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Perth Picnic Proposals

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Welcome to Perth Picnic Proposals by Ceremony Secrets in collaboration with Fine Line Photography, Sweet Pea & Pebbles and De Baker. This is the answer to all your proposal planning dreams. We have handpicked a selection of wedding industry professionals to create the ultimate engagement proposal package. Perth Picnic Proposals are all-inclusive engagement proposal packages which offer you freedom and choice in order to create the wedding proposal of their dreams.

How does it work?

We set up the ultimate romantic picnic for you and your lover with a selection of drinks, grazing food and delectable treats especially prepared by De Baker. We help you come up with a ruse and you get your lover there for the proposal they always dreamed about. And this all captured by Fine Line Photography who will be hiding incognito waiting to snap the moment.

Our Picnic Proposal package include:

Beautiful styling

A fully styled picnic created especially for you – rugs, blankets, cushions, lighting and some fun games.

Professional photography

Professional photography by Fine-Line Photography to capture the moment and a few couple shots once it has all sunk in. You will also get that sought after ‘ring shot’, for you both to post on social media and share the good news with your family and friends. You will receive high resolution digital images (up to 20) within a week of the proposal.

Food and drinks

Picnic food and drinks provided for you both to enjoy after they say ‘yes’. This includes a small grazer and some delicious treats crafted by De Baker.

Fresh flowers

A super romantic bouquet of red roses prepared by Sweet Pea & Pebbles. Not into red roses? Ask us what other styles are available when booking .

Optional Extras

Looking for that extra something? Ask us what else we can do to make your proposal truly unique. Maybe live musicians, a limousine services. Just ask us for details when you book.

Fine Print

Packages listed above are based on 2 pax, additional fees may be applicable for larger groups. Packages are available at selected venues only, email us to find out more. Packages exclude: venue hire costs, alcohol, fresh flowers in addition to the rose bouquet, any permit applications, consultation in person with photographer, set-up on sand, travel outside defined travel zone. Packages are only available Monday – Thursday, bookings outside this period may be possible subject to availability and a surcharge may be applicable. Packages cannot be split under any circumstance.

Picnic Proposals by Ceremony Secrets

Kendall and Kimberly recently styled our garden themed wedding. The girls put so much heart and soul into our ceremony!! My husband and I are still so overwhelmed with how perfect our special day was!! For anyone looking to get hitched, these ladies are the way to go!!

PAIGE + JAKEMarried October 2016

These lovely ladies have been amazing throughout my planning & assisting me greatly with all my little changes & additions! Thank you so much girls for all you did at Kings Park for our wedding ceremony – everything was perfect & amazing. I can not wait to see more photos! xx

SHANI + PATRICKMarried November 2016

Absolutely wonderful to deal with. Our DIY decorations were set up perfect for our wedding, the venue looked amazing! Set up and pack up was made easy thanks to your professionalism. Thank you for assisting us and making our day a memorable one xo

CASEY + DAYNEMarried December 2016

Kendall and Kimberly decorated our ceremony and they went so above and beyond my expectations and vision. It was the most beautiful setup I have ever seen and I know the girls put so much effort into it. They were friendly and helpful from the very start and made things so easy to organise. I highly recommend them.

ALIA + IAINMarried October 2016

Team CS, you knocked the beachy elegance theme out of the park for the ceremony and reception!! It was a dream come true thank you. Your amazing hard dedicated work made me cry in the limo when I arrived at both ceremony and reception. Team ceremony secrets was my favorite vendor to work with throughout the crazy wedding planning.

MELISSA + TROYMarried October 2016

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Globally, AIDS-related illnesses are the leading cause of death among women of reproductive age. Photo:

Agnes Lungu, 56, and her husband married off their 15-year old daughter. Up until this day she regrets this decision. “I did not know about the harmful consequences of child marriage, and I feel very guilty I did this. It’s a wrong practice and nobody should do it,” she says.

Agnes is from Kakwiya, a village in Zambia, where the practice of child marriage is common. Although the law requires that a person must be at least 21 years of age to get married, under customary law it is possible to get married at a younger age with parental consent.

Many countries have plural legal systems where customary, indigenous or religious legal systems exist alongside the formal legal system. They may complement, conflict or overlap with the formal legal system and regulate issues such as marriage, domestic relationships, and property rights.

Worldwide, many laws, policies and practices continue to impede gender equality; they obstruct the empowerment of women and girls and their access to health services, including for HIV and sexual reproductive health and rights (SRHR). It is not surprising that AIDS-related illnesses remain the leading global cause of death among women of reproductive age. The report of the Global Commission on HIV and the Law made recommendations for countries to take action to protect the rights of women and girls, including those who are disproportionately affected by HIV.

In order to achieve the targets in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development pertaining to gender equality, health, poverty and reduced inequalities, it is important to recognise and address the consequences of plural legal systems, especially as they relate to child, early and forced marriage; women’s access to justice in cases of rape, sexual assault, and domestic violence; access to contraceptives and other SRHR services; and the treatment of widows.

Gender equality is critical to achieve all three outcomes of the UNDP Strategic Plan 2018-2021 and is also one of the Strategic Plan’s six signature solutions. Gender equality and the empowerment of women is also a cornerstone of UNDP’s HIV, Health and Development Strategy of 2016-2021. UNDP, in partnership with civil society, UN entities and multilateral development partners have supported governments to advance laws and policies that promote gender equality and empower women and girls affected by plural legal systems. For example, in 2016, the Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum (SADC-PF) adopted the Model Law on Eradicating Child Marriage and Protecting Children Already in Marriage. SADC Member States will be required to adapt their national laws to the Model Law which aims to address the inconsistencies and conflicts between customary and statutory laws.

Stakeholders must revitalise efforts to create legal and policy environments that enable women and girls, especially those affected by plural legal systems. Women’s equal rights to land, property and inheritance must be protected at national and sub-national levels. Ending child, early and forced marriage is crucial, and this requires sustained advocacy that includes cultural and traditional leaders. When advancing the rights of women affected by plural legal systems, we must also consider how these systems affect matters such as age of consent for adolescent access to SRHR, sexual orientation, gender identity, women’s bodily autonomy and adult consensual sex work.

Unless we redouble our efforts towards women’s empowerment and gender equality, the SDGs will remain a pipe dream for all.

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Kene Esom
works with UNDP's HIV, Health and Development Group as a policy specialist focusing on human rights, law and gender. Among other issues, he works on promoting gender equality and empowering women and girls, and enabling legal and policy and regulatory environments for HIV and health.

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Overcoming Barriers partnered with Common Ground Center to run programs in Vermont beginning in 2008. With the support of Common Ground Center's wealth of knowledge about family programs and key staff participation, Overcoming Barriers has since expanded to offer programs all over the country. Because the program rotates locations, we do not have plans to host it in 2017.

This camp, with it’s relaxing activities and skilled, supportive staff who understand the complexities of the relationships, provides a unique opportunity to create new beginnings and new memories for families. In addition to traditional camp activities like yoga, arts and crafts, hiking and campfires, families will participate in specially designed Children and Adult Programs each morning. The psycho-educational part of this family camp, led by experts in this field, will help both parents see the value of the other in the child’s life as well as help children become more free to feel and show connection with both parents. Families will learn how to repair ruptured relationships in a safe and healthy environment.

Overcoming Barriers programs are unique because they require the participation of all family members. Please visit the Overcoming Barriers website for more detailed information about this program, including information on the application process, cost, and more. Inquiries may be directed to overcomingbarriers@gmail.com.


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A fun evening was had by all at the La Drova home of John and Chrissy Wilson to celebrate St. Andrews Night. All guests were asked to wear blue and white.

Our  hosts prepared a traditional Scottish meal of soup, haggis, neeps and tatties  followed by a delicious raspberry and cream dessert.  Prior to the meal there was a quick quiz to discover who knew what about ‘All things Scottish’.   Once the meal was over there was Scottish country dancing, a sing song and then an auction.  The auctioneer was Alan Higgins and he encouraged all those present to dig deep for the goods on offer.

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Louisa man killed in Robious Road accident

A multiple-vehicle crash on Robious Road last week claimed the life of a Louisa County man. The Chesterfield County Police Department said William V. Roto, 45, was traveling west on Robious Road near Robindale Road around 11:30 a.m. on Jan. 25 when his tow truck drifted to the left, crossed the concrete median and struck three vehicles waiting to turn left onto Robindale. Roto’s truck then swerved back to the right, ran off the road and hit a tree near Knollwood Drive.

Roto, of the 1800 block of Kents Mill Road in Louisa, died at the scene of the crash. Drivers of two of the three vehicles the truck hit were taken to Chippenham Hospital with injuries that were not believed to be life-threatening. Police were continuing their investigation, but preliminary indications were that neither alcohol nor speed was a factor.

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Ross Hannah came off the bench to bag a vital late winner for Chester as they beat 10-man Solihull Moors 1-0 to boost their survival bid.

The Sheffield-born striker headed home on 77 minutes to secure a massively important three points for Marcus Bignot’s struggling side, who had begun the day in 22nd spot in the National League and deep in the relegation mire.

The Blues, with three debutants in the starting line-up, lacked any intensity or creativity in a dour opening half but improved markedly after half-time and held on with some fine goalkeeping from on-loan Port Vale stopper Sam Hornby to register just a third home win in 2017, with Darren Carter sent off late on for the visitors.

There were six changes for Chester, with Bignot handing debuts to new signings Hornby in goal and Daniel Udoh up front, with teenager James Jones also handed a first senior start.

Myles Anderson, Ryan Astles and fit-again full-back Reece Hall-Johnson all started, while there was a welcome return on the bench for experienced duo Tom Shaw and Craig Mahon.

It was the division's bottom-placed club who made a strong start, with Olapado Afolayan drawing a foul out of Andy Halls, before James Akintunde surrendered possession in a dangerous area and Paul Green dragged his effort wide.

Halls was shown a yellow card early on for chopping down Jamey Osborne who had skimmed past Lucas Dawson's missed tackle.

On 12 minutes the Blues had their first meaningful attack as neat work from Dawson set Hall-Johnson free down the right wing and his deep cross was chested behind by a cautious James Bowen. Halls headed straight at Max O'Leary from the resulting corner.

A neat exchange between Lathaniel Rowe-Turner and Akintunde found its way to Hall-Johnson at the back post but his surge forward and shot hit the side-netting.

This was a tense, scrappy battle at the bottom of the table and it was clear we were dealing with two sides lacking in confidence, as Afolayan clattered into Astles with a robust challenge but avoided a card, who was then lucky to avoid a yellow again for a blatant dive over Rowe-Turner's outstretched leg.

This was a scrappy affair with Moors having the lions' share of possession but not threatening too often while the Blues main outlet was the impressive Hall-Johnson down the right flank.

A defensive mix-up between Jones and Astles enabled Jermaine Hylton to nip in but he couldn't find a finish to trouble Hornby.

Rowe-Turner was the next into the notebook for a rash challenge on Wesley Atkinson but it was a lack of creativity in midfield which was truly hurting the Blues.

Atkinson blazed a shot over from 25 yards which cannoned back off the roof of the Harry McNally Terrace, as referee Peter Wright brought a forgettable half to an end.

Shaw was sent on at half-time for Halls and was immediately involved in the action, injecting some much needed forward movement into the Blues' stagnant attacks.

Kingsley James broke into the box and pulled the ball back for Dawson 12 yards out but he skewed his effort wide. Afolayan was the next man into the notebook for a late challenge on Astles as he attempted to clear.

The Blues best chance of the game arrived on 52 minutes as Udoh and Hall-Johnson combined to find Shaw in space 10 yards out but his effort was deflected wide.

From the resulting Dawson corner, Anderson won a flick-on and youngster Jones was inches away from heading home.

The home fans were fuming as Shaw was penalised for a foul on Bowen, with Udoh causing a nuisance up front with his strength and hold-up play, but it was his last action as Hannah replaced the on-loan Crewe forward.

The game was littered with fouls and Bowen was the next man into the notebook as he clattered into Hall-Johnson on the right touchline.

Astles' deflected header from Dawson's cross skimmed just wide before Shaw became the latest player to be booked as he caught Osborne with a misjudged tackle.

Referee Wright then incurred the wrath of the home side as he brought play back for a foul on Hall-Johnson despite Chester having a clear advantage with Akintunde clear through on goal.

Bignot was seething and Moors' skipper Darren Carter was cautioned moments later for an accumulation of fouls.

The Blues got their golden chance on 77 minutes and it was Hannah who provided the midas touch. Dawson swung in corner which Astles flicked on and the near post and it found the 31-year-old striker at the back post who was on hand to nod home from two yards out.

Hornby had to be brave to collect a looping ball in the box with Akwasi Asante rushing in to challenge, before Carter was sent off on 84 minutes for a lunging tackle on Dawson, the referee left with no option but to show the midfielder a second booking.

Osborne’s 20 yard drive was a whisker away from finding the net in stoppage time but the Blues clung on for a deserved victory.


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WREXHAM AFC and Chester FC footballers always want to come out on top when they meet at The Racecourse or the Lookers Stadium, but who will out-clobber who in the sartorial stakes?

Rachel Wheatley casts an eye over both sets of image conscious players seeking out their passion for fashion...

“As long as I come out on top of Gary Mills in this, I don’t mind!”

These words came from a very nattily turned out Chester FC manager Steve Burr, who knows only too well the importance of having a great image.

He said: “The better you look, the better you play.”

Having played football all his life, he’s invested a great deal of time and money in his appearance and told me: “Dress sense is important to a lot of sportsmen, but I think in general everybody wants to look after themselves these days.”

With all his players clearly catching onto the growing phenomenon of 21st century male grooming, and all enjoying a wide range of trends, Steve Burr has plenty of inspiration to keep him on his toes.

But it looks like he has got some competition on his hands as 12 miles across the border fierce rivals Wrexham FC seem to be hot on the heels of a first class image too.

Equally stylish manager Gary Mills speaking from Wrexham FC’s Colliers Park training ground said he believes it’s totally acceptable to look after yourself in the sports industry, and it turns out he is something of a pro when it comes to image, particularly as his wife happens to own a beauty salon and his daughter is a hairdresser.

He admits: “I have the odd sunbed at the salon when I can and look after my skin by moisturising. I also have a facial once in a while.”

His hair is cut in the same style once a week, “mainly because it grows wild otherwise.”

The very honest Wrexham ‘gaffer’ said. “I’ve given up on the idea of dyeing my hair. I’ve been grey for years now, but I use a brilliant styling gel called ‘Sexy Hair’, which I buy online for £20.”

He takes great care in choosing his clothes and footwear too with a wardrobe full of Italian shoes, and has recently taken advice from his assistant team manager, Darren Caskey, on the very trendy ‘T-shirt-under-a-suit-jacket’ look.

He said: “There’s some great off-the-peg suits about, and I love Ted Baker and Paul Smith. It’s all about the clothes you wear and the way you wear them. Clothes can make you feel youthful.”

He expects equally high standards from his players.

“I don’t like to see them looking scruffy,” he said. “ Their interpretation of fashion when they turn up to training can be a bit dubious sometimes, but it’s important to me that they represent the club looking smart.”

Over at Chester FC, in between playing golf and riding motorbikes, Blues manager Steve Burr hits the shops on a regular basis, particularly to buy favourite brands like Ralph Lauren, which he claims drives his wife nuts.

He said. “She always moans at me because I go clothes shopping every five minutes!”

One of his biggest extravagances has been a £700 Paul Smith suit which ‘is a great fit’ and a tweed blazer from Jack Wills for £500 which he wears regularly. “I just love it,” he said. “The quality you feel when you’ve got it on is great.”

After proudly pointing out his Hugo Boss watch, he added. “I fell in love with a pair of Louis Vuitton slip-ons while shopping in Barcelona once. As soon as I tried them on, I just knew they were for me.”

Looking after their appearance is something all our leading football stars are into.

Chester FC defender Ryan Higgins reveals he likes having facials at home, while midfielder Ben Heneghan has been using a top of the range men’s moisturiser for about three years.

Wrexham FC midfielder Mark Carrington also admitted using the occasional sunbed and has had his teeth whitened.

He said:“It was mainly to do with getting married and wanting to look good for my wedding photos as my teeth looked like a bag of spanners before. It just helped to boost my confidence.”

Flashing his dazzling smile he said he is equally happy to splurge the cash if he sees something he loves and can’t leave the store without.

He said:“I like jackets from Reiss and once spent £700 on a pair of Valentino trainers. I’d wear smart trainers over shoes any day.”

Looking noticeably stylish in an All Saints top and a £300 pair of Balenciaga trainers, was Chester midfielder Ben Heneghan, who revealed his TW Steel watch ‘was a gift’, and his team-mate. striker Craig Hobson, who said he would pay £120 for a decent shirt.

And good grooming is not just a footballers domain. It seems to cross all sports.

Rugby player Christiaan Roets, full back for North Wales Crusaders, said there is a self confidence link between looking good and playing well.

He likes to dress up on special occasions and uses a sunbed once a week because “he misses the South African sunshine”, but he wouldn’t consider himself vain.

“There’s a lot more vanity in the UK compared to back home,” he said. “We’re pretty relaxed about self-image in South Africa. I just think British guys like to attract more attention.

“The sport you play can influence the image. Take football for instance, which is a relatively clean game compared to rugby. If you don’t play a contact sport, it’s far easier to maintain a well-groomed image.”

It seems getting into muddy scrums with a group of burly men every week dictates the image.

Crusaders centre Stuart Reardon, who was once the face of men’s skin care range ‘Axiom’, and is now the poster boy for the team, describes himself as ‘steady-trendy’.

He said.“Self-image goes hand in hand with how you are on the pitch. Your own personality comes out in the game and ultimately, you’re a product of your own environment.”

This also rings true for the image conscious Simon Furnival, who plays as a forward for Deeside Dragons Ice Hockey squad.

“Image can definitely go with the sport. Take our sport for instance, which is brutal territory.

“Many of the guys aren’t too fussed on maintaining appearances as much as in other sports. Because of the nature of the game they know they’re going to be getting shoved about in the rink. But I personally believe that if you look good, you feel good.”

Super trendy forward Gary Dixon, would also agree and was sporting a Hublot watch and a Vivienne Westwood shirt when we spoke. “I love my labels,” he said.

Owen Bennett, who was sporting the Will Smith inspired ‘backwards jacket’ told me it’s the man inside the clothes that counts. It’s about the person you are, not the sport you play.”

A final word of wisdom came from Laurence Paul, Deeside Dragons team coach, who told me: “The most important tip you can give a youngster about his longevity in an ice hockey career, is to start moisturising now!”

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The Sun Remembers: Nov. 4-10

Nov. 10, 2001: Johns Hopkins defeats archrival Western Maryland, 21-14, in Westminster, ending the latter's 33-game Centennial Conference winning streak. Zach Baylin's 15 receptions (three for touchdowns) set a school record for Hopkins (6-3). Western Maryland (now McDaniel) slips to 8-2.

Nov. 8, 1998: Four sacks by defensive end Michael McCrary and a game-ending interception by Duane Starks in the end zone lift the Ravens (3-6) to a 13-10 upset of the visiting Oakland Raiders (6-3). The victory breaks a four-game losing streak for the Ravens, who win in the month of November for the first time in their three-year history.

Nov. 6, 1983: The Colts use two interceptions, two fumble recoveries and four sacks to defeat the New York Jets, 17-14, at Shea Stadium. It's the sixth victory in 10 games for Baltimore, winless last year. "Don't get carried away, men," coach Frank Kush tells the Colts, who'll finish 7-9 in their last season here.

Nov. 9, 1968: Kevin Loughery's 25-foot jumper with two seconds left gives the Baltimore Bullets a 109-107 win over the San Diego Rockets before an announced 10,915 at the Civic Center. It's the sixth straight victory for coach Gene Shue's team, which improves to 10-3 despite a 30-point, 26-rebound performance by Rockets' rookie Elvin Hayes.

Nov. 4, 1967: George Nock rushes for two touchdowns and John Fuqua one in Morgan State's 24th consecutive victory, 28-13 over Hampton Institute. Also, quarterback Daryl Johnson throws a 60-yard touchdown to Raymond Chester. All four Bears will play in the pros, and Morgan's winning streak will end at 31.

Nov. 8, 1966: It's unanimous: Outfielder Frank Robinson, the Orioles' Triple Crown winner, is named the American League's Most Valuable Player, becoming the first to take the award in both leagues. The Birds dominate voting as third baseman Brooks Robinson finishes second and first baseman Boog Powell, third. Asked whether he would request a raise, F. Robby says, "$100,000 would be a good place to start."

Nov. 6, 1965: In a showdown for state football supremacy, host Navy dominates Maryland, 19-7, while holding the Terps to minus-58 rushing yards. Midshipmen quarterback John Cartwright passes for two touchdowns as Navy (4-3-1) gains 432 yards on offense. Maryland falls to 3-4.

Nov. 7, 1936: Bill Ingram drop-kicks a 22-yard field goal, giving Navy a 3-0 win over Notre Dame (4-2) at Baltimore Stadium. Before the announced crowd of 57,500, including aviator Amelia Earhart, the victorious Midshipmen (4-3) celebrate by carrying the goal posts overhead from one end of the field to the other.

Nov. 7, 1903: Mount St. Mary's scores a safety just before halftime for the game's only points in defeating Maryland, 2-0, in Emmitsburg.

Nov. 10, 1896: Jimmy Dykes, the modern Orioles' first manager in 1954. Dykes, who led the Birds to a 54-100 finish, died in 1976.

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Zoo's anti-rabies program attracts local donations, big and small

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Drink lemonade, save a lion.

That, more or less, was the pitch made by two Gold Coast kids who set up a beverage stand on their front porch during this year's Air and Water Show to benefit the Lincoln Park Zoo's anti-rabies program near Tanzania's Serengeti National Park.

Deven Esselman, 9, and his sister, Ava, 7, made a sign that said, “Support vaccinations in the Serengeti, Serengeti Health Initiative,” added a zoo logo and affixed it to the front of the coffee table from which they sold fresh-squeezed lemonade at $2 a glass.

Deven “has been obsessed with animals” since 4, when he visited the Serengeti, one of the world's great wildlife reserves, said his father, education consultant David Esselman.

Attending camp at the zoo this summer, he learned about the Serengeti project and became “really clear about doing (the lemonade stand) and, frankly, he had to convince his sister that it was important to give any of the money away,” Esselman said.

Refreshment seekers who were curious about the cause got to hear the story from the Esselman kids. And the zoo got an unexpected donation of $100 (plus a matching gift from their parents).

Meanwhile, from the North Shore, Dr. Susan Sherman has backed the program in a more conventional manner. She’s a veterinarian and a zoo board member, and the project’s combination of human and animal health benefits appealed to her.

“This struck me as a success story ... Our little Lincoln Park Zoo is impacting the world,” Sherman said, explaining why she has contributed “substantial” funding to the project.

The zoo is happy to accept both contributions to the Serengeti Health Initiative, which vaccinates domestic dogs against rabies in towns adjacent to the park and has been successful in protecting people and park wildlife from deadly viruses.

Kevin Bell, Lincoln Park Zoo's CEO, is pleased not only to save some of the $110,000 the project would have cost the zoo last year, but to have a project that attracts donors.

Sherman, he said, “actually got up at our annual meeting and gave a short presentation” on the project, he said. “Her passion for this is exactly what you hope for.”

And the Esselman kids, their father said, got a face-to-face meeting with Bell, the head zookeeper, a job Deven aspires to someday.

“He’s very committed,” said his father. “He’s really disappointed he can’t work at the zoo until he’s 16.”

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Glenbard invites community members to serve on school board committee

Community members have a great opportunity to share their ideas and talents with Glenbard Township High School District 87 and shape the future of the school district. Glenbard District 87 invites the public to serve on a Board of Education committee.

Community members will be appointed to serve on each of the board’s four committees, which include: Student Performance and Achievement; Policy; Finance and Facility; and Communication, Legislation and Partnerships.

Each committee includes Board of Education members, Glenbard District 87 administrators and community representatives.

Applications to serve on a committee are available by contacting Board of Education secretary Jo Ahrens via e-mail at or by calling (630) 942-7670. The deadline to submit an application is Friday, April 5.

Committee applicants will be interviewed during an evening session in mid-April.

The Finance & Facility Committee provides guidance and direction to the Board of Education regarding business operations of Glenbard District 87 specifically in the areas of finance and facilities. All proposals and bids go through the committee for review. All major expenses are discussed by this committee before going to the full board for approval. The committee meets prior to each Board of Education meeting.

The Student Performance and Achievement Committee reviews such issues as new course proposals, summer school, sectioning of courses and graduation requirements. Student Performance and Achievement Committee members also discuss the four high schools’ athletics programs and special education services. They are updated on such issues as staff development, school improvement plans and the district improvement plan. Committee members also are advised of staffing needs. The committee meets regularly throughout the year.

The Policy Committee reviews and revises board policies as needed or recommended by the Illinois State Board of Education. The committee meets monthly.

The Communication, Legislation and Partnerships Committee has been active on legislative issues for many years. Committee members also discuss communication and partnership opportunities, such as electronic and traditional communication with parents and community members, the Superintendent’s Advisory Council, Business Education Council and Partnership for Educational Progress. The committee meets regularly throughout the year.

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Hugh Jackman, Stan Lee

BEST: Hugh Jackman's real, and he rocks! The guy is energy, and seems really genuine about his love for the Comic-Con fans who's shoulders he's standing on. His public acknowledgment of "Wolverine" creator Len Wein was a great touch. And the "X-Men origins: Wolverine" trailer? Fans should be talking about that just as much as "Watchmen" or anything else shown.
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Tim and Eric back to Adult Swim with 'Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories'

Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim are already Adult Swim legends thanks to their series "Tom Goes to the Mayor" and "Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job." But the champions of bizarre comedy are looking to enhance that reputation with their return show, "Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories."

The new series, which will have its official debut in 2014, will last a quarter-hour and delve into the worlds of fantasy and the unknown. Yes, even more than the already surreal "Awesome Show."

To give fans a taste of the upcoming series, a special will air on Adult Swim on Halloween night. And, appropriately, it's Halloween-related.

FALL TV 2013: Watch the trailers

"Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories: Haunted House," which guest stars Zach Galifianakis, takes the guys to the haunted mansion of their grandfather, where they have to live for the rest of their lives if they want to earn their sizable inheritance.

The three guys seem to be channeling a Three Stooges vibe for this episode, which features lots of spooky sounds and spanking.

Production on the regular series will begin in February.

Bob Barker to celebrate 90th birthday on 'The Price is Right'

Conan O'Brien celebrates 20 years on TV with a cache of old clips

Megyn Kelly: After one month, Fox News host is No. 2 in cable ratings

PHOTOS: TV shows and their spinoffs

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PCM may become a takeover target

PCM Inc., an El Segundo company that sells information technology products and services, has attracted little attention in more than a quarter-century of business.

But that soon may change.

The owner of a competing company has starting snapping up PCM's stock, raising speculation of a possible takeover.

Firoz Lalji, chairman of technology company Zones Inc. in Auburn, Wash., now owns about 5% of PCM, according to a regulatory filing. And he called PCM "one of the poorest-performing companies in its industry."

PCM's most visible brand is the MacMall retail stores it operates in Torrance, Santa Monica, Huntington Beach and Chicago, where it sells computers, tablets and other devices directly to the public.

But the majority of its revenue — more than 70% — comes from its commercial division, which sells computer products, networking, storage and services to businesses, the company said in its 2013 annual statement.

PCM is headed by Frank F. Khulusi, its co-founder, chief executive and chairman. He has run the company since it launched 27 years ago as PC Mall Inc. He owns more than 20% of the company's stock and is its largest shareholder. He declined to be interviewed for this story.

The company's revenue has been remarkably flat in recent years. It reported $1.421 billion in 2011, $1.421 billion in 2012 and $1.424 billion in 2013, according to its annual report.

The company's financial results are a major focus of criticism by Lalji, who is acquiring stock.

The company, he said, "has not done as much over the past several years to drive growth, profitability and stockholder value as other companies in its industry." He noted that PCM's combined profit of $16.4 million on $4.26 billion of revenue in the last three years "is a wholly unacceptable level of 0.4% of revenue."

Lalji also criticized Khulusi's compensation as "unreasonably higher" than top executives of similarly sized companies. In 2012, Khulusi was paid $1.4 million in cash, stock and other benefits, according to a PCM filing.

The latest

Last year, the company changed its name from PC Mall Inc. to PCM Inc. and changed its stock symbol from MALL to PCMI. The change was intended to reflect the company's increasing emphasis on providing technology support to businesses rather than simply selling computers.

"We are very excited about this evolution as we believe it will lead to an improved customer experience [while] leveraging a brand that better represents the technology solutions provider we have become," Khulusi said in a news release that explained the change.

In December 2012, the company bought nearly eight acres in New Albany, Ohio, where it intends to build a cloud data center that it expects to open this year. The facility will complement two existing data centers and an operations center in Atlanta that the company uses for cloud services, data center hosting and management, remote monitoring and disaster recovery.

In a recent earnings call, Khulusi said he was proud of last year's results. The company made significant strides in sales of its networking services (up 21% from 2012) and storage (up 18%), he said. "2013 was on balance a good year for PCM."

There's also something to be said for the company's longevity and its access to the biggest brands in the technology and communications industry.

"Since our founding in 1987, we have served our customers by offering products and services from leading brands, such as Adobe, Apple, Cisco, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Microsoft and Oracle. We add additional value by incorporating products and services into comprehensive solutions," PCM said in its 2013 annual report issued in March.

The retail division faces steep competition, both from other retailers and from some suppliers. The four MacMall stores compete with Apple stores, as well as retailers such as Best Buy and Target.

MacMall saw a 9% drop in sales in the fourth quarter last year, in part because the company had a difficult time receiving inventory from Apple to meet demand.

"We were unable to get enough product in Q4 to satisfy the demand that we generated," Khulusi said. We have seen some recovery and availability thus far in Q1 and we're working to try and create a more predictable business with Apple going forward."

Spending by federal agencies has also decreased. The company said it saw a 16% decrease in public sector net sales in the fourth quarter of 2013.

Analyst views

The one analyst who covers PCM rates it as a sell.

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RX for Danger: How did Florida become 'pill-mill' hotbed?

For the past year, federal agents say, David Kidd and Christopher Grigg traveled almost weekly from their homes in Ohio to Florida, where they — and others working for them — doctor-shopped throughout the state, buying thousands of prescription pills during each visit.

The group is suspected of taking at least 50,000 powerful prescription pills, which have a street value of more than $1.5.million, back to Ohio and West Virginia.

But their business venture ended in March, when a Volusia County deputy pulled 42-year-old Kidd and 24-year-old Grigg over as they headed to Orlando International Airport. Deputies found about 7,000 pills and about $14,000 in cash in their rental car, and they were charged with several federal crimes, including conspiracy to distribute controlled substances.

The case is emblematic of Florida's prescription-drug epidemic. With its lax laws and proliferation of pain clinics, the Sunshine State is hospitable to drug addicts and dealers looking to buy up lots of pills and turn them around for profit on the streets of Florida and other states throughout the South, East and parts of the Midwest.

In fact, 90 of the top 100 oxycodone-purchasing physicians in the nation last year were from Florida, according to federal records.

Local and state leaders, and even the White House and Drug Enforcement Administration, point to Florida as a top source for prescription drugs. Yet politicians, law enforcement, health officials and others can't seem to get their arms around the problem.

Years of weak regulation, a lack of legislation and no prescription-drug-monitoring program — combined with doctors who liberally prescribe narcotics — helped make Florida the poster child for the prescription-drug epidemic.

•No one at the state or federal level tracks what types — or how many — of these drugs Florida doctors prescribe. In the 35 states with operational monitoring programs, prescribing doctors and patients are tracked. After much political wrangling, Florida's system is expected to be up and running in the fall.

•Even after doctors are charged with illegally prescribing medicine or are linked to overdoses, the state Department of Health doesn't automatically suspend or revoke their licenses.

•Not all doctors who run "pill mills" are registered as pain-management clinics, so new regulations targeting such practices don't affect them.

Meanwhile, prescription drugs kill thousands in Florida each year — nearly seven people a day.

"If there were seven people dying a day from salmonella … don't you think something would be done?" said Sue League, an Orlando mother and grandmother whose 32-year-old son died of a prescription-drug overdose in January 2010.

James "Jimmy" League became addicted to prescription drugs after obtaining a legitimate prescription — he fell down a flight of stairs about 10 years ago, broke both heels and then underwent surgery.

Sue League, like many who have lost loved ones to prescription-drug overdoses, is critical of the state's lack of pain-clinic oversight.

"There are people who need the drugs for a legitimate injury or surgery who got addicted to the drugs and couldn't get off of them," League said. "And ultimately, like our son, the more you take them, the more you need … and you have an accidental overdose."

'Failed to enact proper controls'

What about Florida makes access to powerful, addictive prescription drugs so seemingly simple?

"We failed to enact proper controls and procedures that would keep this from getting out of hand," said Bruce Grant, the state's former drug czar.

Grant, who was appointed director of the Office of Drug Control in 2009 by Gov. Charlie Crist and held that role until Gov. Rick Scott abolished the department in January, said he and other public officials failed to convince lawmakers years ago that prescription-drug abuse was reaching epidemic levels.

What started as a South Florida problem extended northward as doctors and entrepreneurs realized running pill mills could be lucrative.

Not only were Floridians willing to pay cash for office visits and prescriptions, but the customer base extended throughout the South and East. Users and dealers from Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia — which have monitoring programs that track prescriptions — would simply drive or fly to Florida for easy access.

And so the number of pain clinics, often nothing but fronts for pill mills, began to skyrocket.

In South Florida, the number of pain clinics went from 66 in August 2008 to 176 by November 2009, according to a 2009 Broward County grand-jury report.

InOrange County today, there are about 80 pain-management clinics. Statewide, there are more than 800, according to the best estimates.

It's also impossible to know which are legitimate pain clinics and which are fronts for pill mills, because there is little regulation — either on the local or state level. So law enforcement concentrates on stings and other operations to bust crooked doctors and shut down their clinics, one at a time.

"In years past, Florida had little oversight of pain clinics," Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi said. "Florida is the epicenter of the pill-mill crisis because of our lack of tough regulations and laws."

Only recently did state leaders take action by creating a Prescription Drug Monitoring Program similar to one found in dozens of other states.

This month, Scott signed legislation that toughens criminal and administrative penalties against doctors and clinics engaged in prescription-drug trafficking. When it takes effect July 1, the bill also will ban doctors from selling pills at clinics or their offices, and punish pharmacies and drug wholesalers if they don't report suspicious prescriptions.

Multifaceted approach

In Central Florida, law enforcers are attacking the problem from all angles: They are arresting dealers, abusers and the doctors who dole out the addictive drugs. And they strongly encouraged state leaders to get the monitoring program up and running.

In the past two years, at least five Central Florida doctors have been arrested in multiagency investigations, each accused of running pill mills. Some of those doctors have been linked to overdoses.

Criminal cases against doctors are complicated, time-consuming and require much greater resources than typical drug investigations. Prescription drugs are, after all, legal. And doctors arrested say they were prescribing the drugs in good faith, based on a patient's complaint of pain, and cannot control whether a patient doctor-shops to get multiple prescriptions.

Earlier this month, dozens of drug agents raided the pain-clinic offices of Dr. Riyaz Jummani and took records and evidence as part of a yearlong ongoing investigation.

Jummani and his associates were not arrested, but several clients at his Pro Relief Center just south of downtown Orlando on South Orange Avenue were arrested on drug-related charges.

Since 2007, the Orange County Sheriff's Office has doubled its arrests for pharmaceutical-related cases. And in Orange, the number of hydrocodone- and oxycodone-trafficking charges filed by prosecutors has increased nearly 800 percent from 2005, when prosecutors filed 17 such cases, to 2010, when there were 151.

"It is a significant problem for us in the law-enforcement community, primarily because what we're dealing with are drugs that are legal in most cases to possess," said Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings. "What unscrupulous individuals are doing at that point are simply trying to take legal medications and distribute them illegally."

Despite law-enforcement efforts, the death toll continues to climb.

During the first half of 2010 — the most recent period for which statewide data are available — 1,268 people died in Florida with at least one prescription drug in their system that the medical examiner determined caused their death.

In Orange and Osceola counties, 147 people died from an accidental prescription-drug overdose in 2010, an increase of more than 30 percent from the year prior. The five-county medical examiner's district that includes Lake and Marion experienced a similar increase — jumping from 120 accidental prescription-drug overdoses in 2009 to 160 in 2010.

And this year's death toll shows no sign of slowing, said Orange-Osceola Medical Examiner Dr. Jan Garavaglia.

"It's just frustrating because the tide isn't stopping," she said. "I have to call the families up, tell them why their loved one died, and they just are so angry that something more isn't done."

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Dusit Thani Maldives in Baa Atoll, Maldives

Surrounded by spectacular white sand beaches, coral reefs and turquoise lagoons, this Mudhdhoo Island resort features 100 villas and residences. Guests can make a splash in the largest swimming pool in the Maldives, participate in water sports, or simply saunter along the shoreline. Average nightly rate is $945 and up.
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13-year-old motorist cited in fatal Olympia Fields crash

A 13-year-old girl has been cited in connection with the death of a 12-year-old Olympia Fields boy who died last week after they and two other youths were in a crash involving a car that was apparently speeding, police said.

The girl, who was driving the car during the wreck, appeared in Markham District Court on Thursday for an arraignment on juvenile citations of reckless homicide, reckless conduct and possession of a stolen motor vehicle, and was released into her mother's custody, according to a release from the Olympia Fields Police Department. A funeral for the slain boy, Almani Creamer, was held Saturday, authorities said.

Almani was pronounced dead at St. James Hospital on Nov. 27 following the crash, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. The other passengers in the crash were treated and released from local hospitals, police said. Police have not released the ages of the other passengers, but said all those in the car were Olympia Fields residents under age 16.

Police said the car hit a tree about 12:45 p.m. on Nov. 27 in the 600 block of Brookwood Terrace in the south suburb.

Immediately after the crash, neighbors rushed to the car and urged its occupants not to move until paramedics arrived, Anupam Razdan, a Chicago attorney who was visiting his parents across the street, told the Tribune after the crash.

A girl inside was crying for help, he said.

Police and fire officials arrived quickly and brought the four occupants into ambulances, Razdan said.

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Keith Richman dies at 56; three-term California assemblyman

Keith Richman, a three-term Republican state assemblyman who fought for pension reform and was a leader in the San Fernando Valley secession movement, has died. He was 56.

Richman died of brain cancer Friday at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, said his brother Craig.

A physician, Richman was elected in 2000 to the California Assembly, representing the 38th District, which includes the Santa Clarita Valley, Simi Valley and northeast San Fernando Valley. He could serve only six years because of term limits.

"He advocated for so many important causes in California, including healthcare and pension reform, and his work for our state made a lasting impact that will be remembered," Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said in a statement Saturday.

Richman tried unsuccessfully to qualify a pension reform initiative for the state ballot.

Former Valley Assemblyman Richard Katz, a Democrat, noted that Richman tried to call attention to public employee retirement costs years ago.

"He was talking about pension reform when no one else was talking about it," Katz told The Times on Saturday. "It's become a central debate today."

Richman was a founder and board member of the California Foundation for Fiscal Responsibility, which in recent years worked to highlight public pension costs, including posting names of thousands of six-figure pension recipients online.

Keith Stuart Richman was born Nov. 21, 1953, in Syracuse, N.Y., but his family moved to the San Fernando Valley when he was a toddler. He went to Birmingham High School in Van Nuys and enrolled at UC Davis, where he played baseball and graduated in 1975, his brother said. Richman earned his medical degree and a master's in public health at UCLA.

Before getting into politics, Richman was chairman of the board of Lakeside Community Healthcare Inc., a Glendale-based medical group he founded.

Richman stood about 6 feet 3, spoke in a deep baritone and never wrote his speeches beforehand, recalled Gary Washburn, who worked for the assemblyman and managed most of his campaigns.

A particular passion was the San Fernando Valley, where he followed his father, a Los Angeles Community College District trustee and doctor, into public service, Washburn said.

"His main concern was giving the Valley a voice," Washburn said, recalling Richman's campaign for Valley mayor during the area's 2002 secession election. "He became the face of the secession movement."

Richman was the top vote-getter in the contest, but the secession drive failed when other parts of the city rejected the split.

Still, through the effort to break away from Los Angeles, Richman was among a group of leaders who helped heighten awareness about the Valley's needs at City Hall, Washburn said.

In addition to his brother Craig, Richman is survived by his wife, Suzan; two daughters, Dina and Rachel; his parents, Esther and Monroe; another brother, David; and a sister, Marla.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Forest Lawn Memorial-Park, Hollywood Hills.

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Space shuttle Endeavour passes by Space Mountain at Disney World

The NASA 747 ferrying the space shuttle Endeavour gains altitude as it is seen passing over the spires of Space Mountain at sunrise, in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., Wednesday, September 19, 2012.

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Large cast works well together in 'The Iceman Cometh'

The Fells Point Corner Theatre production ofEugene O'Neill's "The Iceman Cometh" is being staged in the right Baltimore neighborhood, because the entire play takes place in a bar. This is such a hard-drinking play that the word-drunk characters only shut up when they pass out, and even then they mumble in their sleep.

Let's just say that the personally troubled, Pulitzer- and Nobel-prize winning playwright knew his down-and-out characters well, because O'Neill is completely persuasive in depicting their boasting and their brawls. The equally persuasive local production makes a strong case for this rarely produced 1939 play.

"The Iceman Cometh" is an ambitious play for any theater to tackle. Set in a New York saloon in 1912, its 18 characters include busy bartenders, feisty veterans of the South African Boer War, embittered anarchists, a detective, a hardware salesman, a former circus employee and several bawdy female street walkers. Jammed together in this on-stage saloon, they all like to talk at the same time. This is one loud bar.

Boasting so many characters and their densely interwoven stories, the play needs plenty of time to sort everything out. You'll also need plenty of time to watch that sorting out, because "The Iceman Cometh" moves at a glacial pace through its 3-hour, 20-minute running time. You'll be older and wiser by the end of it.

Although O'Neill can be faulted for not pruning the stretches of redundant banter, there's no denying that the play owes its considerable dramatic impact to the slow accretion of character detail. When long-simmering conflicts finally explode late in the admittedly listless action, you'll be deeply affected by these outbursts.

If it takes awhile for things to reach a boiling point, it's in large part because much of the first act is spent awaiting the arrival of the main character, Theodore Hickman (Tony Colavito), known to everybody as Hickey. This hardware salesman has such an optimistic salesman personality that his mesmerizing stories and promises make him seem like a savior in the eyes of this depressed crowd.

The drunks tell stories about Hickey as they wait for him to show up. They're all gathered in the saloon owned by Harry Hope (Rodney Bonds), and most of them live in the upstairs rooms that Harry rents out. This place is one-stop shopping for misery.

To give just a sampling of the many unhappy people assembled here, Larry Slade (Mark Scharf) is a middle-aged political anarchist who has given up on trying to change Wall Street's capitalist habits; Don Parritt (David Shoemaker) is the son of a jailed anarchist mother, and he turns out to have reason for harboring such a guilty conscience; Joe Mott (William Walker) is the former proprietor of a gambling house, and his black skin makes every day a struggle for him in this otherwise all-white crowd; and Willie Oban (Ian Bonds) is a Harvard Law School graduate who passed the bar and now passes his time at this bar.

Considering the size of the cast, it's impressive that their performances mesh as well as they do. Although director Lynda McClary might want to encourage a few of the actors to tone down some of their mechanically over-the-top drunken behavior, such tipsy displays are understandable under the circumstances.

What really pulls the large acting company together is watching how their characters individually spar with Hickey within a claustrophobic bar from which there seemingly is no escape.

Colavito is so aggressively convincing as Hickey that he's actually rather frightening. When Hickey shouts, you listen.

"The Iceman Cometh" runs through Feb. 12 at Fells Point Corner Theatre, 251 S. Ann St. in Fells Point. Performances are Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m.; there is also a Thursday performance on Feb. 9. Tickets are $17 Friday and Saturday, $15 Sunday, $10 Thursday. Call 410-276-7837 or go to

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Petit Margeaux puts local, modern spin on classic French café fare

Through eating, we sometimes remember places of comfort where we once experienced profound happiness—maybe your mom’s kitchen or the European city that changed your life.

But being transported in this way is sometimes easier said than done. Ice cream at Berthillon, macarons from Pierre Herme and frankly almost every pain au chocolat served on every corner in Paris changed my life years ago. No bite has compared, until a recent visit to Petit Margeaux.

What makes Petit Margeaux particularly evocative of France is its location—the cobblestone courtyard of the Waldorf Astoria (larger sister restaurant Margeaux Brasserie is upstairs on the third floor). If you were dropped in here blindly, you would swear you were in a real chateau. There is an unreal hush and a reprieve from the bustling Gold Coast just outside. In rainstorms, doormen ply you with umbrellas and scramble to open the front door with the seriousness of emergency room docs attending a coded patient. If you sit in the right spot in the café, you can gaze at the magnificent lobby chandelier, what looks like a crystalline reproduction of a dandelion seed puff.

The background: I was a little snarky when I heard Michael Mina, the San Francisco chef who now has a culinary empire spanning 11 states and Dubai, was opening two French spots in Chicago. Chicago maybe once needed star out-of-towners to lend legitimacy to our sleepy meat-and-potatoes town. But those days are over. And while I respect and admire Mina, I’ve had a couple of middling meals at his outposts in Las Vegas and felt he might be overextending himself.

But this is not the case at Petit Margeaux, where Mina collaborates with folks who have the skills to translate classic French food but also who understand what Chicagoans want. Executive chef Brent Balika spent time in Chicago interning under Matthias Merges at Charlie Trotter’s and working at The Dawson. Ashley Torto, who worked at MK, the Sofitel Chicago Water Tower, The Bristol and The Boarding House, oversees pastry.

The food: If the fare were an exact facsimile of classic French café food, it would probably be boring. What’s exciting here is that while the technique is spot on, there’s also a local or modern spin on the dishes that makes what seems old, quite new.

“We wanted to do something very, very French that honored the classics, but we didn’t want it to be straight 1920s France, but a balance of old and new school,” said Torto.

Laminated pastries, including the croissant, are made in-house. They are buttery, flaky and they ooze with nutty gruyere and salty ham ($11). The éclair ($5) is made with custard-perfumed pate a choux (dough), which has a salty and savory quality, a complexity that balances the sweet chocolate glaze and the cream inside.

But, the new school too, is in abundance. A strawberry chevre cheesecake ($5) encased in a pale pink glaze featuring sleek white pinstriping and fancy pearlescent sprinkles looks less like a pastry, and more like an oval couture clutch purse. It’s as tasty as it is pretty, a delightful swirl of sweet strawberry jam and funky velvety goat cheese.

The macarons ($7) are the size of Olympic medals and stuffed with tart jam made from Klug Farm (St. Joseph, Mich.) cherries. They have a shattering crust that wafts a lilt of roasted almond in each bite.

Balika’s French dip ($14) features a cracklin’ baguette that swaddles luscious ribbons of Midwestern top round that has been massaged with salt, brown sugar and coriander, then slow roasted. The whole thing is topped with caramelized onion confit and served with a side of gravy so rich I kind of wanted to shoot it straight once I finished the sandwich. The sandwich eats like the very best Italian beef mixed with a soul-soothing French onion soup. My only quibble is that the jus was served in a plastic cup. While I’m the kind of dude who’s often happy drinking Boone’s Farm from a red Solo cup, the café is so elegant, a porcelain ramekin or a silver finger bowl seemed more appropriate. (Balika said the serve ware they’d chosen was on backorder.)

Caprese and beet salads have become ubiquitous and sorry, usually made from out-of-season produce and rubbery cheeses. But, Balika’s beet salad ($12), tossed with curly, buttery Lolla Rossa lettuce and sprinkled with winey toasted pistachios, redeems the form. The beets glisten with lavender vinaigrette.

The magnificence of the salad and the dip, however, make it hard to understand a ratatouille tartine ($12), which is heavy, soggy with overcooked squash and tomatoes, and garnished with bruised basil.

The drinks: Petit Margeaux’s café menu features masala chai ($5.25) bursting with cardamom, and iced chocolate milk ($5) thick with a fruity and bright Valrhona chocolate infusion. The all-day menu includes wine by the glass and bottle ($8-$88) and beer ($6-$8).

The bottom line: Petit Margeaux is a destination for fabulous French-inspired pastry and maybe the greatest French dip sandwich in America. Though it’s a hotel café, it is anything but drab or pedestrian. It is a respite, a sort of time machine that can conjure Parisian boulevards and reacquaint you with the wonders of a past trip to France.

Review: Petit Margeaux

11 E. Walton St. 415-359-0791

Rating: ** 1/2 (out of four)

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Michael Nagrant is a RedEye freelancer. Reporters visit restaurants unannounced and meals are paid for by RedEye.

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Yes, 35 years later, we still believe in miracles

The 19 surviving members of the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team will reunte in Lake Placid this weekend.

The snapshot that flashes in Jack O’Callahan’s mind is not the 4-3 final score on that monumental Friday night in Lake Placid.

Nor is it the gold medal that was hung around his neck two days later, or the fame and stories that continue 35 years later.

No, O’Callahan’s snapshot of the “Miracle on Ice’’ is personal and indelible.

“The win, the gold medal, and all that has come from it since then has been fantastic and I am very thankful,’’ said O’Callahan, a defenseman on that historic U.S. Olympic hockey team.

“However, when I think of that time, I see my parents there in Lake Placid sharing all of it with me and I see them getting to know the other players and their parents and becoming friends with all of them.

“It meant everything to my mom and dad. They were so happy to be there and be part of the Olympics and our success there. It was something that the three of us shared that was just awesome.

“That’s what stands out most for me and now that they’re both gone, I think of it even more and it’s just a great and happy memory.’’

That memory and hundreds of others likely will hit O’Callahan hard this weekend when he returns to Lake Placid for a reunion with his former teammates. Sunday is the official 35th anniversary of the “Miracle on Ice’’ game, and this will mark the first time the players have gathered there since team captain Mike Eruzione excitedly waved all of them to the medal stand that was just a bit higher than the Soviets’.

Not everyone will attend this weekend’s festivities, however. Defenseman Bob Suter died last year. Coach Herb Brooks was killed 12 years ago. The last time every team member was together was to bury Brooks.

Once past the sad moments, there will be happy stories shared by the 19 surviving members who prompted Al Michaels to ask the immortal “Do you believe in miracles?’’

Their bond was forged in 1979 when Brooks hand-picked a group of fresh-faced college kids and taught them and pushed them and threatened them and cajoled them. Mostly, players will tell you, Brooks punished them physically and mentally.

“You guys are playing worse and worse every day, and right now you’re into next week,’’ Brooks often told his charges -- that was one of the few sanitized lines -- and then he’d make his players skate lines or laps.

But when the time came, Brooks, the master psychologist, delivered one of the greatest pregame talks in history, a moment brilliantly delivered by Kurt Russell in the 2004 feature “Miracle.’’

“If we played them 10 times, they might win nine,’’ Russell as Brooks tells the boys early in the film’s most compelling scene.

“But not this game. Not tonight.

“Tonight, we skate with 'em.

“Tonight, we stay with 'em and we shut them down because we can!

“Tonight, we are the greatest hockey hockey team in the world.’’

It was schmaltz and true, and then Eruzione shot a puck into eternity.

That the event continues to resonate to this day speaks to the magnitude of the accomplishment. So much so, in fact, that it is being told from the Soviet side these many years later.

Local filmmaker Gabe Polsky produced the documentary “Red Army’’ and ESPN is airing its movie “Of Miracles and Men.’’ All fallen Soviet heroes, all the time now.

“I haven’t talked to anyone about it and I think the producers purposely kept us away from it in the filming process,’’ said O’Callahan, who served as a technical adviser on “Miracle.’’ “It may come up this weekend. It is interesting that something that happened 35 years ago is so powerful that they now are telling the story from the other side.

“That Russian team was a great, great team and it obviously drives them crazy that they are mostly remembered for being on the other side of our victory. Oh well. I don’t feel bad for them. I played hockey until I was 32 years old and there are a few games I’d also like to have back, but it doesn’t work that way.’’

Former Soviet defenseman Viacheslav Fetisov dominates both recent productions, and rightly so. He was world-class and would win back-to-back Stanley Cups with the Red Wings in 1997 and ’98.

Interestingly, Fetisov just missed being O’Callahan’s teammate. After beginning his NHL career with the Blackhawks, O’Callahan was claimed by the Devils in 1987. Fetisov left the Soviet Union to play for the Devils in 1989, the season after O’Callahan retired. There might’ve been some interesting talk in the New Jersey dressing room.

Or nyet. O’Callahan, who co-founded Beanpot Financial Services in Chicago, said he hasn't spoken to any of the Soviet players he helped defeat, although he had a chance about 19 years ago. The opportunity involved Vladislav Tretiak, the amazing goalie who was pulled after the first period of that epic game.

“I was with my wife, Jenny, and my kids, Rachael and Aaron, in a Japanese restaurant in Northbrook,’’ O’Callahan said. “Tretiak walked in with a bunch of loud, over-served Russians and they sat across the restaurant from us.

“I had never met him and my son, Aaron, who was maybe 8 or 9, asked me if it was him and told me to go over and say hi. I had no interest in meeting him, then or now, and I said to Aaron, ‘I’ve already ruined one night in his life; why would I want to ruin another?’’’

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Is the Arlington Heights Historical Museum Haunted?

Yes, we investigated the buildings here at the Arlington Heights Historical Museum! Join us on Friday, May 16, at 7:00 p.m. as we discuss methods used to find answers and investigate alleged cases of paranormal or unexplained activity. The discussion will include methods for gathering data during an investigation, how the data is reviewed to determine if any paranormal data was captured, or if these experiences are natural/environmental, man-made, or indeed paranormal. Then take a tour of our two historic homes after dark. This program benefits the Arlington Heights Historical Society. Fee is $15, $10 for Society Members. Register at or call 847-255-1225.

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TnT Paranormal Investigators LLC was founded in 2009, is a paranormal research and investigation team based in the Chicagoland area. TnT Paranormal uses methods, techniques, processes, tools, and technologies to investigate client locations (residential or commercial) to evaluate their reports of paranormal activity. We use these tools and processes to determine if these experiences are natural/environmental, man-made, or possibly paranormal.

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69-year-old woman repeatedly attacked on Aurora's East Side: police

A 69-year-old woman said she was repeatedly attacked Saturday morning on Aurora's East Side, according to police.

Police are asking for witnesses and information on what they described in a statement as "a series of attacks" on the woman between 5:50 a.m. and 6:01 a.m. Saturday near Rural Street and Ohio Street.

The woman said she was out for her usual morning walk when a man approached her from behind and demanded valuables, according to the statement released via Facebook.

After the woman said she didn't have any valuables, the man pushed her to the ground, kicked her in the face and ran off, police said.

A few minutes later, the man reappeared, "battered" the woman again and ran away, according to police. Seeking help, the woman crossed the street and knocked on a door on the 600 block of Ohio Street, but no one answered and she walked away, police said.

The attacked her again, then ran northbound om Ohio, according to the statement.

After the third attack, the woman walked to a home on the 900 block of Mountain, where a resident helped her and called 911, police said.

Aurora Fire Department paramedics checked the woman, who declined transport to a hospital, according to police.

Police said the suspect was described as a black male, about 20 years old, 5 feet 10 inches tall and 150 pounds. He was wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, according to the statement.

Police ask anyone with information to call investigators at 630-256-5500 or Crime Stoppers at 630-892-1000, or to submit a tip using the My PD app.

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After two weeks of pre-recorded (and absolutely hilarious) episodes, your friends in podcasting are back at it, doing what they do best: Making sense of a world gone wild through insightful, irreverent and inspiring conversation. Dean tells tales of recovery after complete knee reconstruction surgery. Phil tells tales of Fuzz Aldrin’s attempted recovery from neurological damage. They preview this week’s screening of their film The Lady Killers in San Jose! Then, Dean and Phil roll up their sleeves to tackle the 8th US school shooting of 2018 and what Hollywood can do to affect positive change.

On their most recent shows, Dean and Phil turned their usual “Celebrity Deaths” segment into a bit of a game show. They will be doing more of the same as they celebrate the lives and careers of an actress involved with the Hollywood Ten, an influential gospel singer, the lead singer of The Cranberries, the founder of the American Foundation for AIDS Research, a young Australian actress, the creator of “WKRP in Cincinnati” and the inspiration for Austin Powers. We are into the 2nd half of what seems likely to be the final season of “The X-Files”, even though, it’s been quite a good season. The first season of “Star Trek: Discovery” has come to a close and although it was pretty darn bad, there will be a second season. Dean and Phil analyze both these shows and where they fit into the cultural landscape. All that plus a brief discussion about Stanley Tucci’s latest directorial effort and the opening salvo in what promises to be a barn-burner of an ongoing argument over the merits of “Twin Peaks: The Return”.

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TGIF. Are there any other words to describe your mood right now? Nope, me neither.

I had such a great sixteenth birthday on Tuesday, mostly because of you guys and your endless support! I cannot thank you enough for the twitter, Instagram and blog comments that came my way this week. You are the sweetest!!

I received a camera (the Nikon 3200) as my birthday present and it is literally my baby. I had no idea which one I would be getting but I am pleasantly surprised and am really loving it so far. Look out for lots of cool photography on the blog soon - including a post about the cutest strap I got as well!

When I first saw this fun saying from bkr I new I had to #regram it. I ordered my very own bkr water bottle in hopes of trying to improve my lacking water habits... they must change and I think a cute water bottle will do the trick!

Lastly, I finally got around to displaying my rings with the most adorable monogrammed jewelry dish from Fran. It is such a classic and simple addition to my dresser - not to mention a great way to store my jewelry!

I hope you all have great weekends ahead of you!
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  1. I am so jealous of the camera you got! I am currently saving up right now and I can't wait to get my own!

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  2. Love that monogram jewelry dish! You adore your Nikon camera- mine has completely changed my life haha :)

  3. Awesome new additions, glad you had a great b-day!

  4. I love my bkr water bottle and it def. helps me remember to drink more water!

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As long as I've been blogging, Instagram has always served as an incredible source of inspiration for me. Whether it's a food, fashion, or flowers picture, there's so much beauty captured that is so enthralling to me. Above are some of my favorite snapshots lately, from a gorgeous bouquet of pink peonies to freshly squeezed oranges (doesn't it make you crave orange juice?!) to adorable furry friends. I'm sharing a few of my favorite Instagrammers as well as one of my more recent finds, Ali from A Dash of Details! Be sure to check out all these accounts and follow along (and take a look at mine while you're at it :)

Now, who are your 3 favorite Instagrammers at the moment? Comment below and let's get the conversation going!

  1. Howie Guja, Thomas Berolzheimer, and Erika Burho are some of my all-time favorite instagrammers. They have everything from scenery pictures to styled stationery pictures.

    What a fun topic - Instagram has so much inspiration it's crazy!
    Mrs. Mason Dixon

  2. Thank you so much for including me Carin!!!! I'm so honored to be included with all these other amazing instagrammers!!!

  3. Instagram is my absolute favorite place to get inspiration, I love all of the accounts that you mentioned!

    xoxo, SS

  4. thanks for the feature! love your feed!

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