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On September 27, 2012, CAMY released a study putting some concrete data findings behind their concerns of marketing to Black youth. The focus of the CAMY study was to: (1) analyze exposure of alcohol advertising by type and brand among Black youth ages 12-20 in comparison to all youth ages 12-20; and (2) assess the exposure of Black youth ages 12-20 to alcohol advertising relative to Black adults and all adults, and accordingly the extent to which Black youth were exposed to more alcohol advertising relative to adults in magazines, on radio, and on television.
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NFL franchise decides to move preseason training to its facility in New Jersey after 16 years at UAlbany
ALBANY — Summer camp in Albany is over for the New York Giants.
The National Football League team announced Friday that, after training at the University at Albany for 16 of the past 17 years, they won't be back. At least not for this summer.
Instead, training camp in 2013 will be held at the Timex Performance Center, the Giants' year-round headquarters next to MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.
"I'm not happy about this because I loved having them here," Albany Mayor Jerry Jennings said by cellphone Friday afternoon. "This is Giants' country."
The Giants were in Albany for 19 days last summer and had 14 practices. One practice was lost due to rain, and only half of it. Under the new NFL's collective bargaining agreement, only 15 summer practices are allowed. If one is rained out, it doesn't get made up.
Two-a-day practices, once a staple in NFL training camps, are no longer allowed per the bargaining agreement.
UAlbany does not have an indoor football facility. If inclement weather forced the Giants indoors, they practiced on the basketball courts at SEFCU Arena. They won't have that problem at the Timex Performance Center, which opened in 2009.
That facility has three grass and one turf field outdoors as well as a full-sized indoor field. The Giants held summer camp there in 2011 because of ongoing NFL labor negotiations.
Last summer, 37,684 fans attended training camp at UAlbany. The Giants won the 2012 Super Bowl. The team did not make the playoffs this season.
"I always felt the Giants enjoyed it here," UAlbany athletic director Lee McElroy said. "I know (Giants) coach (Tom) Coughlin was a big proponent for having it here."
Even though it looks as though the Giants are done with the Capital Region, team executives John Mara, the president and chief executive officer, and Steve Tisch, the executive vice president, did not close the door entirely on a return one day.
"We have told Mayor Jennings and (UAlbany athletic director) Dr. (Lee) McElroy that we will evaluate our training camp situation on an ongoing basis, and certainly would not rule out a return to Albany in the future if it makes sense for both parties," the two said in a joint statement.
Right now, it doesn't make sense. Because training camp is so much shorter, the Giants want the luxury of having an indoor facility.
"It's tough to compete with that," Jennings said.
Jennings said he won't give up on the Giants ever returning here. The team began summer workouts at UAlbany in 1996, and the 16 camps at the school are the most at any site in their 88-year history.
With the Giants leaving, Jennings said there will be a financial impact felt by hotels and restaurants that are near the UAlbany campus.
"When you bring in 40,000 fans, of course there is a negative impact when they're not here," he said. "I am not surprised by the decision. I know the Giants enjoyed being here. We just left it open. We will work with the university to make sure, that if they decide to come back, how we could accommodate them."
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The photos come from the forums at Xitek.com, and they look pretty legit. NikonRumors has a speculative list of features and specs, including a 24.7 MP full-frame sensor, built in AF motor, 39 AF points, and of course full HD video with HDMI out.
If the D600 comes in at around $1500, as rumored, things could get interesting for the prosumer DSLR buyer. The cheapest full-framer you can buy right now is gonna be years old and still run you over $2000, while the latest offerings, such as a Nikon D800 or Canon 5D Mark III are $3000 and up.
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I'm very excited we've released a public preview of beta2 that everyone can download. I'm also very happy that we've opened up a couple of different avenues to take your feedback. As Dean mentioned, there is a great checklist for site developers on the IE7 preview site; I wanted to call out a specific item on that list.
Markus posted a while ago about the demise of CSS hacks in IE. We heard your feedback in the comments to that post, and we've put out a public preview release of IE7. I'd like to reiterate the call to action – if you are a web developer, please check your usage of CSS hacks. In addition to all the improvements in our CSS standard support that I talked about in July, and the other stuff I mentioned at the PDC, the IE layout team – developers, testers and program management – has done some amazing work since my last update and fixed the core of our CSS box model overflow problem (this means content overflow does not need to cause boxes to grow in size). We're still refining our solution, but this means, for example, that simultaneously 1) the Holly hack won't work properly anymore, and 2) it probably won't be applied, because as we said before, the Star-HTML hack is gone.
It's a difficult challenge to keep compatibility with sites and apps but break compatibility for standards compliance, and we would appreciate you checking your sites and making necessary changes where you've hacked in non-standard stuff for IE in the past. We would particularly like detailed feedback on the work we're doing in this area.
We're all very excited to start releasing. We're going to try to restrain ourselves from posting dozens of blog posts today, and stop at three. 🙂
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Mocha had a severe case of tetanus, which humans get immunized against but dogs don't because they rarely get it.
Mocha Delight acts like any other puppy: The 6-month-old chocolate-colored Australian Labradoodle (a cross between a Labrador retriever and a poodle) runs and wrestles with her snow-colored sister, Mollie, and is a glutton for attention.
But two months ago, Mocha (her middle name is "Delight," her mother's name) was rushed to the Small Animal Hospital at the University of Florida as immobile and outstretched as a bear rug. She couldn't move, eat, or wag her tail. Only her eyes could move, and they were terrified, recalled Joan Standlee, Mocha's breeder, who lives in Tavares.
Mocha had a severe case of tetanus, which humans get immunized against but dogs don't because they rarely get it. Horses are the only animals particularly prone to tetanus. The clostridium tetani bacteria is found in soil and enters animals through wounds.
But when Mocha's muscles started to stiffen — the first sign of the disease — the first two vets who saw her couldn't find any wounds. Doctors later speculated she had become infected through cuts in her mouth from teething, or an infection in her umbilical cord passed down from her mother.
"She had a fever of 110, and it was spiking," Standlee said. "(The vet) thought something was wrong with the thermometer."
The vet advised putting her in an ice bath and making her drink a lot of water, but then Standlee discovered Mocha couldn't eat or drink anything because her throat muscles had tightened. Tetanus is characterized by a contraction of the muscles.
A veterinary neurologist diagnosed the condition and referred Mocha to UF's Small Animal Hospital just in time.
"I couldn't stand the thought of that little dog dying," Standlee said.
And neither could Mocha's doctors. Mocha had the most severe case of tetanus they said they'd ever seen in a dog, and she would require two weeks of isolation followed by four weeks of rehabilitation. Only about 50 percent of dogs with tetanus survive it.
"She was fully paralyzed. Both her front and back legs were split, like being on a cross," said Alessio Vigani, a resident in emergency and critical care at the Small Animal Hospital.
Vigani explained that tetanus produces toxins that enter the central nervous system.
"Unfortunately, once the toxin binds to the nerves, there's no way to reverse it. We just had to manage her," Vigani said.
For two weeks, Mocha lived at the hospital inside a cage in a dark room. She had IVs for feeding and tubes all over her body from machines that monitored her vital signs. No one could touch her because the stimulation might have caused her blood pressure to rise to dangerously high levels.
As Vigani explained, the toxin that binds to the nerves causes extreme reactions.
"If she got scared, her heart rate could have gone so high she would have died," Vigani said, adding that Mocha had to take antibiotics to rid her body of the infection as well as sedatives to calm her down since, even though her body was paralyzed, she was alert.
"Mentally, she knew what was going on, but she couldn't understand all these strange people, or why she couldn't move or pee by herself," Standlee said.
After two weeks, Standlee finally could see her again.
"I remember when I first saw in her eyes that she was going to get better," Standlee said.
Mocha used an underwater treadmill to learn how to walk again and underwent acupuncture for pain relief.
"We had to reteach her body to put her limbs where they need to go," said Justin Shmalberg, clinical assistant professor in the department of small animal clinical sciences at UF, who was in charge of Mocha's rehabilitation.
Realigning Mocha's limbs was critical because she was a growing toddler, Shmalberg added.
"Now she's completely normal, which is completely phenomenal," he said.
In fact, she had the run of the hospital Wednesday morning and was so energetic that Vigani joked, "Never put your puppy in a cage for four weeks."
Mocha didn't require follow-up therapy, and there are no long-term side effects of tetanus, Vigani said. In total, Mocha's rehab and initial treatment cost several thousand dollars, the hospital said.
When Mocha's owners, Bob and Debbie Rape of DeBary, took Mocha home, she fit right into the family.
Apart from Mocha's sister Mollie, also an Australian Labradoodle, the Rapes have two other dogs: Max, a golden retriever, and Maggie, a Labrador.
"She follows her sister and the other two dogs. That's all the therapy she needs," Standlee said.
Bob Rape said Mocha ignored the carpets they had put out for her, instead walking on the hardwood floors like the other dogs. She immediately ate the other dogs' dry food instead of her wet food.
Mollie taught her to go up and down stairs.
"Those two are best buds," Rape said. "We have our own little WWF match every night in our home."
Australian Labradoodles, which can cost between $1,500 and $2,000 for puppies, are normally bred to be service dogs: Because of their sweet and eager nature and hypoallergenic coats, they make especially good dogs for handicapped people with allergies, Standlee explained.
But the Rapes adore their latest addition and are Mocha's permanent parents, she added.
"I'm not going to give her up now," Debbie Rape said.
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MOOCs To Bring Personalized Learning, Big Changes to K-12, Ed. Professor Predicts
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Lehigh University education professor Scott Garrigan knows firsthand that many educators find massively open online courses, or MOOCs, threatening.
"Imagine every student engaged in every classroom. I would love to do that in my face-to-face classes, and I don't know how," said Garrigan. "They've done it. And it annoys me."
But Garrigan, like a growing number of educators in higher ed, has chosen to embrace the MOOC phenomenon. And with MOOC-like offerings on their way to K-12, high school teachers should get ready to do the same, he said.
That means getting ready for:
- "Interest-driven learning," in which students increasingly get to select their own courses.
- Exponentially more students with (online) access to the best teachers and instructional materials.
- A tidal wave of new data that allow teachers to quickly diagnose and address students' learning weaknesses.
- And a new emphasis on using that same data to "evolve instruction" and change the way teachers go about their work.
- Short videos that spend roughly 10 minutes on a single topic.
- A personal, collegial feel marked by conversational dialogue, handwritten notes, and an informal style.
- "Retrieval feedback" that quizzes students and promotes learning retention every five minutes or so.
- Deadlines for tests and homework.
- Study forums and groups.
"Our attention span can handle that," Garrigan said.
Some educators are prone to dismiss some of those elements, he said. Take the constant short check-ins of the "retrieval feedback" quizzes. While many educators may believe it to be a shallow educational strategy, Garrigan told dozens of teachers at the conference "that little thing promotes learning in ways that some of the best talent in this room has had difficulty doing."
Likewise, said Garrigan, the opportunity for personalization in online courses shouldn't be dismissed.
"It sounds like an oxymoron, but there is testimony [from higher ed] that it's possible," he said.
With dropout rates still alarmingly high across the country, the potential benefits can't be ignored, he argued.
Of course, said Garrigan, there are challenges: Who will validate student learning? Who is responsible for the quality of course content? What about special education? How will state departments of education react?
But the "water has already begun trickling through the dike," he said.
If K-12 teachers want to avoid getting swept away by the coming flood, they'd better be able to adapt, as some of their counterparts in higher ed have already begun doing.
The rapid transformation can be "tough to swallow," said Garrigan, "but I think, 'OK, I have to change my views.'"
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Metro Buffalo enjoys the fourth-lowest Medicare costs in the country, according to a new federal report that indicates health care is a bargain in upstate New York compared with other parts of the nation.
The report by the Institute of Medicine, which advises the federal government on health policy, found that Medicare costs in the Buffalo area are $166 lower than the national per-beneficiary, per-month average.
Those findings bode well not only for local residents on Medicare, the federal health program for seniors and the disabled, but also for everyone in the Buffalo area.
That's because health experts view Medicare costs as one of the few – and best – windows into the overall cost of health care in metro regions.
"The IOM report confirms that consumers in upstate New York get great value for their health care dollars," said Christopher Booth, CEO for Univera Healthcare's parent company, Excellus Health Plans Inc. of Rochester – the metro area with the nation's lowest Medicare costs, according to the study.
What's more, the majority of local Medicare beneficiaries who belong to insurer-run Medicare Advantage plans appear to be receiving good care for the money.
While holding the line on costs, the Buffalo area's three top providers of Medicare Advantage health plans – BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York, Independent Health and Univera Healthcare – all receive "excellent" ratings in the National Committee for Quality Assurance's latest Health Plan Report Card.
"You don't want to achieve low spending at the expense of quality," said Dr. Jamie Kerr, Univera's vice president and chief medical officer for utilization management.
On the contrary, the local health care system's leaders seem to have engineered a double win: quality care at low cost. And they've gone at it by cooperating with each other.
"The major takeaway from the report is that collaboration works," said Dr. Richard Vienne, vice president and chief medical officer at Univera. "That is what brings down the cost of care."
Health care leaders in the Buffalo area have been pushing collaborative efforts to cut costs and improve care for more than a decade.
Most prominently, local insurers and medical providers teamed up years ago to form HEALTHeLINK, an electronic network that links patients, doctors and insurers so they can easily share medical records and thus avoid costly duplicative paperwork and tests.
Local insurers and health care providers also joined forces 11 years ago to form the P2 Collaborative of Western New York, an effort to talk up healthy lifestyles while making health care more widely available and efficient.
And that's just the start. Independent Health and 140 primary care doctors last year announced a program called the Primary Connection to emphasize care coordination, teamwork, greater use of data to track quality and costs, and payment arrangements that reward quality of care and not just the amount of care.
In 2012, the Catholic Health System formed an "accountable care organization" for Medicare patients, in which doctors, hospitals and other providers form networks to coordinate care and measure performance across multiple settings – from the doctor's office and hospital to the home care agency and nursing home.
In accountable care organizations, doctors and hospitals take on joint responsibility and share in the financial risks and rewards for the health of their patients. That's different from the current fee-for-service payment system that critics say is fragmented and beset by avoidable hospitalizations and duplicative tests.
Catholic Health's Medicare accountable care organization enrolled 30,000 patients with an assumption that costs would increase at a rate of about 2 percent over the first year.
So far, overall spending on the patients is 2.7 percent below the starting target rate, said Dennis Horrigan, chief executive officer of Catholic Medical Partners, the physician group that represents the 900 doctors affiliated with Catholic Health.
Collaboration isn't the only reason local health care costs are low.
Local health care experts note that Medicare reimbursements for services are based partly on a region's costs, and the cost of living in Buffalo is lower than many other parts of the nation.
Additionally, there is a long history here of strong, local nonprofit insurance companies, heavy state regulation of health services and a large proportion of the population in cost-efficient HMOs.
"These forces tended to apply downward pressure on costs," Horrigan said.
Local insurers have heavily promoted HMOs for the senior set, called Medicare Advantage plans. One key factor behind the low cost of Medicare locally could be the popularity of those plans: In Erie County, nearly 54 percent of seniors belonged to such plans last year, compared with only 28 percent nationwide.
And while the costs of medical procedures vary widely among providers, The Buffalo News reported in May that overall, local hospitals simply charge less for many major procedures that Medicare patients tend to need.
Out of the 306 regions of the country, this region ranked 298th in the average charge for the treatment of heart failure, 301st in the charge for treating sepsis and 305th in the charge for joint replacement.
Low Medicare costs appear to be a trend across upstate New York.
Syracuse ranked 19th, Binghamton 25th and Elmira 26th in the Institute of Medicine's study of 306 metro areas.
On the other end of the spectrum was Miami, with Medicare costs that were a whopping $435 more than the national average.
The 178-page, $8.5 million report is the most definitive look at an issue that health care experts have studied for decades – why the use, cost and quality of health services vary so greatly from region to region and even among hospitals and doctors in the same region. Those differences exist even after you take into account the income, race, age and health conditions of patients.
In a commentary in the journal Health Affairs, other health care experts praised the study.
Many of the factors that influence health care quality and costs are local, they wrote, suggesting that efforts to control health care costs also focus on encouraging collaboration within regions.
But the experts said the report didn't stress strongly enough that dysfunctional regional health systems are characterized by fragmented hospital care and post-acute care facilities eager to absorb discharged patients.
They described how it's the natural instinct of physicians and hospitals in local health care systems to protect their financial health by expanding and defending their market share – even if it means higher costs.
To counter those trends, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which manages Medicare, has started to encourage projects with hospitals and doctors that emphasize value in health care, said Joseph New-house, a Harvard University economist who led the study.
Policymakers must "sort which innovations work well and which don't work so well," he said in a briefing.
Five Lowest Medicare Spending Regions
Rochester, N.Y.
Stockton, Calif.
Sacramento, Calif.
Buffalo, N.Y.
Bronx, N.Y.
Five highest Medicare spending regions
Miami, Fla.
McAllen, Texas
Monroe, La.
Houston, Texas
Alexandria, La.
Source: Institute of Medicine
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Do mass shootings lead to new gun-control laws?
Storified by Digital First Media · Tue, Dec 18 2012 11:10:51
The shootings at a Connecticut elementary school have reopened a long-dormant debate over gun control. Some advocates of stronger laws say the massacre represents a turning point, while opponents are mostly keeping quiet for now.
History shows that mass shootings and assassinations have played a key role in the passage of stronger gun-control laws. But not every shooting leads to new laws. Typically, it has taken more than one high-profile event and several years of debate for a gun-control proposal to become a law.
Below, a look at some past shootings that led to new laws, and some that didn't.
1929: St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Police and people gather in front of the S.M.C. Cartage Co. garage on North Clark in Chicago on Feb. 14, 1929, following the St. Valentine's Day massacre. (AP Photo/Chicago History Museum)
During the Prohibition era, illegal sales of alcohol led to a rise in criminal gangs who used submachine guns. In 1929, members of Al Capone's gang in Chicago used Tommy guns to kill seven members of a rival gang. The so-called St. Valentine's Day Massacre prompted several gun control proposals, but no new laws were passed in the immediate aftermath of the shootings.
1933: Roosevelt assassination attempt
In 1933, an unemployed bricklayer named Giuseppe Zangara shot and killed Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak in what is believed to have been an attempt to assassinate President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt. The shooting helped build support for one of the bills first proposed after the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. The National Firearms Act of 1934 set up the first federal registration system for gun dealers and imposed heavy taxes on certain types of guns.
1963: Assassination of John F. Kennedy
President John F. Kennedy speaks at dedication ceremonies of the Aerospace Medical Center at Brooks Air Force Base, San Antonio, Tex., Nov. 21, 1963. (AP Photo)
The assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963 sparked debate over gun laws. Assassin Lee Harvey Oswald had bought a rifle through the mail and had it delivered to a post office box under a false name. Debate began over mail-order gun sales, but no new laws were passed immediately after the assassination.
1966: Texas tower sniper
Smoke rises from a sniper's gun as he fires from the tower of the University of Texas administration building in Austin at people below in 1966. (AP Photo/File)
In 1966, former Marine Charles Whitman killed his wife and mother, then killed 13 people and wounded 32 others in a shooting rampage from the tower at the University of Texas in Austin. As with the Kennedy assassination, the shootings led to renewed debate over gun control, but no immediate changes in the law.
1968: Assassinations of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King
This view shows the window in Memphis, Tenn., from which a man shot Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968. (AP Photo)
The 1968 assassinations of Sen. Robert Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. came while Congress was debating a gun control measure that was part of President Lyndon Johnson's "Great Society" legislation, helping spur passage of the Gun Control Act of 1968, which expanded the categories of people who could not buy guns, barred mail-order sales of rifles and shotguns and banned imported handguns.
1981: Reagan assassination attempt
Hoping to impress actress Jodie Foster, a mentally ill man named John Hinckley Jr. attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan. One of his shots left White House Press Secretary James Brady paralyzed. Brady and his wife, Sarah, later formed a gun control group now known as the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. But it took until 1993 for supporters to pass the Brady Bill, creating the first national system of background checks for gun buyers.
1991: Luby's massacre
Unidentified mourners comfort each other after a funeral service for Michael Griffith on Oct. 20, 1991. Griffith was among the people who were killed in the massacre at the Luby's Cafeteria in Killeen, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
In 1991, an unemployed man named George Hennard drove his pickup through the front window of a Texas cafeteria, then shot and killed 23 people before committing suicide. It was the deadliest shooting in U.S. history until the Virginia Tech massacre in 2007 (and now third, after Newtown). Texas expanded access to concealed handgun permits in response to the massacre, but no federal laws were changed.
1993: Long Island Rail Road massacre
Long Island Rail Road shooter Colin Ferguson is led into a Nassau County court room for a preliminary hearing Dec. 10, 1993, in Mineola, N.Y. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
In 1993, a mentally ill man named Colin Ferguson shot and killed six people at a Long Island Rail Road station in Garden City, N.Y. Along with a number of other mass shootings in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the massacre helped build support for a 1994 federal ban on the manufacture of certain assault weapons for civilian use. The ban expired in 2004, however, and a dozen attempts to renew it have failed.
1999: Columbine High School shootings
Unidentified family members of the 13 people killed at Columbine High School in April 1999 view the walls of the memorial after the dedication ceremony at the Columbine Memorial in 2007. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
In 1999, two high school students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, shot and killed 12 students and a teacher in a massacre at Columbine High School in Colorado. The two had obtained three of the weapons from a friend who bought them at a gun show without undergoing a background check. A month later, the Senate approved closing the so-called "gun show loophole" in a 50-50 vote, with Vice President Al Gore breaking the tie. The proposal failed to pass the Republican-led House, however, and buyers at gun shows still do not need to pass background checks.
2007: Virginia Tech shootings
A video aired by NBC News shows Virginia Tech gunman Seung-Hui Cho. (AP Photo/NBC)
In 2007, mentally ill Virginia Tech student Seung-Hui Cho shot and killed 32 people on campus, the deadliest massacre in U.S. history. In response, Congress passed the first new federal gun control measure in a decade, a bill supported by the NRA which strengthened the federal background check system for gun buyers and required states do a better job of adding records, such as those on domestic violence.
2011: Tucson shootings
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, left, leads the Pledge of Allegiance at a memorial vigil remembering the victims and survivors of the Tucson shootings. (AP Photo/Matt York)
In 2011, Jared Lee Loughner killed six people and wounded 13 others, including then-U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, in a shooting spree outside a grocery store in Tucson, Ariz. Although gun control supporters hoped the involvement of a member of Congress would spur action, no federal laws were changed in response to the shooting.
2012: Aurora, Colo., shootings
James E. Holmes appears in Arapahoe County District Court in Centennial, Colo. Holmes was being held on suspicion of first-degree murder. (Denver Post/RJ Sangosti)
Twelve people are killed when a gunman entered an Aurora, Colo., movie theater, released a canister of gas and then opened fire during opening night of the Batman movie The Dark Knight Rises. James Holmes, a 24-year-old former graduate student at the University of Colorado, has been charged in the deaths. No federal laws were changed as a result of the shootings.


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As you guys know easter was last sunday. And after consistently seeing status updates on facebook about the magic that is jesus rising from the dead, I felt I wanted my own opinion on the matter to be heard. I know that facebook isn't really the proper forum to hold a debate but nevertheless I posted the picture that I attached to this post. Being my first post ever on this site, here is a link to the picture too just in case I didn't attach it correctly. http://www.motifake.com/13920
The next part of the post are the ensuing comments made about the picture. The key players are myself and my friend Tracy who is also an atheist. Henry who I'm sure you will know his position on the matter after reading the comments. I just wanted to share this with people of my same mindset and hear what you have to say about it. I'm not looking for validation if I was right or wrong for posting that. I'm just curious what others have to say on the matter. Its quite long so I apologize for the length. Things got a bit heated in the exchanging back and forth.
Moe T: Very inappropriate. How dare you tarnish the ghostbusters logo. Peter venkman would be pissed.
Henry D: That's not funny.
Ashley: Not at all
Tracy M: This is hilarious and awesome. Happy Zombie Jebus day, Nick!
Nick Q: Happy Zombie jebus day! Remember to replenish your stockpile. Shotguns, shovels, flamethrowers, and the other usual items.
Mike D: Go you.
Henry D: Hey Nick, when are you going to take shots at Jews or Muslims or is that not what Lady Gaga thinks is cool?
Tracy M: Well given that today isn't a Jewish or Muslim holiday, that wouldn't make much sense, would it?
Henry D: This photo could clearly be posted any day of the year. It's an insult to all Christians. Why are Christians always attacked in this country? It's perceived as cool because there's a hit TV show bashing it or something. I'm dying to see you, Tracy, or Nick rip into Jews or Muslims.
Nick Q: Yeah, firstly I don't listen to her so let's get that out of the way. And I'm not going to take shots at religions I don't know enough about. I was raised a catholic/christian so I know how ridiculous it is. And on a side note, today is Easter so there you go.
Henry D: So why are you celebrating Easter and enjoying time with your family? "Atheists" love getting their days off on Christian holidays but then post BS ripping into it.
Nick Q: Use "celebrating easter" loosely. A day off is a day off. I could care less why I have a day off.
Henry D: It's stupid. You can't enjoy the benefits of celebrating a holiday then post disrespectful crap bashing it. It's immature, childish, and offensive to your friends and family.
Nick Q: Hmmm. Bashing somebody that has different views than yours. How very christian of you
Henry D: I'm calling you disrespectful because you are. You hate religions and think they're a bunch of short stories created for fun and people who believe them are stupid. SNORE
Tracy M: Henry, you're a Christian, yes? Then turn the other cheek like Jesus would do. Also, swearing is against your religion - I am pretty sure if you ask yourself "What would Jesus do?" the answer would not be "swear on the internet". Why are you on Facebook yelling at people for expressing their views instead of in Church worshiping your Savior? I'm pretty sure Jesus would disapprove of your actions today.
PS - Easter is a pagan holiday which the Christians usurped. So we actually have a day off today because of Pagan fertility celebrations, not because of Jesus. Also it's Sunday, which we always have off.
Christians are not "always attacked" in this country - you're the majority. You control most of the government. You are continually succeeding in getting laws passed which legislate your morality and your religion. So quit whining because other people are peacefully and humorously expressing their views. You're not being persecuted.
Henry D: I love how atheists are the experts in what the Bible teaches. How are Christians not attacked? You liberals love burning crosses on TV, calling nuns prostitutes on TV (Glee), loving Judas and sucking down crosses on MTV (Lady Gaga), I can ...go on FOREVER. Easter represents new life, Resurrection, hence Christ. What do Christians control in the government? Seriously, enlighten me. This is a persecution and an attack. Liberals love persecuting actually.
Tracy M: I will bet you $20 I know more about Christian theology and have read more of the Bible than you. Not that it's a pissing contest, but there you go.
I personally am not in charge of what Glee or Lady Gaga do. But just FYI, people saying bad... things about Christians is NOT persecution. Nobody is murdering you. Nobody is preventing you from worshiping. Nobody is burning your house down. You have NO IDEA what persecution really is. HINT: it is not other people peacefully exercising their first amendment rights, no matter how much you dislike what they are saying.
Almost every elected official is a Christian. Every law restricting abortion is because of Christian "morality." Laws against gay marriage - also because of Christianity.
Tracy M: Also, Christ doesn't have a monopoly on representing new life. That concept was around WAY before him. In fact, there are NO original ideas in Chrstianity. It's all recycled from other religions.
Tracy M: OMG seriously. I can't believe you actually think you're being persecuted because somebody else DARES to criticize your religion. LOL
Henry D: I'm not going to hold my breathe what you think or "know" about Christianity. How is demonizing a religion not persecution? It doesn't matter what you define it is because it is. Ripping into a religion, demonizing it's base, and reporting ...on a daily basis that priests are perverts is persecution and destruction. I'm a fan of the Constitution so don't lecture me on that. What laws restrict abortions? The state PROMOTES getting abortions like it's a drive through at McDonald's. Gay marriage is banned because liberals don't even bring the conversation to the table. If every Obama zombie voted supported gay marriage it would pass. LIGHTBULB! Most Americans don't. It's Americans who put representatives into political office. THEY don't support gay marriage, not the politician. That's a little tid bit you need to take away with you. Democrats hate gay marriage. They don't even attempt to pass bills for it. Anyway, I can go on forever but my computer is about to die and I'm going to celebrate this beautiful Christian holiday with my family. Which apparently, you're doing the same...but then bashing Christianity...but then giving me a Bible lesson...and...yeah...
Tracy M: "OH NO someone said a thing I don't like! WAAAH persecution! I'm being oppressed! This is JUST AS BAD AS being murdered for my beliefs!"
Henry D: Glad you can participate in an adult conversation. Happy Easter!
Tracy M: 1. Lots of priests molest little boys and the Church protects them. Maybe you should stop that and people would stop talking about it?
2. Definition of persecution: "a program or campaign to exterminate, drive away, or subjugate a people because of their religion, race, or beliefs" - other people criticizing you hardly arises to that.
You are obviously completely, totally, 100% ignorant of abortion and gay marriage laws, so you should at least read wikipedia before you run your mouth about those.
I'm actually not celebrating at all. Enjoy your self righteous ignorance!
Henry D: 1. Priests only molest boys? WHAT? Clearly you love your corporate media. I'm assuming you also believe there's never been abuse by a religious leader in Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, or another organized religion? It's only the priests who love touching little boys. 2. You just defined what I already know. A program, or campaign to exterminate a belief...that's what the media is, telling people they can't say 'Merry Christmas' in public, taking away "God" in the Pledge of Allegiance, those are CAMPAIGNS to destroy a belief. And you just liberally imploded about abortion and gay marriage because you couldn't argue anything I just said because I'm right.
Tracy M: Can you even read? I never said priests only molest boys. I said lots of priests molest boys. I never said nobody else molests them. LEARN TO READ PLS. nobody is trying to destroy your belief. People are just allowed to have a different opinion and shouldn't be forced to worship your god. We have separation of church and state, which is why god shouldn't be mentioned in the pledge. There's a huge difference between everyone being free to have their own belief, and you forcing others to obey your religion.
A campaign to destroy a belief would be something like i've said before - actually killing you, burning down your churches, making your religion illegal. NOBODY is doing any of these things to you.
I could give you a rundown of gay marriage and abortion laws, but honestly it's not my job to educate you and it would probably be a huge waste of time. Go read about it yourself and you will see almost every single state has major restrictions on abortion, effectively preventing women from getting them, and no state actively promotes abortion. As for gay marriage, some civilized progress is being made there in a lot of places, but in most states its still illegal, primarily because of Christianity.
Tracy M: BTW at least Jews don't occasionally go on giant killing sprees known as "the Crusades" or "the Inquisition."
Nick Q: You're right because you believe in a delusion that people have believed in for thousands of years. A lie is still a lie if everyone believes it. If you need to believe in something higher and more important than you because it helps you sleep better at night, that's your problem.
Henry D: Do you support Israel's ethnic cleansing of Palestine?
Tracy M: That's more of a war than a killing spree. I don't support any religiously motivated war.
Tracy M: Although good point. All murderous organized religions are bad. Just because the Jews and Muslims aren't perfect doesn't mean your religion doesn't suck.
Henry D: Wrong answer. Christians are being exterminated (killed because of their faith) in Africa as we speak. China just arrested dozens for celebrating Easter. Is that cool?
Tracy M: Yeah, now that's persecution. Lady Gaga wearing a vinyl nun costume is NOT. Also, if my answer was wrong, then you must mean that NOT supporting Israel's war is wrong. So then you support Israel's "killing spree"? You should be more precise to avoid confusion.
Henry D: Wrong again. Killing people isn't just persecution. I don't support Israel because of the cleansing. It's not a "war" when you fight back when your people are being destroyed. Is it only cleansing when you sit and let it happen? Snore.
Tracy M: That entire paragraph makes no sense at all. Why are you still here? Don't you have an imaginary friend to worship?
Tracy M: Plus, just because people in other countries are being persecuted doesn't mean you are.
Henry D: It's my faith! Christians should just go on their merry way because they live on the other side of an ocean? By your twisted logic the Crusades are irrelevant because it was on another continent. Be careful with what you're saying.
Tracy M: So because people in a different country are being persecuted, that means you're being persecuted? Talk about twisted logic. Actually it's not even twisted logic. It's just stupidity.
Maybe you should go over there and do something about it instead of arguing with people on the internet.
Henry D: Stop bending reality. Since gay marriage doesn't directly affect you, why do you care? Stop being childish. Terrifying you study law.
Nick Q: It's called being decent to your fellow human being. That's why we care about gay rights.
Nick Q: Learn to do it and grow up
Tracy M: LMAO yes we are ONLY allowed to care about that which affects us. For example, it is well established that white people cannot possibly care about whether black people can vote.
Childishness is blindly believing everything you're told without questioning it.
Tracy M: I wish I could bend reality. Then I'd make sure separation of church and state is actually enforced! haha
Henry D: Tracy, I'm arguing with your own logic. Nick, who said I didn't support gay rights? Stop making things up.
Tracy M: If by "arguing" you mean "babbling incoherently" then sure. You haven't actually countered any of my arguments. If you're going to stick around, let's get back to the real issue here. You claim Christians are being attacked and persecuted in this country. Name ONE example of that. One real example of Christians actually being attacked (not just criticized or satirized) or being persecuted. Lady Gaga and MTV do not count; as that doesn't actually DO anything to you other than annoy you slightly. It doesn't oppress you or stop you from practicing your beliefs in any way.
Tracy M: The fact is, you enjoy total religious freedom here. You are in the majority. You are never persecuted or oppressed. Instead of enjoying that freedom and practicing peacefully and keeping your religion to yourself, you claim you are persecuted, make a big stink about it, and then at the same time try to force your beliefs on everyone else.
Tracy M: Frankly, I suspect your horror at being criticized is simply reactionary to the fact that deep down, you know it's all a bunch of bull, and if you actually were to engage in rational and critical thinking about it, you would quickly see it ...crumble. Because you desperately want to cling to this and use it as a crutch, you want to stamp out anything contrary to it, so you can continue to float along in your ignorant, blissful little stream of not having to take responsibility for your life. Put that in your Easter basket and smoke it.
Tracy M: How do I know this is true? You're obviously so upset by a stupid cartoon on the internet that you're willing to waste hours and hours fighting about it with STRANGERS who are mean to you instead of just going and enjoying your holiday and praising your imaginary friend.
Henry D: Takes two to tango. Duh.
Mike D: Nick Q, after browsing this thread you said "It's called being decent to your fellow human being." And yet you mock and ridicule Christians on a special holiday? You're a hypocrite.
Tracy M: Henry - A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. See, I can come up with random irrelevant sayings too! OMG that means I WIN!
Tracy M: Mike - depriving someone of their civil rights and joking about someone's religion are not on the same level. What makes your religion so special and sacred that nobody is allowed to criticize it? It's just some made-up crap that has NO BASIS IN FACT. I joke about Santa Claus and Greek myths, too.
If you don't like what Nick is posting, DON'T LOOK AT IT. Simple, easy solution, which you control 100%. Gays being deprived of their civil rights? Not the same thing.
Nick Q: I'm mocking and ridiculing the religion. I could care less what anybody else believes in
Tracy M: Mike, when Nick Q starts campaigning to prevent you from marrying the person you love, to prevent you from adopting children, and to stop you from getting medical care which you have a Constitutional right to, ALL on the basis of his lack of belief, you let me know and I will give him a stern talking to! lmao
Nick Q: Tracy I hope you smack me way before I start doing any of those things.
Mike D: Both of you are hypocrites. Go live in France where wearing burkas are illegal. Or how about in Saudi Arabia where women can't vote? You both live in a reality where up is down and down is up. Christianity teaches to love another and bring peace to your neighbor. But your deluded, MSNBC filled minds tell you that Catholics and Christians are all pedophiles and deprive people of so-called "civil rights." Wake up.
Joe: As a bystander, you are all taking things to the extreme. Catholics have done some bad things in the name of God, like many of the other religions. Nick, I suggest you try to remove that cartoon, solely because you are a front man for your company, and it reflects poorly on the name (loosing customers never bodes well). Before you begin to retort this, I suggest you all go and read up on the vatican two. A right which tried to move the RC religion closer to the people. Also, just one last thing to mention, the Catholic church has over the past few years, begun to report suspicious findings with regard to the questionable activities of priests and children.
Joe: A final thought, with every group there are zealots
Nick Q: Mike I was raised in the catholic/christian faiths. And I'm glad that I did because they do teach you those things I believe that human beings should act and behave. Peace, love, and good towards your fellow man. But what I don't believe in is all the magical fairytale part of both religions. You don't have to have religion in order for you to be a decent human being. And when that same religion that teaches love and peace but at the same time teaches ignorance, that's when I have a problem with it.
Tracy M: LOL I never said once I wanted to stop you from practicing your religion, ban burkas, or stop women from voting. I just don't feel the need to kowtow to any of those absurd beliefs, or yours either. Everyone should be FREE to practice their religion, or not, as long as it doesn't hurt anyone.
I don't agree that Christianity simply teaches love and peace. It teaches division and hate, and judgment.
It's great that the Catholics have finally started ratting out rapists instead of protecting them. Bravo! Now if only they would stop promoting the spread of AIDS we'd have some real progress to talk about.
If a few customers are "loosed" because of a cartoon Nick posted on his friends-only FB page, then I hope very much that they enjoy their newfound freedom.
Moe T: Wow this convo got intense. To bad all points are deemed invalid based solely on the fact that it was via facebook. Sorry guys, Gods judgement is that you all fail. also, go see the real god, Thor, starring Oscar winner Natalie portman!
Nick Q: Hahaha Moe. Awesome ending
Mike D: The only ending is that both of you are ignorant and completely intolerant. God forbid people celebrate their beliefs, right?
Nick Q: Yup that's what the whole post is about. LOL
Tracy M: Oh, Mike. I pity you for your pathetic lack of reading comprehension and general lack of ability to perform basic logical reasoning tasks.
Tracy M: Nick Q, we have definitely been persecuted by the media - Fox news is TOTALLY persecuting us. And also those televangelists! Persecutors!
I have been saying all along in this thread that I want to stop people from celebrating their beliefs because them celebrating their beliefs where I can ignore it is PERSECUTION to my beliefs! And! AND! All those facebook status updates about Jesus? PERSECUTING ME! I'm so offended! They have to take them all down because my feelings might be hurt! Woe is me!
Veronica X: My phone won't load all the comments to this, maybe it's already been discussed, but how does this big, bad picture prevent you, or any one else, from believing/worshiping in the religion of your choice? How is it ok to say you believe something, and not ok to say you don't?
Nick Q: I don't know about you Tracy. But I was feeling very persecuted this whole time.
Tracy M: Well Nick, that's because you're confused. See, only CHRISTIANS are persecuted. Everyone else is just wrong, so it's OK to be mean to them and tell them that their beliefs don't matter. That's not persecution, that's spreading the word of god.
@Veronica: clearly this cartoon stops them from going to church, creates a law making Christianity illegal, and forces them to worship easter eggs.
Mike D: Don't get all caught up in a fit, kids.
Tracy M: But, you're persecuting me on Facebook! I can't just turn off the computer and walk away! I'm trapped here, being subjected to your persecution against my will! You're just ignorant and intolerant! Your mind is warped by the media! I like turtles! Why don't you just move away to Singapore, where spitting on the sidewalk is illegal? HUH? WHY DON'T YOU? It's because you hate America! Terrorist!
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What is wrong with these persecution complex Christians?
Jesus Titty-Fucking Christ, don't these people understand the difference between freedom of expression and the freaking Holocaust?
Only a person that is so convinced of having the truth can be so blind to their own ignorance and stupidity.
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*laughing* Oh my.... My friend, Dave Capra, is notorious for pushing xian buttons... Christmas & Easter being his favorite times to do this: Fun with Jesus
I posted several images & comments over the weekend on FB about zombie day, and I really didn't get this kind of reaction. BTW, I have many family and friends that are what I consider "super religious". You know the type that praise the lord each and every day, several times a day. Actually, I tend to post quite frequently what I consider 'not attacks', more like questions about religion, the type that makes you go hmmmm. LOL Funny thing is that as religious as they are, they really know so very little about their bible, their god, their doctrine and their church. It's quite pathetic.


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The other day we mentioned how the Windows Phone team was preparing the first wave of an ad campaign, with the slogan of Windows Phone being "reinvented around you". To jog your memory, the two videos we've seen so far feature Gwen Stefani and Jessica Alba. We've just received word that those videos will begin airing tonight in the U.S. with new ones featuring Andy Samberg and Cam Newton coming in later weeks.
You can also look for additional ads to start appearing in the UK, France and Germany. What's interesting, is that Microsoft will take a local approach to those markets and use relevant celebrities and apps to highlight the platform.
In addition to television spots, the company is planning a myriad of marketing options:
"There are digital components spanning integration with top sites and social media, custom TV spots, out of home and print featuring some more ordinary and extraordinary personalities. In partnership with carriers and OEMs, we are training all of their RSPs and providing in store challenges that will put Windows Phone head to head with the competition while shining a brighter light on the OS than we have in the past."
Maybe we'll see a return of something like the guerilla marketing of "Smoked by Windows Phone", which to me was a great way of getting actual handsets into consumers hands while highlighting the strengths of the platform.
So far this seems like a good start to marketing Windows Phone, we'll be able to see by January how effective it is. Oh yeah, we've also heard to look out for a Jay-Z television spot as well, maybe with the phrase "I got 99 problems but a static tile ain't one".


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50' Lightwave Grande Catamaran Boxing Day Charter
Set sail on board Dreamtime Girl for your next special occasion. Combining the stability and openness of a catamaran with luxurious interiors and a spacious open deck area, this charter catamaran is unlike any other on Sydney Harbour. Set with everything you would need on board to have the perfect celebration, she really is the one for your day out for Boxing Day on the harbour!
Boxing Day Charter (this page)
Dreamtime Girl Party Boat Charter
Dreamtime Girl Corporate Charters
Dreamtime Girl New Years Eve Cruises
Dreamtime Girl New Years Day Hire
Dreamtime Girl Wedding Charters
Dreamtime Girl Australia Day Charter
Dreamtime Girl Whitsundays Charter
Total cost = Vessel Hire
+ Food
+ Beverages
+ Staff Fees
+ Wharf fees
Includes Captain
Boxing Day
$800 per hour
Minimum 5 hour charter $4000
Includes a surcharge for the public holiday
BYO Charters
$150 surcharge applies
Includes all crockery, cutlery, cups, utensils, serving equipment and eskies
A 20% surcharge will apply on all food
A $200 delivery fee will apply to all catering orders
A 20% surcharge will occur on all food and beverages
Dreamtime Girl Canape Menu
Minimum order of 10 guests
Canape Menu
$67 per person
Peeled king prawns with saffron, lime aioli
Peking duck rolls with cucumber and hoi sin
Truffled mushroom tartlet with parmesan
Teriyaki chicken skewers
Thai red vegetable curry puffs
Moroccan lamb and preserved lemon pastries
Braised Angus and Coopers stout pie with dipping sauces
Serving of 12 pieces per person
Dreamtime Girl Buffet Menus
Minimum order of 10 guests
Buffet Menu 1
$48 per person
Grazing plate
Shaved meats, marinated fetta and olives with dips, bread and crackers
Traditional Thai beef salad with Thai basil and Nam Jim dressing
Pesto chicken with a caponata of roast Mediterranean vegetables
Goats cheese, fresh thyme and beetroot tart
Garden salad with baby leaf, toasted seeds and balsamic vinaigrette
Freshly baked baguette
Buffet Menu 2
$56 per person
Grazing plate
Shaved meats, marinated fetta and olives with dips, bread and crackers
Pepper crusted eye fillet with pesto roast pumpkin, eggplant, red onion and cherry tomatoes
Shredded coconut chicken with broccoli, baby spinach, coriander and Thai basil dressing
Pearl cous cous with chickpeas, green lentils, beetroot and parsley with a lemon tahini dressing
Mixed garden salad with baby leaf, toasted seeds and a balsamic vinaigrette
Freshly baked baguette
Dreamtime Girl BBQ Menus
Minimum order of 10 guests
BBQ Menu 1
$48 per person
Grazing plate
Shaved meats, marinated fetta and olives with homemade dips, bread and crackers
Cajun rubbed Rump steak with hot tomato salsa
Gourmet pork and herb sausage with ketchup
Roast Mediterranean vegetable, pine nut and olive penne with basil parmesan dressing
Garden salad with baby leaf, toasted seeds and balsamic vinaigrette
Freshly baked baguette
BBQ Menu 2
$56 per person
Grazing plate
Shaved meats, marinated fetta and olives with homemade dips, bread and crackers
Spiced lamb cutlets with rosemary and tomato sauce
Teriyaki salmon fillet with wasabi mayonnaise
Paprika, parsley and lemon chicken cutlets with minted yoghurt
Roast Mediterranean vegetable, pine nut and olive pasta salad with basil parmesan dressing
Classic Greek salad with an oregano dressing
Freshly baked baguette
BBQ Menu 3
$67 per person
Grazing plate
Shaved meats, marinated fetta and olives with homemade dips, bread and crackers
Marinated rib eye steak with Dijonaise
Cajun barramundi and king prawn kebabs with tomato lime aioli
Cumin spiced lamb kofte with minted cucumber tatziki
Royal quinoa with roast Mediterranean vegetable, pumpkin and baby spinach
Garden salad with baby leaf, toasted seeds and balsamic vinaigrette
Freshly baked baguette
Chocolate brownie squares with orange ganache
BBQ Menu 4
$52 per person
Cajun rubbed rump steak
Gourmet pork and herb sausage
Paprika, parsley and lemon chicken cutlets
Paprika spiced chorizo
BBQ sliced onions
Selection of mustards, sauces and chutneys
Crusty bread rolls
Optional two fresh salads to compliment the above menu - $10.50 per guest
Dreamtime Girl Platter Menus
Minimum order $290
Hot grill entree platter
$108 for 10 guests
Paprika spiced chorizo and Greek halloumi with Turkish bread, sauces and fresh lemon wedges
Bread, olives and dips
$117 for 10-12 guests
Foursome of house made dips and marinated olives with house grissini and Turkish
Anti pasto plate
$169 for 10-12 guests
Shaved cured meats, chorizo, marinated fetta and olives with dips and bread and crackers
Oysters, prawns and smoked salmon
$154 for 30 pieces
Sydney Rock or Pacific oysters, Peeled king prawns and Tasmanian smoked salmon served with traditional accompaniments and buttermilk blinis
Premium cheese board
$151 for 10-12 guests
Selection of four Australian cheeses with fig and walnut salami, crisp grapes and biscuits
Sweet bites
$105 for 20 pieces
Chocolate brownie squares with orange ganache
Honey glazed almond slice
Orange and poppy seed cake
Raspberry and toasted coconut slice
Fresh fruit platter
$114 for 10-12 guests
Platter of carved seasonal fruits
Dreamtime Girl Sandwich Menu
Minimum order $250
$30 per person
Selection of gourmet triangles and wraps
Lemon poached chicken breast with avocado, grilled pancetta and rocket
Double smoked leg ham with Swiss cheese and tomato tapenade
Four layered slow roasted beef with roasted red pepper, mesclun and horseradish cream
Tasmanian smoked salmon with caper berries, Spanish onion, crumbled goats curd and baby leaf salad
Provolone cheese, grilled Mediterranean vegetables, sundried tomato, rocket and artichoke aioli
Staff Fees
$450 per wait staff for a 5 hour charter
1-35 pax - no wait staff required
36-45 pax - 1 x wait staff required
Please Note – a hostess can be organised for smaller guest numbers if requested
Includes a surcharge for the public holiday
Additional Hours
Wait staff per hour $90
Wharf Fees
Pick up $75
Drop off $75
All prices in $AUS. and include GST
Prices are subject to change without notice
50% deposit required to confirm your booking
No stiletto heels to be worn on board
Boat inspections are welcome by appointment
Brand : Lightwave
• Length: 14.5m
• BYO food & beverages, catering available
• Large Gas BBQ
• Mp3/iPod compatibility with 6 speakers
• Swim Ladder and hot/cold outdoor shower
• Inflatable tender
• Fully enclosed cockpit with clears for wet weather protection
• 4 cabins, 3 bathrooms
• Luxurious interior fit out featuring Tasmanian Oak Timber
• Leather lounges
• 1 plasma TV with inbuilt DVD player
• Fully equipped galley with three burner gas cooktop, oven, griller, microwave, 2 fridges, 1 freezer
• Built in drinks fridge
• Additional eskies
• Spacious trampolines and large sunbeds
Boat Suitability :
Private charters, Corporate Cruises, small wedding venues, luxury boat accommodation, team building activities
Click here to view detailed booking information
Safety and Equipment
Is the boat safe and in good condition?
Yes, the vessel is currently in survey with the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA), which requires comprehensive safety equipment standards and regular safety checks. A safety briefing is given to the charter passengers before embarkation and safety gear will be provided if required. All vessels in our fleet are selected for safety, comfort, quality and cleanliness. We are proud to keep them this way.
What is the maximum capacity of the boat?
45 passengers, 1 skipper and 2 crew is the maximum surveyed number allowed on this vessel.
Note: An infant, regardless of age is considered a passenger.
Is the boat suitable for children?
Yes, the vessel has safety rails all the way around the boat and children's lifejackets are available on request. Children must be under adult supervision at all times.
Is there sun and wind protection on the boat?
The Lightwave's covered cockpit and roll out awnings provide ample shade from the sun.
What toilet facilities are on board?
The Lightwave is equipped with 2 modern, spacious marine toilets with easy access fro charter.
Catered Food and Beverage Options
Can we organize a meal on board?
Yes. We can recommend some excellent local caterers for you to speak with directly to design and deliver the perfect menu to suit your budget and taste.
BYO Catering
Are we allowed to bring our own food and drinks?
Yes. We suggest that you bring boat friendly food that requires minimum preparation i.e. platter-style cold foods.
Is there a BBQ on board?
The vessel is equipped with an outdoor gas BBQ including cooking utensils. Please note that adverse weather conditions may make barbecuing difficult. When at anchor, the crew will be happy to cook your BBQ food for you!
What kitchen equipment is available?
The boat has cutlery, plates and glasses for 45 passengers as well as salad bowls, platters and other basic kitchen items. A microwave, oven 2 fridges, freezer, and 3 burner stove are also available for use.
Do I have to wash up the dishes?
No! sit back and relax and the crew will do that for you.
Are there tea and coffee making facilities?
There is a gas stove and kettle on board for making tea and coffee. Bring along your own tea, coffee, sugar and milk.
Where can we put our food and drinks?
The boat has a freezer and fridge unit in the galley as well as two large ice coolers in the cockpit. You are permitted to bring along additional coolers if required. Older style metal eskies are not allowed as they damage the boat.
Do we need to bring ice for the cooler / esky?
On Tour
Can we have music on board?
Yes, the vessel is equipped with a CD radio system which is iPod and mp3 compatible. Please ensure your mp3 player is fully charged. You may also like to bring along a selection of your favourite CDs. Dreamtime Girl is equipped with both indoor and outdoor speakers
Where can we go during our charter?
Your skipper can take you most places within Sydney Harbour, providing it is within the surveyed boundaries. Should your guests wish to go to a specific location within Sydney Harbour please let us know at time of briefing.
Can we extend our charter time during the charter?
Yes, although this is subject to availability. Please note payment will be required at time of extension either by cash or by credit card.
Booking and Payment
Can we view the boat before we book our charter?
Yes, as the vessel is located at the Rose Bay Marina viewing is possible most days. We recommend that you view the vessel so that you know exactly what the boat has to offer and whether it is suitable for your charter. Please call in advance to arrange a viewing.
How do I secure my booking?
A minimum 50% deposit is required to confirm booking, with the balance payable 14 days prior to commencement of the charter. Upon payment of your deposit, a Skippered Charter Contract will be faxed or emailed to you, confirming details relevant to your charter, which must be signed and returned. Payment can be made by MasterCard, Visa, EFTPOS, Electronic Funds Transfer or Cash. Diners Card, Bankcard and Cheques are not accepted.
Is there any paperwork to complete before we go on our Charter? Yes. Yes. We require your signed contract and authorized bond form prior to your charter.
If I cancel the charter, can I get a refund?
See General Booking Information button below for details
Wet Weather
What happens in the event of rain?
The Lightwave Catamaran provides excellent protection from the elements because of it's covered coach house area and clear roll down awnings that can be rolled out to cover the transom if necessary.
We cannot offer a 'Blue Sky Guarantee'. If boating conditions are unsafe, as determined by the management of Sydney Harbour Escapes, we will offer a six month voucher where you can reschedule your charter based on availability.
Preparations and Arrival
What do you advise we bring along for our charter?
As conditions can vary on the water, it is suggested that you bring along a hat, sunglasses, sunscreen, swimmers, and seasonal jumper or jacket. Please wear white-soled shoes or non-marking boating shoes. Strictly no black soled shoes or stiletto-heeled shoes, as this will damage the decking.
Does our party need to get there before the set time of the charter?
All your party should be at the designated pick up point at least 15 minutes prior to your charter time to allow loading of passengers and gear and to enable enough time for the skipper's safety briefing. Note: Your charter will start and finish at the times on your contract.
Can one of our guests be picked up late and dropped off early from another wharf?
Multiple pick up and drop off points are not recommended as this will shorten your charter time significantly. We suggest that guests wishing to join the charter late or leave early should arrange alternative transportation via water taxi at their own cost. Please ask one of the Sydney Harbour Escapes team members for a Water Taxi contact.
Max Passengers: 90
From $780 Per Hour
Min 4 hour charter
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Welcome to Blue Passion Sailing
We can offer you a luxury all - inclusive cruise around the beautiful islands of the Caribbean.
We are able to pick you and your party up from any Island you choose from. With Blue Passion Sailing you have the opportunity to create your cruise of a lifetime.
Onboard our new luxury sailing yacht (built in 2010) there are four en suite cabins with all the creature comforts you can expect from a five star cruise.
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This is an annotated list of databases produced by Utah State Agencies listed by producing agency.
If you are a registered user of this wiki, feel free to add a database to this list or to fix a broken link, or contact Susanne Caro, the documents specialist for this page at susanne.caro AT umontana DOT edu.
This page was last checked for broken links on 3/12/2012.
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- 1 Administrative Code, Utah
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- 3 County Databases
- 4 Court Opinions
- 5 Finance, Department of
- 6 Health, Department of
- 7 History, Department of
- 8 Legislation
- 9 Licensing, Occupational and Professional
- 10 Lobbyists
- 11 Maps/Mapping
- 12 Services, State
- 13 Uniform Commercial Code
- 14 Workforce Services
Administrative Code, Utah
- Utah Administrative Code -Effective rules issued by agencies of the state of Utah. The Utah Administrative Code is an official publication of the Division of Administrative Rules, mandated by Section 63G-3-402. It is Utah's equivalent to the Code of Federal Regulations.
Corrections, Department of
- Offender Search - Search for an inmate by name or offender number. Records include prisoner number, name, date of birth, description and aliases. Records also include prisoner photo.
County Databases
Some counties will have searchable databases. This is a list of some currently available databases with information on a county level. Box Elder County
- - Box Elder County Marriage License Search . For best results, enter both the groom's name and the brides (maiden) name. Goes back to 2009.
Iron County
- Iron County Recorder Property Search - Searching options include Quarter, Section. Township, Range. Subdivision. Lot, Block, Tracy, Parcel number, Recording dates, and names. This search also works for other counties.
Rich County
- Planning and Zoning Plats and Subdivisions Users navigate through a series of lists for specific files. Not the most user friendly but does include plat and subdivision images.
Sanpete County
- Sanpete County Marriage Search Not a database, a 461 page PDF of 19,000+ records from 1850 to 2011. Searchable with Ctrl + F.
- Utah County Sheriff Inmate Search - Searchable by name and arrest date.
Washington County Clerk
- Marriage and Business License Search - Searchable by ID, names and marriage dates.
Wayne County
- Business Listings - Searchable by keyword and business type.
Court Opinions
- Utah Supreme Court and Appellate Court Opinions - Searchable by keyword, name and date.
Finance, Department of
- Transparency database - This site allows you to search for expenses, revenues, and employee compensation for most levels of Utah government including school districts.
Health, Department of
- IBIS-PH Custom Query -This system allows users to query public health datasets on population, births, deaths cancer, injuries and more.
History, Department of
- Utah Burials Search - Database of people buried in Utah. May be searched by deceased name, dates of birth and death, and burial place (any, county, city/town, cemetary). Records contain name, birth date, death date, burial date, place of birth (when available), place of death, grave location, source (when available), comments, when available.
- Search Bills/ Bill Requests - Database of state legislative bills searchable by year (1997-present) Senator, Representative, subject and committee recommendation.
- Keyword Search for multiple sessions (1997-present).
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- Licensee Lookup & Verification System- Searchable by name, license number and profession. Currently, DOPL issues licenses in approximately 60 categories of licensure. Additionally, the majority of these license categories include several individual license classifications. For example, within the nursing profession, licenses can be obtained for an LPN, RN, CRNA, APRN, or CNM.
- Lobbyist Search - This service allows citizens to view information on licensed lobbyists in the state of Utah,including contact information, client lists and financial disclosure information. Searches can be for individuals or organizations.
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Services, State
- Online Citizen Services - Search for online resources for individuals, businesses and government. Results are marked as being provided by the state, federal government or local level services.
Uniform Commercial Code
- Uniform Commercial Code & Central Filing Search System- From the Utah Department of Commerce. This service allows you to search UCC & CFS records by: filing number, debtor name or debtor ID. The purpose of the Central Filing System (CFS) is to make available information that allows commission merchants, selling agents or buyers to identify farm products that are subject to a security interest in Utah.
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Glaucon wrote:Your experience may be 'not inconsiderable', but maybe you haven't run into people that engage in RP stories that run across sims? Seems strange, because there really are plenty of those (especially among more experienced RPers, many of which do their own thing with friends rather than joining/communities).
Cross-sim role play, outside SL Gor, that involves more than 2 people and isn't private? No, I haven't run into that. I've done private role play that doesn't exist in any sim, but I wouldn't take that to a "universe" where other people's characters and stories could be affected by it if I wasn't planning to stick around and see it through. And if we're talking about "private" role play among a couple of people where they move around to find a backdrop for their exclusive story? Not really relevant to this discussion.
Glaucon wrote:If I add up the reaction of you, Anarch and Quinwen, I would almost get the impression you are all involved in one sim, together.
And anyone with an ounce of recent experience in SL RP would almost get the impression you've barely ever left SL Gor, and you've barely even been there for a good few years.
Funny that.
Not to worry. You're doing another scene soon, so that should give you another five years worth of in-depth experience to harp on.
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2008, a great Phillies year
Yes, 2008 was a great year for the Phillies. Charlie Manuel's World Championship team will never be forgotten, never. What a magical ride we took in October, ending with an emotional parade on Halloween. Philadelphia celebrated a championship and millions of fans shared in the joy.
Happy New Year . . . peace, prosperity and good health to everyone.
Oh, another World Series trophy would be nice.
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Happy New Year, and health and prosperity to you and yours.
Here's to more Red Octobers and more parades!!
It's been a great year but i'm just scared I'll have to wait another 28 years for a championship. but of course that won't happen because we are winning it again next year
Tremendous memories from 2008 for all us Phillie fans; best wishes for more in 2009.
What a special, magical, unforgettable season with a special bunch of guys. We will NEVER, EVER forget the 2008 Phillies! They will live in our hearts forever like the 1980/83 and 1993 teams! Cheers to another great year in 2009!


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Five Steps
KEYS 4 HealthyKids is all about making changes in our communities that will help kids eat healthy food and get the physical activity they need. KEYS is a coalition of 22 organizations in Kanawha County that care about kids and about the future of our state. Our members include local businesses, schools, government agencies, social services, and health organizations. We started working together in 2008 and obtained a grant from teh Robert wood Johnson Foundation in 2009.
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LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) Tavares Speaks and Davon Marshall scored 22 points apiece and John Caleb Sanders added 21 as hot-shooting Liberty used a second-half surge to defeat Campbell 89-72 Tuesday night.
The Flames (7-15, 3-5 Big South Conference) led 47-45 when they launched a 16-4 run, capped by Marshall's third trey in the spurt with 10:50 remaining. Liberty made 6 of 8 3-pointers in the second half.
Although ranked last in the Big South in field-goal percentage (41.4), the Flames shot 57.4 percent (27 of 47), including 66.7 percent after the break (16 of 24). The Camels (10-12, 5-3), the league leaders at 45.4 percent, shot 40.3 percent (25 of 62).
Speaks, who posted a career high, scored 17 points in the first half, making 4 of 5 field goals and 8 of 8 free throws. He has scored in double figures in 11 straight games.
Trey Freeman led Campbell with 17 points.