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Quality Inn Suites, Noblesville Indiana

by Rosco in

staying here on an over night business trip.

opened my drawer nwt bible i fell out of my bed.

called the front desk they are in every room here.. i will never stay at another quality inn even though they are owned individually.

TresHappy

I thought the Gideons had the franchise of putting Bibles in hotel rooms.

If you want to note this somewhere, go to www.tripadvisor.com and put a commentary of your visit....

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Olsen Twin Being Treated for Eating Disorder!

by TresHappy in

mary-kate olsen being treated for eating disorder .

1 hour, 3 minutes ago

los angeles (reuters) - teen actress mary-kate olsen, who with her twin sister ashley has grown into an american pop icon and fashion brand, has entered a program for treatment of an eating disorder reported to be anorexia.

TresHappy

Mary-Kate Olsen Being Treated for Eating Disorder

1 hour, 3 minutes ago

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Teen actress Mary-Kate Olsen, who with her twin sister Ashley has grown into an American pop icon and fashion brand, has entered a program for treatment of an eating disorder reported to be anorexia.

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The 18-year-old co-star of last month's film "New York Minute" recently "entered a treatment facility to seek professional help for a health-related issue," publicist Michael Pagnotta said on Tuesday.

"She is thankful for the encouragement and support of her friends and family, who are with her every step of the way," he added.

A person familiar with the situation told Reuters that Olsen was suffering from an eating disorder. Olsen entered a facility during the past week or 10 days and was expected to remain in treatment for about a month, the person said.

Us Weekly magazine, in the cover story of its upcoming issue, identified the disorder as anorexia.

Speculation about Olsen's rail-thin figure has been the subject of tabloids, gossip columns and the Internet for weeks. The actress herself poked fun at the issue during the twins' recent appearance on "Saturday Night Live," shouting to an extra playing herself, "You're too skinny! Eat a sandwich!"

Pagnotta said both sisters, who turned 18 on June 13, were going ahead with plans to attend New York University together in the fall.

But Ashley Olsen will be making a planned trip later this month to Australia and New Zealand without Mary-Kate to launch overseas promotion of "New York Minute" -- the sisters' first theatrical feature, he said.

The twins have been in the public eye since they were 9 months old, starring in the television sitcom "Full House." Since then, they have sold millions of videos, DVDs and books and have launched their own fashion line.

But director-producer Michael Kruzan, who has worked with the twins for years, was quoted in Us Weekly as describing Mary-Kate as the "more competitive" of the two girls.

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Thinking about going to the District Convention!

by Elsewhere in

jw
friends

with all the talk about how awful the convention is i am thinking about going this weekend in fort worth just for kicks and giggles... and to record the talks.

does anyone local to the dfw are have a digital recorder that can record up to eight hours of voice?

i'd like to try to avoid buying one.

TresHappy

FORT WORTH - A Chicago father, two of his children and a third child drowned early Wednesday evening in a swirling pool at the Fort Worth Water Gardens despite frantic efforts by bystanders and emergency workers to save them.

Three of the victims were identified as Myron Dukes, 35, Lauren Dukes, 8, and Christopher Dukes, 13, all of Chicago. The name of an 11-year-old girl, also of Chicago, was not released late Wednesday.

The family was identified by the pastor of their church, Antioch Missionary Baptist Church in Chicago.

The victims were among the thousands of visitors attending the National Baptist Congress at the Fort Worth Convention Center.

The pastor, Gerald M. Dew, said he was told that the children went to the Water Gardens to play because the swimming pool at the Fort Worth Plaza hotel was closed for maintenance.

One of the children slipped, which started a chain reaction, Dew said.

Bike patrol officer Tony Maldonado, who was one of the first officers to arrive at the swirling pool, said he jumped in and the force "literally sucked the socks off my feet."

Stephanie Dukes, the wife and mother of the victims, "was holding up as best as can be expected," Dew said.

Dew described the Dukes family as "faithful, dedicated church members."

The Water Gardens, a 30-year-old park bracketed by the Fort Worth Convention Center and Lancaster Avenue, is a cool oasis at the southern end of downtown. Thousands of gallons of recirculating water create different effects in pools, which are surrounded by landscaping and concrete walls.

The park was designed by well-known New York architect Philip Johnson and donated to the city in 1974 by the Amon G. Carter Foundation.

Small bronze signs at entrances to the park warn visitors "No wading or swimming," but the warning is commonly ignored.

Although the potential danger at the park has been an issue for years, Wednesday's drownings were the first, officials said.

"We've never had a tragedy like this in the Water Gardens," said Lt. Kent Worley, a Fire Department spokesman.

The four drowned in the Active Pool, an inverted pyramid in which water slides down the sides, turning into waterfalls before splashing into a small pool at the base. Steps lead from street level into the pool.

According to a firefighter's depth gauge, the water in the pool was 9 feet deep. A drain in the bottom recirculates the water.

Christian Tillis, 14, of Fort Worth said he saw a girl fall into the pool, and when a second child reached out to help her, the first girl pulled her in. Tillis said a man jumped in after the children and then a third child jumped in.

When he saw the man struggling, Tillis said, he jumped in, too.

"When I grabbed ahold of the girl's arm, I almost had her," Tillis said.

But the water's suction was strong, Tillis said, and he went back to the surface.

"I wanted to go back and get her, but if I did I might have died, too," Tillis said.

Clarence Tillis, 15, also jumped in and tried to save the victims.

He said his hand got stuck between the man and one of the steps, and he had to let go because he was running out of air.

He saw the man come up and go back down three times, "but he didn't come up the fourth time," Tillis said.

Maldonado and fellow bike patrol officer R.B. Owen were the first officers to arrive, two minutes after a 911 call was received at 6:45 p.m.

They said they dropped their shoes and gun belts and rushed down the slope to the pool.

"We jumped in, and it sucked us right to the bottom," Owen said.

Firefighters arrived in another minute. "Everybody just jumped in," Worley said.

Emergency crews could be heard on the law-enforcement scanner calling for the water to be turned off. Worley said that was accomplished "fairly quickly." He said he did not know whether the suction in the bottom of the pool was from the drain or from water cascading from above.

Worley said that the Water Gardens will be closed until an investigation is complete. The water had been drained from all pools late Wednesday.

April Barnes, 15, of Hattiesburg, Miss., who was at the pool with her mother, said she jumped in and tried to get one of the girls out.

"I had the little girl by her bathing suit," Barnes said.

When Barnes reached for her mother's hand to get pulled out of the water, she lost her grip on the little girl, she said.

Barnes' mother, Stephanie Johnson, said the man jumped into the pool and struggled to save the girls.

"He just jumped in there trying to save them," Johnson said.

When the $6 million Water Gardens were donated to the city, the gift was described in 1975 by a New York Times art critic as both "useless and absolutely splendid."

Franz Schulze, Philip Johnson's biographer, said that Johnson mentioned to him several times "the element of danger" he had designed into the Water Gardens.

"He felt the thrill of what he called 'pseudo-danger' increased the visitors' appreciation of the park," Schulze told the Star-Telegram in 1993.

The Water Gardens were intended to create an island of serenity in the downtown area and were never meant as a place for people to swim or cool off.

"It is prohibited for people to swim or wade," said Dee Hardin, city parks superintendent. "Stay out of the water in the Water Gardens. The water is just to look at."

Over the years, the city has paid thousands of dollars in claims to visitors injured in falls on the irregularly spaced stone steps and ridges.

Before Wednesday, the park's most serious accident was in 1991, when an 80-foot light pole fell and killed two Internal Revenue Service agents taking a break in the park.

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Thinking about going to the District Convention!

by Elsewhere in

jw
friends

with all the talk about how awful the convention is i am thinking about going this weekend in fort worth just for kicks and giggles... and to record the talks.

does anyone local to the dfw are have a digital recorder that can record up to eight hours of voice?

i'd like to try to avoid buying one.

TresHappy

The Assembly Hall in Krum (think that the town is appropriate to describe an assembly hall) is used for the smaller ones, one day assemblies. The FWCC (Fort Worth Convention Center, the official name of the arena) is a lot better than when they used to hold it at Will Rogers Auditorium. Oh my goodness, horrible is a good word to describe it.

The JW's won't be able to eat their lunch at the Water Gardens this weekend. It's closed until future notice because of the 4 drownings last week. Remember Logan's Run? They filmed a scene at the Water Gardens...the outside of the city....

Peter Ustinov, Michael York and Jenny Agutter return to the city

The Fort Worth Water Gardens - I ate many a lunch here during my JW days!

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Descriptive Adjectives that describe the District Convention

by TresHappy in

jw
friends

in my writing class, my teacher has asked us to describe something that we used to treasure but now loathe.

so my paper will be about the district convention.

i need some great words to describe my feelings...boredom just skims the surface...the best adjective gets a free pizza!

TresHappy

In my writing class, my teacher has asked us to describe something that we used to treasure but now loathe. So my paper will be about the District Convention. I need some great words to describe my feelings...boredom just skims the surface...the best adjective gets a free pizza!

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