m. - 11.00 p.m.
Sunset Bar
The western coast of Koh Chang is famous for its sunsets, and where better to enjoy the view than with a sundowner or two at the Sunset Bar.
Type of Cuisine: Cocktails and refreshments
Seating Capacity: 50
Restaurant Details
Ideal for realizing bar during sunset at beach front.
Lobby Bar
Open from mid-morning to late at night, the Lobby Bar is the perfect place to enjoy a snack or light meal and a refreshing drink.
Type of Cuisine: Thai and international
Seating Capacity: 40
Opening Hours - 12.00 a.m. - 11.00 p.m.
Your health and well-being is so essential in today's world.
At SPA Cenvaree, we put you first with pampering treatments that are both relaxing and good for you.
You will find SPA Cenvarees at almost all of our hotels and
resorts plus an expanding collection of spas at locations around the world.
The Tropicana Spa
There are 2 private rooms and 16 beds for traditional Thai traditional massage, Herbal massage and foot massage.
Banquet & Seminar
Whether it is a corporate meeting, training seminar or small conference, Centara Koh Chang Tropicana Resort is the ideal location for your next event. The wide range of facilities includes a meeting room capable of catering 80 to 240 persons in theatre-style seating, and there are breakout rooms and pre-function areas. Full professional visual and sound equipment is available.
|Set amongst the palm trees, the resort's main swimming pool is directly on the beachfront and has its own Jacuzzi.
A second swimming pool is set within the gardens, and there is a children's pool.
The games room includes table tennis and darts.
Spa Cenvaree offers body wraps, massages, steam baths, and an array of signature spa treatments designed to thoroughly relax, with private rooms for singles and couples and a soothing beachside ambience.
Being set directly on the beach, the resort offers a range of beach activities and water sports that include volleyball and kayaking, while snorkeling and fishing equipment are available on request and boat and inland tours are organized at the travel desk.
Swimming Pool
Our 2 pools in different wings are destined to be the most exclusive pools in Koh Chang when combined. You will find yourself happily swimming in the pool with pool services by the sea, or massaging in the pool Jacuzzi. This classy retreat will give you a holiday of a lifetime.
Yoga - relax and forget
Koh Chang Tropicana Resort and Spa is proud to provide Yoga courses taught by our expert instructor - who was originally trained in India. Whilst on holiday why don' t you take this great opportunity to learn this ancient form of exercise that replenishes the body, the mind and the spirit. Yoga class is available by our best experience therapist and Yoga teacher.
The resort also offers a tropical garden and beach setting ideal for outdoor receptions and private parties.
If your plans for the near future include tying the knot, we can readily provide for every detail that could possibly be needed, starting from the arrangements of a traditional lustral water ceremony to the reception, and more!
A wedding reception will come with a host of extras by way of decorative ice sculptures, flower arch and stands, traditional garlands and corsages for the wedding party, guest books, multi-tiered cake, and so on. Plus, the special rate of an overnight stay with complimentary meal voucher at the resort.??Simply contact our Wedding Organisers, who come with a plethora of ideas for celebratory themes, menus and decorations, a choice of wedding packages, and a collection of albums of past events. Better yet, make an appointment to meet personally and discuss your plans for the big day at leisure.
What better way to get out into the marine national park than to take out one of our sturdy ocean kayaks? Koh Chang Tropicana lies on Klong Prao beach which offers several offshore islands just waiting to be explored by the intrepid kayaker. The view of Koh Chang's green mountain peaks from out at sea is one of the most memorable things that you can take from your stay on this lovely island.
Snorkeling and Scuba Diving
One of the main reasons that Koh Chang has been designated a marine national park is because of its outstanding undersea life. You can take a look at the amazing ecosystem of the tropical coral reef by arranging one of our snorkeling trips to the best spots in the national park. Or why not make the most of your holiday by learning to dive, or if you dive already, by arranging a trip to explore the undersea delights of the Koh Chang archipelago. We will be happy to arrange it all for you.
Boat Trips
There are fifty one other islands clustered around Koh Chang. You can spend a blissful day hopping from one to the other on one of our boats trips. Sunbathe snorkel and enjoy the amazing settings from the comfort of a large and fully-appointed cruise boat.
Elephant Trekking
Since Koh Chang means "elephant island" in Thai what better what better way could there be to explore the natural beauty of this tropical haven than from the back of an elephant. We can arrange for you to have an educational and fun meeting with these gentle giants whilst taking a ride through some fantastic rain forest scenery.
|Seabreeze Pool
|Splash Pool
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|Thai Boxing
|Sea Kayak
|Fitness Center
|Kids' Club
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