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This picture taken on February 19, 2013 shows detail on a motorcycle... News PhotoAuction,Charity and Relief Work,Cheshire - England,Chester - England,England,Football,Football Player,Horizontal,Manchester United F.C.,Motorbike,Showing,Sport,UK,Wayne RooneyPhotographer PAUL ELLISCollection: AFP 2013 AFPThis picture taken on February 19, 2013 shows detail on a motorcycle designed by Manchester United and England footballer Wayne Rooney as it is displayed in Chester, north west England on February 19, 2013 ahead of an auction where it is believed it could fetch between £40,000 and £60,000 in aid of charity. The 2012 Lauge Jensen cruiser-style machine, designed by the world-famous striker and custom-made by the Danish motorcycle manufacturer will go under the hammer on February 20, 2013 on behalf of KidsAid, a Danish charitable foundation that helps young people affected by illness. AFP PHOTO/Paul Ellis (Photo credit should read PAUL ELLIS/AFP/Getty Images)


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Utility has eliminated more than half its annual carbon footprint under Exelon 2020 strategy
CHICAGO – As part of its commitment to accurately report its emissions and further reduce its carbon footprint, Exelon Corporation has joined The Climate Registry, the leading voluntary greenhouse gas (GHG) registry in North America.
"Exelon is demonstrating true environmental leadership by committing to continue reporting its carbon emissions in a public, transparent and credible way," said Denise Sheehan, executive director of The Climate Registry. "Measuring your emissions is a critical step to managing them and fostering new ways to reduce your carbon footprint – and your impact on the planet."
The Climate Registry is an independent nonprofit organization that sets consistent standards for the measurement, verification and reporting of companies' GHG emissions. It is governed by 41 U.S. states and Washington, D.C., Canadian provinces, Mexican states and Native Sovereign Nations.
Exelon is joining The Climate Registry in support of Exelon 2020, the company's business and environmental strategy to reduce 15.7 million tonnes of GHG emissions – the equivalent of Exelon's 2001 carbon footprint – annually by 2020. Exelon, the least carbon-intensive large U.S. electric utility, is already more than halfway to its goal. The strategy includes retiring older, uneconomic coal plants; providing energy-efficiency programs to customers; and expanding capacity at Exelon's existing nuclear plants through uprates.
"In the transition to a clean energy future, companies must ensure transparency in how we calculate and report our emissions and must do so in accordance with the most rigorous standards," said John W. Rowe, chairman and CEO of Exelon. "In keeping with our Exelon 2020 strategy, Exelon will continue our work to reduce, offset and displace emissions and advocate for an affordable approach to ensuring clean, reliable and secure power for all Americans."
As a basic member, Exelon will submit its 2010 GHG emissions inventory to The Climate Registry in 2011. Starting in 2012, Exelon's 2011 inventory will undergo annual third-party verification under The Climate Registry's General Reporting Protocol.
Exelon previously participated in EPA's Climate Leaders GHG reporting program, which EPA is phasing down. Under that program, Exelon reduced its annual GHG emissions by 38 percent from its 2001 baseline as of 2008.
Exelon Corporation is one of the nation's largest electric utilities with more than $18 billion in annual revenues. The company has one of the industry's largest portfolios of electricity generation capacity, with a nationwide reach and strong positions in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic. Exelon distributes electricity to approximately 5.4 million customers in northern Illinois and southeastern Pennsylvania and natural gas to approximately 490,000 customers in the Philadelphia area. Exelon is headquartered in Chicago and trades on the NYSE under the ticker EXC.
About The Climate RegistryThe Climate Registry is a non-profit organization that operates the only voluntary carbon footprint registry in North America supported by states, provinces, territories and tribes. The Climate Registry helps hundreds of public and private organizations measure, report and reduce their GHG emissions with integrity. For more information please visit www.climateregistry.org.

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Quick Facts :
What: Pretty jump houses and air-filled sculptures
When: Now until July 5th (click here for hours, opened until 10 or 11pm every night!)
Where: 30th St and 10th Ave
Why: In celebration of the opening of section two of High Line Park
Food: There's about 6 food trucks on the lot. I recommend the nachos and tacos from the Kamichi Taco Truck.
Bathrooms: A row of port-a-potties with antibacterial gel and hand washing stations for that great outdoor concert feel.
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Without question, everyone can benefit from daily use of a well formulated AHA (alpha hydroxy acid such as glycolic and lactic acids) or BHA (beta hydroxy acid, also known as salicylic acid) product. Each provides multiple benefits, including fighting signs of aging and breakouts!
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Skin naturally sheds billions of skin cells each day. When this natural shedding slows or stops due to sun damage, dry skin, oily skin, genetics, or different skin disorders, the results are unmistakable: dull, dry, or flaky skin; clogged pores; blemishes; white bumps; and uneven skin tone. Using an exfoliant steps in to help put everything in balance again. When you gently get rid of built-up skin cells you can undo clogged pores, stop breakouts, smooth out wrinkles, even make dry skin become a thing of the past!
How is that possible? Think about it in comparison to the skin on your heels before you get a pedicure. The built-up, dead layers of skin on your heels usually looks dry, rough, discolored, scaly, and lines are really obvious. Once that layer is removed, your heels immediately look smooth and unwrinkled! Of course, what causes calluses on your feet is different than what causes skin cells to build up on your face, but the same benefit of exfoliating heels holds true for your face; you just have to be far gentler. With well formulated AHA or BHA exfoliants, that's easy to do!
Great question! When properly formulated, both AHAs and BHA are brilliant options for exfoliating the surface of skin. Both AHA and BHA work to reduce wrinkles, stimulate collagen, and firm skin but each has its special qualities you'll want to consider when deciding which one to use:
If your skin is sun-damaged and you're also struggling with acne or clogged pores, add a BHA product to your routine. If you'd like to use an AHA and BHA at the same time, that is an option, though not really necessary. Some people find they work well when they're applied at the same time, but if you want to give this a try it is best to apply them separately, one during the day and one in the evening.
Scrubs are certainly an option for exfoliating your skin, but they have limitations you don't have to worry about with an AHA or BHA exfoliant. Scrubs only deal with the very top, superficial layer of skin while most of the unhealthy, built-up skin cells are beyond the reach of a scrub. What is most problematic is that many scrubs have a rough, coarse, uneven texture that can cause skin damage by tearing into the skin as it abrades away the surface, causing tiny tears that damage the skin's barrier. Scrubs often cause more problems than they could possibly solve.
If you do want to use a manual scrub, you can simply use a gentle washcloth with your daily cleanser, which works just as well to exfoliate the surface of skin as any cosmetic scrub you can buy. As a bonus, washcloths are softer (thus gentler) and of course they don't contain pore-clogging ingredients that oily, acne-prone skin doesn't need.
Exfoliating your skin is great, but how often to use one that works best for your skin type takes experimenting. It is possible to overdo it, and your skin will tell you if you've gone too far. For some people once a day works best, for others every other day, or once a week. However, exfoliating does not negatively affect how healthy skin cells are generated in the lower layers of skin. If anything, exfoliating unhealthy dead skin cells on the surface of skin can improve collagen production, increase skin's ability to hold moisture, and allow pores to function normally!
Now that you know the many ways an AHA or BHA exfoliant can improve your skin, all that's left to do is find the one that works best for you! You're on your way toward brighter, smoother, more radiant skin that will look younger, not to mention be free from acne, blackheads, and bumps. For guaranteed results, check out the state-of-the-art AHA and BHA exfoliants from Paula's Choice or our recommendations from other lines in the Beautypedia Reviews section of this site.
(Sources: Journal of Cosmetic Science, June 2008, pages 175–182, and March-April 2006, pages 203–204; Free Radical Biology and Medicine, May 17, 2008; Archives of Dermatologic Research, April 2008, pages S31-S38, and June 1997, pages 404–409; Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology, March 2007, pages 59–65, and September 2006, pages 246–253; International Phytotherapy Research, November 2006, pages 921–934; Aesthetic and Plastic Surgery, May-June 2006, pages 356–362; Skin Pharmacology and Physiology, May 2006, pages 283–289; Journal of Dermatology, January 2006, pages 16–22; International Journal Cosmetic Science, February 2005, pages 17–34; Experimental Dermatology, January 2005, pages 34–40, and April 2003, Supplemental, pages 57–63; Cancer Letters, December 2002, pages 125–135; Cosmetic Science, September-October 2002, pages 269–282; European Journal of Dermatology, March-April 2002, pages 154–156; Dermatologic Surgery, May 2001, page 429, and May 1998, pages 573–577; and British Journal of Dermatology, February 2001, pages 267–273.)
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PAWTUCKET — Despite discussions and individual lobbying for different options, the City Council on Tuesday postponed any decision on a fix for the unfunded police and firefighters' pension plan.
At a special session of the City Council that followed a Finance Committee meeting, the council voted to table its decision on a new funding option that passed by a slim margin. The council will take up the matter at its next regular council meeting that is scheduled for April 24 at City Hall.
PAWTUCKET — Despite discussions and individual lobbying for different options, the City Council on Tuesday postponed any decision on a fix for the unfunded police and firefighters' pension plan.
At a special session of the City Council that followed a Finance Committee meeting, the council voted to table its decision on a new funding option that passed by a slim margin. The council will take up the matter at its next regular council meeting that is scheduled for April 24 at City Hall.
The council has been asked by Mayor Donald Grebien's administration to consider a resolution to address the troubled public safety pension plan. With an unfunded liability of almost $145 million, the municipal pension plan is only at 34 percent funded and considered by the state as being in "critical" status. To change this designation requires that the plan be funded to a minimum of 60 percent.
The Grebien administration, with the help of an independent actuary, has proposed a Funding Improvement Plan (FIP) that is based on 350 public safety retirees giving up their annual cost of living adjustment (COLA) for the next three years. In exchange, the city would fund the plan at three percent above the annual required contribution (ARC) and make other cuts to city spending until the pension plan is made whole again.
On Tuesday night, the council voted 5 to 4 to support a slight twist on the administration's proposal. Councilor John Barry made a recommendation for an amendment to exempt from the three-year COLA freeze those retirees whose annual pension benefit is less than $30,000.
Barry told the council that of the 350 retirees, approximately 105 people would fall into this category and would be able to still receive their COLA. He added that many in this group are older retirees or widows who would be feel the impact of a COLA freeze more severely than those collecting higher pension amounts. The impact to the FIP would be about $3 million, but Barry said the city should be able to recoup this amount from future positive returns on the pension fund's investment, increases to state aid, or other cost-cutting measures.
Prior to the vote, Director of Administration Tony Pires cautioned the council that the retirees have legal "property rights" under the pension system and that in the event of any litigation, a proposal such as this that excludes a certain segment of the retirees from the COLA freezes could be viewed as discriminatory.
Barry agreed that the solution is not perfect, but noted that most of the retirees collecting under $30,000 a year are those who retired a long time ago or widows who don't even collect the full benefit. He added that a COLA freeze on someone with a pension of $18,000 a year would be felt more than someone with an annual pension over $30,000.
Barry added, "We're already paying for the mistakes of the 90s, but there is no magic solution. If we can mitigate for those who seem to be the least capable, I think we should try."
While some councilors seemed to agree with Barry, others wanted to stay with the original option (known as option C) being recommended by the administration. Noting that many elements of the pension plans are covered by contractual agreements, Councilor Terry Mercer said he was concerned about any "arbitrary and capricious thresholds for COLAs."
Mercer added that if it wasn't for the "very egregious actions" on the part of former administrations, the public safety pension plan would likely be around 80 percent funded. He noted that while there is no turning back, he thought option C " was "designed to share the pain." However, he also said that, going forward, much thought needs to be given to pension benefits and COLAs for new hires.
Council President David Moran, who also was one of the dissenting votes on Barry's amendment, said he thought there was "too much cherry-picking" with it and felt more comfortable with the original option C as it stands.
Several of the longtime councilors addressed the harsh criticism that has surrounded past administrations concerning several years during the early 1990s when it was reported that ARC payments were not made by the city into the police and fire pension fund.
There have been further questions and allegations from retirees and active participants alike about whether former city officials had failed to put even the money that was directly taken from police and fire employees into the pension fund.
Councilor Thomas Hodge noted that as a councilor, he had "sat here in 1992 and 1993, and we made our decisions on the best information that we had available to us." He said that "while they look like egregious mistakes, I don't think they were."
Earlier, Hodge had acknowledged that with the current administration's recommended pension plan fix, "there is pain, but if we take these steps, there won't be catastrophic pain. If we do not take this step, insolvency could occur."
Barry also noted that back in the 1990s, when the council saw that ARC payments weren't being made during some years, members had brought in an actuary for questioning. He said the council was told at the time that the pension plan "was making so much money that we didn't have to worry about it."
Pires told the council on Tuesday that his financial team has dug deeper through the available records and "cannot find a situation where payments were not made." He acknowledged that this review of 20-year-old records was not to the level of a "forensic audit" and while he could not likely show councilors a deposit slip, "We are reasonably sure those payments were made." He said he was told that, besides the ARC payments, there could have been early retirements or other factors that caused the police and fire pension plan to become so severely underfunded.
Barry added, "No one wants to be in the position we're in," and stressed that he and the other councilors are also keeping the taxpayers in mind. However, he noted that these pension commitments were made to employees long ago and they have legal rights to some of the benefits.
Under Barry's proposed funding plan and other changes being negotiated through collective bargaining, he said the active police and fire employees are going to contribute more, the city is going to contribute more and some retirees will most likely have to take a COLA freeze. He added that even with these changes, there is always uncertainty involved in the investment market.
During the special session, Councilors Mark Wildenhain and Jean Phillipe Barros had also suggested different pension funding scenarios, but each failed to win the support of their fellow councilors. Wildenhain had lobbied for an amendment that would have eliminated the COLA for retirees who receive an annual pension of more than $40,000, and Barros had proposed eliminating the COLA for 10 years.


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Can I display a photo in multiple galleries?
Updated: 02/25/2015
You can Collect a photo so it displays in multiple galleries at once!
Use this to make portfolio galleries to show clients, or to make special albums for each of your grandkids. You can even collect photos from other SmugMug users if they allow this in their account settings.
The collected photo won't move from the original gallery where it was first uploaded. The galleries displaying collected copies will also show a link to the source, so you'll always know where you've stashed the original.
FYI: There's a limit of 1000 collected photos per gallery.
Cool! How Do I Start Collecting?
Go to to the Organizer and drag photos from the source gallery to the gallery where you want them to appear. When you drop the photos on the destination gallery, an option will appear asking if you want to Move or Collect the photos. Click Collect.
Alternatively, you browse directly to the photo you want to collect. In SmugMug gallery style, the Share icon will appear under the photo. In other viewing styles, you may need to click on the photo to enter the lightbox mode.
Click the Share button and then Collect under a photo.
Pick the photos you want to collect.
The gallery picker will appear. Pick the target gallery where you want the collected photo to show and then click Done.
To remove a collected photo, click the wrench button and select Remove.
Consider using a keyword to automatically collect your photos using a Smart Gallery. You can keyword multiple photos and have them appear in a new gallery.
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You might be tickled that someone wants to put one of your shots in their "Most Inspiring Photos" gallery. Conversely, you may want to ensure your daughter's birthday pics aren't up for grabs. Keep these guidelines in mind:
You can always collect your own photos, regardless of your gallery settings.
To allow others to collect from you, ALL of the following must be true:
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- The gallery has external linking turned on. (More on Photo Protection settings.)
Note: All photos that are collected into other galleries will honor the settings from the original gallery. This means if you've applied watermarks, custom pricing, limited the largest size, etc., these will apply to your photos no matter where they're displayed. If you want to block the sales of photos completely, be sure to set a pricelist with no items for sale and apply it to the original source gallery.
You can choose to collect images from your galleries accessible by Anyone with the Link (unlisted), but we won't reveal the location in the caption field like we do for public photos. Your secret is safe with us.


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The Anatomy of a Bad NBA Team
Posted by Kevin Arnovitz on Fri, 03/14/08, 03:50am:
The alibis for the Clippers' wretched 2007-2008 season largely check out. Few – save Donald T. Sterling -- expected a Clipper team without Elton Brand to compete for more than 30 wins in a brutal Western Conference. This disclaimer, however, doesn't mitigate the fact that the Los Angeles Clippers are currently a Bad Basketball Team. What makes them bad? Well, they lose a lot of basketball games – many of them by ungodly margins. But there's more to it than that.
While every bad basketball team is bad in its own way, there are some general features you'll find on many a lousy roster. While no single one -- or even two or three -- of these red flags guarantees outright futility, if you examine the rosters of the league's worst teams, you're likely to spot some patterns:
- "Journeyman" Point Guards: Look at the starting lineup of a bad basketball team and you'll find the likes of Rick Brunson, Brevin Knight, Jeff McInnis, Tyronn Lue, Speedy Claxton penciled in at the PG slot. Dan Dickau is another good illustration. And Smush Parker is destined to become the archetypal bounce-around PG, if he isn't already. More times than not [Jeff McInnis would qualify as a 'not'], these are good guys. I mean, who -- besides Isiah Thomas -- wants an ineffectual player who is also an asshole on the roster? Take Dickau: He exerts himself every night, but he's being asked to do something he just can't: Be an NBA point guard.
- Guys Who Are Missing Key Attributes That Their Positions Demand: Power forwards who can't post. Point guards who can't defend the pick-and-roll. Shooting guards who can't shoot. Centers who can't challenge shots at the rim and get pushed around on the block. Wing players with low basketball IQs.
- Lots of Undersized Players: The other day I alluded to the Clippers' starting post tandem of Al Thornton and Josh Powell against Miami. Both guys could fairly be classified as small forwards, though Powell has done a decent job defending manageable PFs. When you field an excessively small lineup, too many bad things can happen on the boards and in the post – and also on the perimeter where a big opposing shooting guard with a quick release can sink shots all night over your 5' 10" defender.
- No One Who Can Pass the Ball: This is patently obvious. But watch closely and you'll see just how much less an opposing defense has to work against a team that can't pass. When the Clippers are static in the halfcourt, it's not because Minnesota's zone or Miami's slugs are blanketing the floor. It's because every entry pass is an adventure, and any basic motion set that features a cutter is wishful thinking. The result? Possession after possession of isolations which, after a while, even the worst NBA teams can sniff out.
- Not Able to Convert Easy Buckets: The best example of this is an inability to run the break. But there are others: The failure to exploit a quick momentary mismatch before a backpedaling opposing defense gets fully set; second chance points generated off offensive boards [Clips rank 28th in ORR].
- Both Season-Long and Intermittent Injuries: A team can generally adjust to an advanced-notice season long injury [think PHX in 2005-2006, or even Washington this season]. And almost all NBA teams can cope with a series of four to five game absences, but the combination of the two is fatal. What's particularly debilitating about a depleted, banged-up squad is the inability to hold productive 5-on-5 practices. When you find yourself asking, "Why do these guys look like they've never played together?" Chance are…they haven't.
I was going to say "lack of hustle," but I believe there are a lot of awful teams -- including the Clippers -- that play 48 minutes of gritty basketball. Shitty teams are shitty due to fundamental shortcomings like the ones outlined above. Apart from this list, what are some other characteristic flaws of bad NBA teams?


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Members of the Naples Newcomers Club gathered at St. Matthew's House, Dec. 18, to sort and wrap toys donated by St. Ann's Catholic Church and various toy drives within the community for distribution to children living at St. Matthew's House, Immokalee Friendship House and Wolfe Apartments. For more information about Naples Newcomers, call 298-4083 or visit naplesnewcomers.com. / Submitted
Callaghan Stark, from Calgary, Canada makes a donation as Naples Postmaster Richard Barber mans a Salvation Army Red Kettle. Barber was one of the top producers for the Red Kettle campaign. / Submitted
Scott Cameron, left, Bob Murray, Loretta Murray and Jim Coletta take time out for a photo during the Greater Naples Chamber of Commerce Business After 5 Holiday Party, Dec. 17, at the Hilton Hotel. / Submitted
Santa Claus recently visited the Collier County Transportation Department. From left, elf Audrey, Santa Claus, Bridget Woolley, Nancy Frye, Cyndee Woolley. / Submitted
Santa joined more than 300 Immokalee youngsters, Dec. 19, for a special holiday party at the Waterside Shops in North Naples. The event included lunch with Santa, presents and "real" snow. / submitted
Gary LeFebvre shared this photo of a mother swan with her brood, taken in June 2009 at Lely Preserve. Share your best shot by emailing email@example.com. View all our Best Shots online at www.colliercitizen.com.
Diana Little, Golden Terrace Elementary - A 17-year educator, Diana Little is a math coach with a bachelor's degree in elementary education and a master's in educational administration and is certified in administration and math with an ESOL endorsement. A recent Ohio transplant, she and her husband, Doug, have two daughters and a son and enjoy visiting local attractions and traveling around Florida. She likes to read cookbooks, but does not enjoy cooking, preferring instead to eat out or let her husband cook.
St. Elizabeth Seton middle school students surround a Christmas tree with over 400 presents collected for 96 children in need. The presents were delivered to Catholic Charities on Dec. 16, after the school hosted a "Wrap for Charity" party in the church's parish hall. / Submitted
Members of the First Baptist Academy kindergarten presented "Christmas Around the World," Dec. 16. Students shared information about the countries of their heritage and Christmas customs around the world. / Submitted
Freshman forward Vincent Desiano (20) keeps the ball inbounds for the Sharks as they host Port Charlotte, Dec. 18. / JOHN WISSOCKI
Golden Gate High School head football coach Steve Crowley (left) along with assistant caoch Ty Vigil (right) presented Ernie McCormick of Porky's Last Revenge BBQ Restaurant Dec. 17, with a plaque in appreciation of the restaurant's support in supplying pregame meals for the junior varsity football team this entire past season. This was the first time in school history that a restaurant has sponsored the junior varsity program. / SUBMITTED
The Golden Gate Hammerheads 10U travel baseball team following their championship at the Second Annual Christmas Grand Slam tournament in Naples, Dec. 20, at the Collier County Regional Park. / SUBMITTED
Michael Feldt (20) finished with nine points for the Sharks as they host Venince, Dec. 18, at the Sharks Tank. GUlf Coast fell to 2-10 on the season with the 42-46 loss. / JOHN WISSOCKI
Julie Koester and Shelia Davis with Willie Wonka and crew.
Willie Wonka and the Oompah Loompas meet golden ticket holders and their families at the gates of the Ritz Carlton's Chocolate Factory, Dec. 18, during the Willie Wonka Weekend. Based on the popular children's book, "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," by Roald Dahl, the event featured a golden ticket dinner with a book signing by Dahl's son and daughter-in-law, Theo and Maddie Dahl, Naples residents.


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Buffalo, NY - Each spring, neighborhoods in Buffalo welcome visitors to see the old homes that you usually just drive past. Often just as interesting as the furniture, decor and architecture is the history of the property. One homeowner in Buffalo recently solved a celebrity mystery including his home.
Mark Pagano owns 40 Agassiz Circle. He is so interested in his home's past that he hired historian Dana Saylor to research it.
She found the home was built by Richard Garvin in 1918. He owned a company that often did windows for churches. Architect Robert North also worked on churches in the area and designed what Pagano calls his oasis in the city. Pagano has used historic gardens to restore the gardens and some parts of the home. You can also find original windows that tell the story of Robin Hood.
Pagano had been told by neighbors that Cher stayed in the neighborhood in the 70's, but he wanted to know if his home was connected. It took some digging by Saylor to find out exactly which property Cher's ex-husband Gregg Allman stayed at, and she says it wasn't Pagano's home, but down the street.
The Pagano home is one of 10 properties on the Parkside Tour of Homes this Sunday from 11 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Tickets are available and $20 the day of the event.


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I've heard that aac is better. However, it has little support.
One note of caution, though: MP3's are a lossy (sp) compression format (you loose quality in the compression.) So reencoding MP3's as something else would still give you a lower quality music file. I personally don't think converting a music file to another format can enhance it.
If you rip the track as aac, then perhaps you might notice an increase in quality.


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Most of us would be hard pressed to name another well-known timbales player, and that's due in large part to Puente's incredible talent. He was such a virtuoso on the drums that no one else could hold a candle to him, thus his nickname – "El Rey [The King] de los Timbales."
Though the instrument is Cuban in origin, Puente wasn't (though many fans understandably may have thought him to be). Puente was in fact Puerto Rican, born and raised in New York City.
In case you're still having trouble remembering the name of Puente's signature instrument, Puente and his friend Elmo cleared it up on a memorable Sesame Street guest appearance.
Tito Puente died in 2000 at age 77. But he still is – and always will be – El Rey de los Timbales.
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It's confirmed: Kurt Caselli is indeed the 2012 AMA Hare & Hound National Champion. The title was in question for a few days when, after the final race of the 2012 Kenda AMA National Hare & Hound Series in Lucerne Valley, California, October 28, David Pearson made a request to appeal the results, but that request was today officially denied by the AMA
A release from the AMA stated: The AMA has certified the provisional results of round 10 of the AMA Hare & Hound National Championship Series held Oct. 28, 2012, in Lucerne Valley, California. The results were pending an appeal by David Pearson of Panaca, Nevada. Pearson was assessed a five-minute penalty for failure to adhere to rider fueling guidelines. Pearson's appeal has been denied. With the certification of the results, Kurt Caselli of Palmdale, California, is the 2012 AMA Hare & Hound National Champion.
While running second to Caselli in the race, Pearson entered the designated pit area to refuel, and did so on the fly, without stopping, discarding the fuel container on the ground before heading back out on the course. One of the fueling guidelines is that a rider must refuel over a BLM-mandated mat.
"I want to apologize to all my sponsors, fans and organizers for this," said Pearson in response. "They (THR Motorsports, Bob Bell and my team) put a lot of time and money into me winning the AMA Championship. I think this experience was costly, but I can learn a lot from it as a rider and a person. I saved a couple of seconds, but it cost me an entire championship."
Pearson needed to finish second to Caselli to wrap up the 2012 title and actually crossed the finish in second place, seemingly winning the championship, but the five-minute penalty knocked him pack to sixth in the race standings and ultimately second in the championship.
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jfruhlinger writes: "Edward Naughton has been insisting for months that Android violates the GPL because Google created a new set of Linux kernel headers that it hasn't released the source code for, despite the fact that it incorporates open source code. While numerous commentators, including those who helped write the kernel headers, claimed this code isn't copyrightable, Naughton in persisting in his crusade, saying that the questions need to be resolved in court for the good of the open source movement."
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I'll jump in, ready to host (Suzi, who should I talk to about hosting? Erik? Bill? Someone else?)
I am interested in helping with this proposal.
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Quote from: rachel_mckibbens on February 22, 2012, 12:12:20 PMWait. Are you telling me the Host City can have a cupcake eating round if it wants!?!?!? We will take the first 12 eligible PSI members that sign up - doors open at 6 pm, slam starts at 8 pm. If there is a line of more than 12 when doors open at 6 pm, we will take those competitors that are present and eligible and place them in a random draw for the 12 open spots.
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(2) Operator
The term "operator"—
(A) means any person who operates a website located on the Internet or an online service and who collects or maintains personal information from or about the users of or visitors to such website or online service, or on whose behalf such information is collected or maintained, where such website or online service is operated for commercial purposes, including any person offering products or services for sale through that website or online service, involving commerce—
(ii) in any territory of the United States or in the District of Columbia, or between any such territory and—
(B) does not include any nonprofit entity that would otherwise be exempt from coverage under section 45 of this title.
(4) Disclosure
The term "disclosure" means, with respect to personal information—
(A) the release of personal information collected from a child in identifiable form by an operator for any purpose, except where such information is provided to a person other than the operator who provides support for the internal operations of the website and does not disclose or use that information for any other purpose; and
(B) making personal information collected from a child by a website or online service directed to children or with actual knowledge that such information was collected from a child, publicly available in identifiable form, by any means including by a public posting, through the Internet, or through—
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(6) Internet
The term "Internet" means collectively the myriad of computer and telecommunications facilities, including equipment and operating software, which comprise the interconnected world-wide network of networks that employ the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol, or any predecessor or successor protocols to such protocol, to communicate information of all kinds by wire or radio.
(8) Personal information
The term "personal information" means individually identifiable information about an individual collected online, including—
(F) any other identifier that the Commission determines permits the physical or online contacting of a specific individual; or
(9) Verifiable parental consent
The term "verifiable parental consent" means any reasonable effort (taking into consideration available technology), including a request for authorization for future collection, use, and disclosure described in the notice, to ensure that a parent of a child receives notice of the operator's personal information collection, use, and disclosure practices, and authorizes the collection, use, and disclosure, as applicable, of personal information and the subsequent use of that information before that information is collected from that child.
(10) Website or online service directed to children
(A) In general
The term "website or online service directed to children" means—
(B) Limitation
A commercial website or online service, or a portion of a commercial website or online service, shall not be deemed directed to children solely for referring or linking to a commercial website or online service directed to children by using information location tools, including a directory, index, reference, pointer, or hypertext link.
(11) Person
The term "person" means any individual, partnership, corporation, trust, estate, cooperative, association, or other entity.
Source(Pub. L. 105–277, div. C, title XIII, § 1302,Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–728.)
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Pub. L. 105–277, div. C, title XIII, § 1308,Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–735, provided that: "Sections 1303 (a), 1305, and 1306 of this title [enacting sections 6502 (a), 6504, and 6505 of this title] take effect on the later of—
"(1) the date that is 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act [Oct. 21, 1998]; or
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Rape crisis hotline - Rape or domestic violence victims in the Carbon-Emery County area may contact the local 24-hour crisis line toll-free at 1-866-894-8610.
Carbon County Animal Services - Residents are encouraged to bring recycled newspapers and aluminum to the office at 3360 S. 225 West, Price. Donations will be used for homeless pets.
Carbon County Food Bank - Hours are Tuesday through Thursday from noon to 4 p.m. and Friday from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. For information on donating, volunteering or applying, contact the food bank at 637-9232.
Golden Rule Mission - Donate your garage/yard sale leftovers to the Golden Rule Mission in Helper. We will pick up, call 472-2631. Tax deductible.
Carbon County RSVP - RSVP partners senior individuals (55 & older) with organizations in need of their time, talent, and life experiences. If you are interested in volunteering, or are in need of volunteers, please call Shirley at 637-9118.
Foster Care Foundation - Carbon-Emery residents interested in becoming foster parents may contact Greg Cowan at 636-0210.
Parenting for teens - The Family Support and Children's Justice Center in Price offers a free class dealing with the issues, problems and difficulties facing teen parents. Participants learn about available resources, assistance to return/remain in school, parenting/life skills, cooking and recreation opportunities. For information, contact Terry Willis at 637-0281.
CASA - Special advocates are trained volunteers appointed by judges to speak for children appearing in court. Volunteers are screened. For information, contact Tarasina Compagni at 636-3431.
Carbon County Triad - meets the first Wednesday of the month at 2 p.m. at Price senior center. Members focus on law enforcement and aging programs to assist the elderly.
Lifeline pregnancy assistance, support center - The facility offers free confidential pregnancy testing, verification, counseling and baby supplies. Residents may contact the center by calling the 24-hour telephone line at 636-0700.
Carbon County Animal Shelter - AVID chip pet identification is available at the shelter. Hours are Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Foster parents - The local DCFS office needs foster parents willing to work with teens and provide emergency shelter care. For information, contact Cindy Saccomanno at 636-0219.
Helper library - Hours are Monday through Wednesday from noon until 8 p.m.; Thursday from noon to 6 p.m.; Friday from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m.; closed Saturday and Sunday. For information, contact the library at 472-5601.
Price library - Hours are Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 6:45 p.m.; Friday, 10 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.; closed Saturday and Sunday. Story hour is Wednesday at 5 p.m. and Thursday at 1 p.m. Pet Pals activities are Tuesday at 5 p.m. For information, call library at 636-3188.
CEU library -Hours are Monday through Thursday from 7:30 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday from noon to 6 p.m.; Sunday from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. Hours vary during breaks. For information, contact the library at 613-5209.
Family Support & Children's Justice Center - offers crisis care for families with children from infants to 11 years old. Crisis nursery is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Families may use the nursery for respite, family crisis, court, doctors appointments, medical emergencies, mental health appointments, escaping family violence, attending parenting classes/divorce classes and AA/Narcotic Anonymous meetings. Parenting classes are scheduled Thursday at 1:30 p.m. For information, call the center at 637-0281.
Child Care Resource & Referral - offers information on becoming child care providers and referrals for parents, employees or employers needing related services. For information, contact the agency at 613-5619.
Helper mining museum - From May 1 to Sept. 30, hours are Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tours may be scheduled. For information, contact Helen Tonc at 472-3009.
Prehistoric museum - From April 1 to Oct. 31, hours are from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. For information, call the museum at 613-5060.
Habitat for Humanity - For information on volunteering or applying for homes, call the Habitat office at 636-3230 .
Cancer screening - Southeastern Utah Health District in Price offers checks twice a month for women up to and including age 64. Clinics include breast, pelvic and pap exams at low or no cost. Women 50 to 64 may qualify for free mammogram vouchers. Call the health district at 637-3671 for appointments.
Infant immunization clinics - The health district in Price offers the clinics Monday through Friday from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.; and Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
ABC Learning Center - features movies Fridays at 7 p.m. The facility has books, computers and activities for adults and children. Summer hours are Monday through Friday from noon to 7 p.m. Winter hours are from 2 to 6 p.m. For tutoring appointments, call the center at 888-2061.
Social Security - Located at the county courthouse in Price, the office is open the second Wednesday of the month from 9:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. For information, call Social Security toll-free at 1-800-772-1213.
Castle Country's Promise - Adults interested in supporting Carbon and Emery youth may contact the program at 613-5284 or visit the groups' website at www.castlecountryspromise.org.
Carbon High Class of 1973 - Reunion being held Aug. 30 at the Carbon Country Club. Reservation deadline July 31, for more information call Carryl Tatton at 637-7258.
Central High Class of 1973 - Reunion being held Aug 30 at the Museum of the San Rafael in Castle Dale, 11:00 am. For more information call Keith Ware at 435-748-2323.
CEU's 65th Anniversary - September 20, 9:00 am. Includes golf tourney, lunch picnic, dinner/dance and more. Some fees required, some events free. Call 613-5256 for more information.
Children's Justice Center - Recycling fundraising project to benefit The Family Support Center and Children's Justice Center. 108 N. 300 E., Price. Donate used fax, printer, and copy machine ink cartridges for recycling to earn points towards new playground equipment. Call Kristy at 637-0281 for more information.
Stella D'America - Helper's Italian-American lodge will celebrate it's ferragosto festival August 24, 1:00 pm at the Riverside Pavilion in Helper. Guests welcome.
Melon Days Softball Tournament - Men's slow-pitch softball tournament Sept 19-20. Call Lucas Shorts at 564-8479 for information.
Price Culture Connection -The summer schedule includes the following presentations:
Aug. 21 - Hydrus classic rock, 7:30 p.m., Price Peace Garden.
Aug. 28 - Hillbilly Voodoo, 7:30 p.m., Price Peace Garden.
Messiah community choir members - Residents interested joining the choir and participating in the holiday presentation may contact Amber Hannay at 637-6857 for information.
Marine Corps League - meets the second Monday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at China City. For membership information, contact David Brewer at 472-8757..
Price American Legion Post #3 - meets the first and third thursday of each month at the post home - 27 N. 100 W.
Helper American Legion Auxiliary - meets the fourth Thursday of the month at 6 p.m. For information, contact Pat Scherschel at 472-8203.
VFW - Post hours are Monday - Saturday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Meetings are the first and third thursday of the month at 7 p.m. Games are on Sunday at 1 p.m. For information, contact Ginny Boren at 637-7424.
VFW Field Service Officer- In Price to assist Veterans in applying for VA benefits, document preparation, etc.. Will be at Price Workforce Services office from 8:30 -10:30 am on September 11, 2003.
American Legion Field Service Officer - In Price on September 30, 2003 to assist veterans, widows, and dependents in applying for VA benefits. 8:30 - 10:30 am on September 30, 2003.
Adult bicycling club - Residents older than 50 years of age interested in joining the club may contact Richard Morley at 637-8363.
Castle Country Horse Show Association - Show Sept. 13 at Price. Shows start at 10 a.m. For information, contact Joyce Worley at 637-1772.
Old Time Fiddlers - Free acoustic jam sessions the first Saturday of the month at 10 a.m. at the Price senior citizens center.
Bowling league scores - League secretaries should report high scores weekly to Rose Fossat. For information, contact Fossat at 637-1488.
"Castle Country King Crawlers" 4x4 club meets every 2nd Wednesday at 7:00 pm in Washington Park.
Coal Country Squares - Dancers meet Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at the seniors center in Price.
Castle Country Fiber Guild - meets the first the first Monday of the month at 7 p.m. For information, contact Michelle Goldsmith at 650-3290.
Central Utah Stock Car Racing Association - meets the second Tuesday of the month, 7 p.m., at Helper Civic Auditorium. For information, contact Reed Phillips at 613-8288.
League of Utah Writers - Price chapter meets the third Thursday of the month from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. For information, call Margaret Christensen at 637-0772.
Masonic Lodges - Regular activities include Carbon Lodge 16, F&AM, first Mondays, 7:30 p.m.; Joppa Lodge 26, F&AM, first Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m.; Eastern Star, Naomi Chapter 13, first Thursdays, 7:30 p.m.; Job's Daughters, Bethel 3, second and fourth Wednesdays, 7 p.m.; and York Rite (chapter, council, commandery alternating), first Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m. Utah Eastern Shrine Club. Contact Norman Smith for information.
Castle Valley Archaeology Society - meets the third Thursday of the month at 7 p.m. in the CEU museum classroom. For information, contact Bob or Margene Hackney at 637-0482.
Utah Friends of Paleontology - Castle Valley chapter meets the second Tuesday of the month, 7 p.m., in the CEU museum classroom. For information, contact the museum at 613-5060.
Carbon County Historical Society - meets the last Thursday of the month at 7 p.m. at the courthouse. For information, call Joanne Hyatt at 472-5062 or contact Kathy Hamaker.
Newborns in Need- Residents are encouraged to donate baby items for needy infants in Carbon County. For information on volunteering or donating items, contact Teresa Kilcrease at 637-5324.
MOPS - The mothers of preschoolers group meets the second and fourth Monday of the month at 6 p.m. at Price Chapel. Adult crafts, child care and children's program included. For information, call Tami Campbell at 637-7542.
Castle Country OHV - Meetings are the third Thursday of the month at 7 p.m. at the fairgrounds building. For information, contact Leslie Tolley at 637-6130 or visit the group's website at www.ccohva.org.
BACA - The group meets the third Sunday of the month at noon at Kraync Motor in Price.
Price Ladies of Elks -The group meets the first Wednesday of the month. For information, contact Susan Etzel at 637-5772.
Multiple sclerosis support group - meets the first Tuesday of the month, 7:30 p.m., in the conference room at the health district in Price. For information, contact Danny or Tami Velasquez at 637-0712.
Overeaters Anonymous - meets Thursday at 8 p.m. in room 6 at 105 W. 100 North, Price.
Gastric bypass support group - meets the second Thursday of the month at 7 p.m. at Castleview. For information, call Wilma Howa at 472-5048
Domestic violence support groups - are scheduled weekly. For information, call the 24-hour crisis line at 637-6589.
Single mothers support group - meets Tuesday from 7 to 8 p.m. at Price Community Center. Child care available upon request. No fees required.
AA, NA - Meetings are conducted at the following locations:
Daily - noon, open, 11 W. Main, Price.
Sunday - 6:30 p.m., open, Helper mission.
Monday - 8 p.m., open, Four Corners in Price.
Tuesday - 8 p.m., open, East Carbon City Hall; 8 p.m., open, Four Corners in Castle Dale.
Wednesday - 7 p.m., open, Gilley's in Ferron; 8 p.m., open, 11 W. Main, Price.
Thursday - 7:30 p.m., teen NA, closed, Four Corners in Price; 8 p.m., open, 11 W. Main, Price; 8 p.m., open, Huntington senior citizens center.
Friday - 6:30 p.m., closed, Helper mission; 8 p.m., open, East Carbon City Hall; 8 p.m., open, 11 W. Main, Price.
Saturday - 6:30 p.m., open, 11 W. Main, Price; 8 p.m., open, 11 W. Main, Price.
Price Alanon - The group meets Wednesday and Saturday at 8 p.m. in room 221 at 90 N. 100 East, Price.
Women's cancer support group - meets the third Wednesday of the month at 7 p.m. at Castleview's classroom For information, contact Sherry King at 637-4800, extension 3510.
Bringing Hope Foundation - Single mothers meet Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Price Community Center. No fees required. Participants must enroll by contacting the foundation at 637-5542.
Caregivers support group - meets the last Wednesday of the month at 3:30 p.m. at 10 South Fairgrounds Road. For information, contact Lisa Perla at 637-4950.


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Groove .6L Botttle
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With Camelbak's Groove .6L Bottle you can have freshly filtered water. Anywhere. Filters as you sip, so you can hydrate on the go. Re-usable, BPA-Free, spill-proof bottle with a filter inside. NSF Certified to remove chlorine, taste and color.
- Turns tap water into fresh, great-tasting water anywhere you go
- Sustainable, plant-based filter lasts about 3 months or 48 gallons (180L) of water
- Easy to refill and easy to use bottle with a filter built into the straw
- Durable and spill-proof
- Easy to carry: Integrated loop handle makes it easy to clip a carabiner or carry with the crook of a finger
- 100% BPA-Free
- Independently certified by NSF International for product safety and performance. (NSF is an internationally recognized, independent testing agency that validates performance claims.)
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- Hydration Capacity: 20 oz / .6 L
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- Cap Material: BPA-Free Polypropylene
- Bite Valve Material: The CamelBak Big Bite Valve is made from medical grade silicone
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Volume: 20 oz / 0.6 L
Season: F14 S15
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Primal Mighthorn
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- Primal Mighthorn whispers: And remember, <name>, the bloodspore powder can be used to weaken all magnataur in Gammoth.
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The professional staff at Bridge to Learning is dedicated to helping your child grow intellectually, emotionally and physically. Bridge to Learning is a private, non-profit organization owned by the parents. Enrolling your child makes you a member of the corporation. We value the active involvement of parents in our school, which results in a shared experience that hopefully will continue throughout each child's educational process.
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As expected, the U.S. Supreme Court announced it will hear a pair of cases that will impact the future of marriage in America. After a week of deliberation the High Court said Friday it would consider a challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which for federal purposes defines marriage as only between a man and a woman. It will also hear an appeal to a lower court ruling that overturned California's Proposition 8, the state constitutional marriage protection amendment passed by voters in 2008.
In the Proposition 8 case, U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker ruled in 2010 that the state amendment, passed by voters on a ballot initiative, violated the U.S. Constitution's due process and equal protection clauses, and placed a stay on its implementation. The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal upheld Walker's suspension of the amendment, and after hearing the case in full earlier this year, threw out the amendment completely, setting up the appeal to the Supreme Court.
After his retirement in 2010, Walker confessed that he had been in a homosexual relationship for years, a revelation that called into question the impartiality of his ruling on Proposition 8.
As for DOMA, signed into law in 1996 by President Bill Clinton, a number of lawsuits have been filed by same-sex couples challenging its constitutionality, and in February 2011 President Obama ordered the Justice Department to stop taking up the law's defense in court. "Much of the legal landscape has changed in the 15 years since Congress passed DOMA," Attorney General Eric Holder said in announcing that the DOJ would not defend the duly passed federal statute. "The Supreme Court has ruled that laws criminalizing homosexual conduct are unconstitutional. Congress has repealed the military's Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy. Several lower courts have ruled DOMA itself to be unconstitutional."
The nation's homosexual lobby has long been a staunch Obama ally, and the president strongly courted the "gay" voting bloc during his first administration, working to overturn the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy barring homosexuals from openly serving in the military, and promising to hand them legalized same-sex marriage in his second term.
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Get an overview of this hotelLuxury Bogota hotel in Financial District with 2 restaurants
Located in Financial District, this luxury hotel is 0.4 mi (0.6 km) from El Castillo Shopping Center and 2.9 mi (4.6 km) from National University of Colombia. Av. Chile Shopping Center and High Technology Center are also within 1 mi (2 km).
Hotel Features
Along with 2 restaurants, this hotel has a fitness center and a bar/lounge. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include a coffee shop/café, coffee/tea in the lobby, and massage/treatment rooms.
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All 58 rooms boast fireplaces and iPads, plus free WiFi and LCD TVs with satellite channels. Guests will also find balconies, iPod docks, and sofa beds.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
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Dining is available at one of the hotel's 2 restaurants and guests can grab coffee at the coffee shop/café. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. This 4.5-star property offers access to a business center and meeting rooms.
Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access. 4 meeting rooms are available. This luxury hotel also offers a fitness center, a terrace, and multilingual staff. For a surcharge, a roundtrip airport shuttle (available on request) is offered to guests. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
- Spa treatment room(s)
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La Trattoria - This restaurant specializes in Italian cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
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- Rollaway/extra beds are available for COP 240000 per night.
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Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- A 16 percent city/local tax will be charged
- Destination fee: COP 40600 per accommodation, per night
- The national sales tax (16%) is charged upon check-out to citizens of Colombia regardless of length of stay and to foreigners staying 60 consecutive days or more. Foreigners on a tourist visa are exempt from this tax. Furthermore, the tax may apply per room when the room is shared by a taxable and a nontaxable guest.
- Resort fee: COP 7234 per person, per night
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- Fee for cooked-to-order breakfast: COP 43000 per person (approximately)
- Airport shuttle fee: COP 45000 per vehicle (one way)
- Rollaway bed fee: COP 240000 per night
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Audie Award Finalist, Solo Narration - Female, 2014
Joe Hill, the acclaimed, award-winning author of the New York Times best sellers Heart-Shaped Box and Horns, plunges you into the dark side of imagination with a thrilling novel of supernatural suspense that will have you flinching at shadows and checking the rearview mirror again and again....
Don't slow down
Victoria McQueen has an uncanny knack for finding things: a misplaced bracelet, a missing photograph, answers to unanswerable questions. When she rides her bicycle over the rickety old covered bridge in the woods near her house, she always emerges in the places she needs to be. Vic doesn't tell anyone about her unusual ability, because she knows no one will believe her. She has trouble understanding it herself.
Charles Talent Manx has a gift of his own. He likes to take children for rides in his 1938 Rolls-Royce Wraith with the vanity plate NOS4A2. In the Wraith, he and his innocent guests can slip out of the everyday world and onto hidden roads that lead to an astonishing playground of amusements he calls Christmasland. Mile by mile, the journey across the highway of Charlie's twisted imagination transforms his precious passengers, leaving them as terrifying and unstoppable as their benefactor.
And then comes the day when Vic goes looking for trouble...and finds her way, inevitably, to Charlie.
That was a lifetime ago. Now, the only kid ever to escape Charlie's unmitigated evil is all grown up and desperate to forget.
But Charlie Manx hasn't stopped thinking about the exceptional Victoria McQueen. On the road again, he won't slow down until he's taken his revenge. He's after something very special - something Vic can never replace.
As a life-and-death battle of wills builds her magic pitted against his - Vic McQueen prepares to destroy Charlie once and for all...or die trying....
Joe Hill's acclaimed works of fiction, Horns, Heart-Shaped Box, and 20th Century Ghosts, have already earned him international acclaim. With NOS4A2, this outstanding novelist - "one of America's finest horror writers" (Time magazine); "a major player in 21st-century fantastic fiction" (Washington Post) - crafts his finest work yet. Disturbing, mesmerizing, and full of twisting thrills, Hill's phantasmagoric, devilishly playful masterpiece is a terrifying high-octane ride.
©2013 Joe Hill (P)2013 HarperCollins Publishers
"Quite simply the best horror writer of our generation, Joe Hill's masterful storytelling is on full display in NOS4A2. It is by turns terrifying and hilarious, horrifying and full of heart, and relentlessly compelling." (Michael Koryta, New York Times bestselling author of The Prophet)
"Fascinating and utterly engaging, this novel is sure to leave readers wanting more. One thing is for certain, however. After reading this book, readers will never hear Christmas carols in quite the same way again." (Library Journal, starred review)
"[A] new take on the fantasy-horror genre...Highly recommended." (The Sun Herald Sydney, Australia)
Great time of year to bundle up in bed with a good audio book- the spookier the better-
"Finish to Start Excellent is Novel This"
When you read this novel, it will become clear why my headline is written as it is.
NOS4A2 is a story you won't want to miss. Well written, with a fresh, compelling storyline. A chilling start, and then it slows a little, but that is just necessary for information gathering, and character building--which all comes together with dizzying speed. I literally could not stop listening - everytime I put the ipod down to do something else, I couldn't wait to get back to it.
At times I completely forgot I wasn't listening to a Stephen King novel, but I guess it is only normal that his son would have picked up some of his style over the years. Joe Hill is an excellent author, as shown by his many publications so far. This one is my favorite.
Charlie Manx is a really bad man of 100+ years old, who loves Christmas, and claims he has to "save" children from bad parents by kidnapping them and taking them to his Christmas Land to live. Unfortunately, most of the parents are killed or maimed in the process, unless they are saved to be used for "fun" games by the children in Christmas Land. One of the children who Manx kidnapped, escapes. Known as Vic (Victoria), she was a scrappy, tough kid who had a knack for "finding" things that were lost -in a way that even she didn't understand. Her gift becomes more clear to her as she grows into the strong and determined adult who fights the evil Manx to protect those she loves. It's hard to write a review without divulging too much information, but I haven't given anything away here, as this is all information you get quite quickly.
This is the first novel I've listened to narrated by Kate Mulgrew--and what a talent. She has a real grasp on what each character should sound like, and puts her heart and soul into it. I will definitely check out other works by her.
I feel lucky that so many King horror stories seem to primarily take place in my state of Colorado (Misery, The Shining, the Stand, etc) as does this one. I can picture where all the action takes place, as they are loosely based on actual locations or structures, which makes them deliciously creepy to read.
A special treat at the end of this novel is Joe Hill speaking about his writing, some favorite authors, and a little about growing up in the King household. Very interesting.
"Gripping performance by Kate Mulgrew...."
I'm a visual designer. I listen to audiobooks throughout my day while I work. So, to me, a "good" audio book is one that keeps my interest even while I am not focused on it 100%.
Once I started this ride, I couldn't turn it off. I listeneded in the car, at the gym, and as I went to sleep. Stayed awake until 4am on the 3rd day- just to finish.
I have sampled ( and rejected) so many audiobooks that promise a "kick-a$$" heroine, but deliver a shrill and unconvincing performance by the narrator. Mulgrew was perfection! I believed every word as Vic, and her performance of Charlie Manx struck just the right creepy chords.
I'll look for more from Joe Hill. But I think my next purchase may be anything narrated by Mulgrew.
"D*mn near flawless"
WOW! NOS4A2 puts Heart-Shaped Box to shame, no question. This is a phenomenal book made all the better by Kate Mulgrew's superb narration. We all know that a bad narrator can made an otherwise-great book unlistenable; believe me, no danger of that here! Mulgrew is pitch-perfect with every single character. Her interpretation of Manx in particular is skin-crawlingly good. I will certainly be purchasing any other projects to which she lends her vocal talents! Out of the 100+ audiobooks I've downloaded from Audible, I'd say I've had about a 50/50 success rate. Some have been sublime, others downright unlistenable. NOS4A2 definitely falls in the former category!
NOTE: This one starts off with a terrific bang then slows down for just a little bit to do some set-up. Don't be thrown off by the momentary lull---by the time you hit the two-hour-mark, things are revving up again and they never slow down for the rest of this incredible ride!
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This is a good horror story (strike that)...This is a REALLY GOOD horror story and Stephen King should be proud of his son who is most definitely a chip off the old block. At the start the listener/reader is enticed by the creepy title hinting at vampires, blood and gore but this is not precisely the case. The listener/reader is introduced to Charles Manx, an old man of +110 years, whose peculiarity is to be alive. After spending almost a decade in a coma and after being officially declared as dead, Charlie 'wakes up'. This unnerving scene is the first of many. We learn that Charlie drives a 1938 Rolls Royce Wraith…that is also 'alive'. He and his minion (Bing) go looking for kids that are 'brutalized', taking them to Christmasland…a place where all the kids are happy and never want to leave. We also meet Victoria 'Vic' McQueen (also the 'Brat') who is the strong, complicated and far from flawless heroine. She discovers she has a rather special power as she is able to transport herself to different physical locations by pedaling her bike (her Raleigh Tuff Burner) and riding through a covered bridge. She can find lost things but is 'costs' her. Sometimes the things she finds are tangible, like her mother's bracelet a lost picture, etc. but sometimes she encounters things that are less tangible; such as her meeting with a stuttering librarian (Maggie) and Maggie's special scrabble letters. It's when Vic goes looking for trouble that her story gets entangled with that of the malevolent and uniquely nasty villain, Charlie.
This supernatural suspense story is fused with well-developed characters that are complex in their own ways and the plot is interesting and moves quickly. Whilst being edgy, dark, scary and at times uncomfortable, the novel is also a book about family and the contentious relationships that exist between parents/children and husbands/wives. There are numerous scenes and characters that are memorable but of course Vic and Charlie are particularly unforgettable. NOS4A2 kept me up at night because I just could not stop listening. I definitely recommend this to any horror or suspense loving fan and to all who are on the hunt for a truly spellbinding listen.
I have to admit that I'm a total Audible junkie. MUST have book going at all times. I may be the subject of a family intervention someday.
"Terrific from beginning to end"
The wonderful characters and rich descriptions. And the "can't stop listening" level of suspense.
Very early on in this book I wondered "WOW, who the heck is this guy and why haven't I heard of him before? He could give Stephen King a solid run for his money" having no idea in the world that he was, in fact, a chip off the old King block until I looked him up online. As an author Joe Hill stands firmly on his own even though this acorn didn't fall far from the tree. Hill's style is in no way a lesser imitation of his fathers' work, although the writing is clearly influenced by it in all of the best possible ways. If you loved "It" or any of King's best, you really must read this one. Personally I can't wait to read more of his work.
Also: be sure to listen right through the credits where Hill sneaks in a creepy little plot epilogue, followed by an interesting author's commentary on audiobooks, the wonderful Kate Mulgrew, and his experience of growing up in a family of writers.
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"Buy it!!"
You know those audio books that you love so much that you start writing the glowing review in your head while doing crunches at the gym when you've barely reached part 2? The kind of book that has you lowering your headphones and casting a withering glare for only the most dire of interruptions?? The kind you finish in record time, pausing only to bathe and even then skipping conditioner and all but the major body parts??? Well this is that book, and if you enjoy nerd humor, awesome characters, a seriously creepy narrator and an even creepier Christmas madman then buy it!!- and listen allllll the way to the end....
"Rich storytelling in a horrific fantasy landscape"
I found NOS4A2 to be absorbing and disturbing, all at the same time. Joe Hill's descriptive writing style painted the story easily in my mind's eye while building up the anticipation on what will happen next all the way up to it's final climax then it left me thinking of the "What ifs."
NOS4A2 spans through many years, from the time Vic McQueen is a child discovering her own, very real roads through her imagination while interchangingly delving into Charles Manx' twisted and horrific version of Christmas along with other supporting characters that make this story even more creepy and sometimes sad. During these years, many disturbing acts occur that lends an air of impossibility of triumph for Vic while other acts are heartwarming and sad. With the wide mix of scenery within NOS4A2, I experienced many reactions while reading NOS4A2 from horrified to sad to mirth and sometimes wistful.
I thought the characters were easy to relate to, Vic McQueen, or easily disliked and fear, Charles Manx, because they were created with such real to life attributes especially Vic. Because of the real to life characteristics of the characters, the story seemed more realistic which makes the horror aspect stand out terrifically within this book.
I'd recommend NOS4A2 to anyone who loves a good, well told horror story. You can't miss with NOS4A2 nor will you be sorry about the time spent reading this novel.
Kate Mulgrew's performance for the most part was right on the money. Kate can read the male, female and children parts very well and with various ranges of emotion, except there were several places when she was reading Vic, her voice came across as too gruff and harsh, almost like a heavy smoker's voice which I feel didn't fit Vic and this would throw me out of the scene, bringing to mind something out of place.
When I like something I'll let you know. If I don't, I'll let you know that too!
"Yes its five stars - and worth every one of them."
Joe Hill has written an amazing story about a young Victoria with a talent to use her bicycle to find lost things. Unfortunately, Vic finds some things she really isn't looking for. Vic meets many memorable and well developed characters as she puts a child abductor in jail. I don't want to say too much about the story because I'm afraid that I'll spoil your enjoyment of allowing the story to unfold for you. Let me say that this is a riveting story. When you're finished I think you'll understand why I'm not giving out too many details.
Now, let me say that Kate Mulgrew is every bit as amazing and awesome as Joe Hill's story. If you don't care for the story, listening to Kate Mulgrew's performance alone is worth the credit. Bravo Ms. Mulgrew, bravo.
NOS4A2 is a great experience and I cannot recommend it highly enough.
I LOVE books. And dogs & quilting & beading & volunteering.
"Don't fall asleep to this listen-You been warned!"
Joe Hill really writes an awful (in a good way) novel..this was ucky creepy and I'm still thinking about it a week and another good listen later. It was truly not a fun listen and really got to me but I still am glad I listened. Made to be listened to rather than read, Kate Mulgrew of Star Trek "Voyager" fame shows her narrating ability in Hills' iconic horror novel..she has a flexible voice that can do many registers from high to low and displays an excellent ability to put the creep into creepy. Don't fall asleep to this novel..it will bring on BAD dreams......garenteed!
This is the kind of plot that makes the horror genre honk its horn in excitement. While there are some reminiscent scenes similar to Hills more famous dad's iconic novel "Christine", Joe Hill doesn't stand on literary parents productivity with this example of his work.
This book may wreck Christmas for some of you..I'm glad I listened to it in the spring as I don't want to hear "Holly Jolly Christmas" for a long time.
I'm quite serious about listening to it while falling asleep. I did and my brain was full of the monstrosity of the Rolls "Wraith" trapping ME and taking me for a ride while I slept.
I need to find a NICE book to listen to while I fall asleep I guess.
Myst/thrillers and ✨fun fantasies✨are my favorites but always open for a good story.
"Outstanding Symphony of Horror"
It is so refreshing to come across a writer that writes to the, "smart reader". This was my first Joe Hill book and I was surprised and impressed by the caliber of his writing, he has definitely inherited his fathers, (Stephen King's), ability to spin a spooky yarn that takes you on a gripping roller coaster ride.
A fast pace, combined with well constructed characters provoked some thrilling and unexpected intensity. From the mystical heroine to the horrible villains, the characters have such depth that they draw you right into their dreadful altered reality. For the thriller/horror seeker this scary and suspenseful read will not disappoint.
A 115 year old convicted kidnapper/murderer, awakens from a 5 year coma,.. dies,.. gets embalmed, and then....walks out of the hospital...
As an act of revenge against the young girl who aided in his conviction years earlier, he and his creepy, murdering minion, snatch her young son with the intent of taking him into a bone chilling, fantasy world; "Christmasland". He would only be one of the many.
A brave, mystical, but also, damaged heroin must use all of her recourses and abilities to try to save her son from a dammed eternity.
The narrator did a great job with the up and down pace and the different character voices. I will be looking for Hills next book with the hope that he can keep up the highly exciting, first rate plot lines.
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Girl meets president
A crowd of more than 6,000 stood in blistering heat Friday to listen to President Barack Obama speak at Carnegie Mellon University, a stop on his Betting on America bus tour.
But a handful, including a third-grader from John F. Kennedy Elementary School in Washington, whose mother served in Iraq and is stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas, met the president during a private reception following the rally.
Nena Hatcher, 8, was escorted by Jody Lydic, Nenas guardian since her mother, Liz Kitchens, enlisted in the U.S. Army four-and-a-half years ago.
And for a brief moment, the little girl had the ear of the president of the United States.
He shook her hand and asked her name, said Lydic. She was shy and said her name very quietly.
Lydic, a neighborhood team leader for Obamas presidential campaign, was momentarily tongue-tied, too, but told him, Im Catholic and I have your back, and I thank you for having mine, she said.
Nena last saw her mother over the Christmas holiday, when Kitchens and her husband, Nathan Janson, both Army medics, surprised Nena with a visit.
Unaware her mother and step-father would be home briefly for Christmas, Nena organized a DVD drive for her mothers Army unit, and wound up sending care packages including DVDs and snacks - to U.S. soldiers stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Shes very generous with everything. Her heart is open to everybody, said Lydic. Its not great to grow up without her mom, but shes had some great experiences.
When Lydic was invited to attend Fridays rally because of her volunteer work with the campaign, she asked organizers if she could bring Nena. She also sent along a new article published in the Observer-Reporter that highlighted Nenas efforts.
A woman called me and said not only can she come, they would like to take pictures of Nena with the president. She has made absolutely the biggest sacrifice for this country, growing up without her mom for five years, said Lydic.
Nena and Lydic arrived at CMU at about 9:30 a.m., where they checked in with the Secret Service and were given name tags.
The were scheduled to meet with the president before the speech, but his motorcade was running late, so the group met him afterward.
Nena brough Of Thee I Sing, a childrens book Obama wrote for his daughters and a gift for Nena from Lydics son, Ben, a long-time friend of Kitchens for him to autograph.
The pair also had a professional photograph taken with the president. Cell phones and cameras were not permitted during the meeting, and the photo will be mailed to them.
More exciting than meeting the president, for Nena, was news she recently received: her mother, who re-enlisted recently, will be stationed in Bethesda, Md., in October. Kitchens, now married, will have custody of Nena.
Im so excited for her and her mom. Theyll be reunited permanently, said Lydic.
Meanwhile, Janson, who is stationed at Fort Bliss, will be deployed overseas in December.
Lydic and her husband, Jeff, have cared for Nena since her mother joined the Army as a single mom. Their own two children are grown, and the couple will miss having Nena around.
I really did enjoy every minute of every day with Nena. It was wonderful to have her, said Lydic. This is what weve been working for the whole time, though. Her mom joined the Army to build a better life for them, and thats what shes done.