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Feb 2011
Hi We are in the lucky position of having had our son accepted at Centro Vida's 2 year old program for next fall. We would like to hear from any parents who currently have kids attending Centro Vida so we can get a sense of your experience. What's the good, bad, and ugly about Centro Vida? Some specific questions we have are: - What is the quality of the care and instruction? - How structured is the program for younger children? - What are your opinions on the facility/location? - How engaged is the school with the parent community and vice-versa? Thanks in advance! OJ
Though by now you have made your decision as to whether or not to enter Centro Vida in the fall, I wanted to post anyhow. As you know, there is a great demand for the full-cost spots at Centro Vida, and there are several reasons for this. The teachers at CV are second to none. All of them have ECE training and several have completed full certification programs. But that is not what makes the place so special. As a current (and future) parent at CV, I see on a daily basis the love, warmth, encouragment and hope poured onto all of the children at CV. Having recently toured lots of elementary schools, I can also comment that the CV facilities reflect real engagement from the teachers. The instruction is amazing, and has always (the past 2 years) seemed exactly age-appropriate. I have especially been impressed with how the entire staff handles transitions of every type, for example going from one classroom to the next. I also appreciate the low child to teacher ratio compared to other local preschools. We could not be happier with the school. Lucky to be at Centro Vida
April 2009
We are same sex parents to a toddler and preschooler, and we are considering Fall enrollment for at least one of our children at Centro Vida. Can anyone share their experiences of this school as part of an ''alternative'' family (glbt, single parent, adoptive, foster, etc) structure? Is/was your family validated and recognized by teachers, students, families, and within the curriculum? A review from the archives suggested that the concept of family can be treated from a more ''traditional'' standpoint- has this been your experience? Thank you! Queer and Curious
We're a family of two moms and two boys. Our youngest son went to Centro Vida, and is currently a first grader who goes to Bahia for the afterschool program (run by the same folks). As a family, we felt accepted and supported by the staff and families at CV. To be honest, I d/n really remember whether we had any problems with the curriculum -- it is a pretty play-based curriculum, which we liked, especially in the younger groups. I do recall that our son once came home (at age 3 or 4), w/ a portrait of his family. He laughed when he told us his teacher suggested he use a triangle shape for his moms to show they were wearing dresses. He told the teachers his moms never wear dresses, and that was the end of that.
So far as I know, our family was the only lesbian family at CV while we were there. Although that registered w/ me and my partner, I'm not sure our kid ever noticed -- there were other kids w/ only one parent, or being raised by a grandparent, and there was tremendous racial, language and class diversity, so he understood that families have similarities and differences. But it would have been nice for us as parents to have had other gay parents to connect with.
If you have other questions about CV or Bahia, please feel free to email me directly.
June 2008
Re: Spanish immersion-type preschool programs
Centro Vida is a wonderful Spanish immersion preschool. However, I would get on their waiting list NOW. I put my son on the list as soon as he was born, and he didn't get in until part way through the first year! But he loved it, and spoke Spanish fluently while he was there. hablamos espanol
Nov 2006
The reviews onthe webiste for Centro Vida are quite dated. Do you have your child enrolled there now, and if so, what do you like/dislike about the school? Thanks!
My two girls finally got into Centro Vida after 2-3 yrs on the wait list (the younger one is in the 2 yo class, the older one in the 4 yo class). It's great. There are lots of activities (MOCHA art classes, music/dance, swimming in the summer); a strong parent group; and a warm, loving staff. I feel very lucky since the school is also walking distance to our house. There is a Saturday program, as well, called La Academia that my 4 yo attended last spring. rmgomes
Our son is in his third year at Centro Vida, and it has worked well for him. He is a child who takes a long time to transition, and the first few months of his first year were rough for all of us, but the 2 year old class room is a very nurturing place, and the teachers gave him a lot of loving support to help him through that period. The two year olds have a pleasant classroom and their own play-yard, so they are pretty sheltered from the hustle and bustle of the rest of the school, especially in the beginning. The 4:1 ratio is really terrific for the kids. The three year old class room is smaller, more chaotic, and is not laid out particularly well. The 4 year old class room, however, is a much better space -- larger, airier with good traffic flow.
The school tries hard to bring in local resources to enrich the kids learning -- my son really enjoys the ballet folklorico, and artists from MOCHA do art projects with the kids on a regular basis. The general orientation of the school is play-based learning, and the kids have a good amount of time outside in well-supervised play each day. The teachers work to foster community among the kids, and my son loves the food. Our son clearly understands a lot of Spanish, knows a lot of Spanish words, and has a good accent when he says them, but he does not speak Spanish. The teachers conduct a lot of the day in Spanish, but the kids may answer in Spanish or English. Neither my partner nor I speaks Spanish -- although it would have been nice, we did not expect him to learn to speak the language at school.
The downsides: the school culture is more traditional than our family, so our son occasionally comes home reporting things like, ''we were drawing families today, and my teacher told me mommies wear dresses.'' (He wasn't upset, just puzzled, since that did not jibe with his experience.) Many of the art projects seem to be pretty ''closed-ended,'' in that the kids are given instructions on what they should do with their art materials, and what the finished project should look like, whereas I'd prefer to see more open-ended creative projects.
On the whole, our experience at CV has been very good, and I would send my kid there again. You can email me if you have specific questions.
August 2005
we have heard about centro vida preschool. i am looking for more info. i hear the waitlist is 2 years. any advice/info would be great. what is the day like: is it all play? any learning? how long? what are they learning. our daughter will be 3.5 next sept. i plan on keeping her home another year. our son will be 20 months next sept, but i think i want to keep him home as long as i do my daughter. also, does anyone know the costs of the program for full time and part time? thanks, any info would be super helpful. yemenia
I've been looking into daycare/preschool for my 19-month-old recently and have been recommended to both Centro Vida and Child Education Center in Berkeley. I'm aware of the waiting list at Centro Vida and would most likely be eligible for the subsidized assistance if and/or when my child attends. Currently CEC has space in the toddler room and if I like the facility and staff I may utilize them for part-time immediate care. Does anyone have more current comments on either of these programs? I am currently working with only one personal recommendation each for these centers and am really interested to hear more varied and current feedback from fellow BPN members. Thanks. Maria
I too heard great things about Centro Vida. Unfortunately, when I attempted to enroll my son (2001 Fall), the wait list was too long. He was no. 46. Since I was there, I decided to enroll my then 1 year old daughter for Fall 2005, she was #25 on the list! I remember being told that there were only a few spaces for non- low income children. Another thing, they expect YOU to call/write every few months to continue to express an interest on being on the wait list. Disappointed and Wait Listed
Nov. 2003
Hi!I am interested in current information regarding Centro Vida Children's Center.The posts that are up rave about the school, but state they have an extremely long waiting list. I confirmed that when I called earlier this year and was told that most parents apply while their baby is in utero!!!! I was really turned off. Soon after that I visited a couple of preschools in the oakland area but just havent found the right one for our daughter. We are extremly intersted in the language immersion program the school has to offer but would appreciate any information regarding other aspects of their center...ie....approach to discipline, rigidity, happy children...etc.Since our daughter will be starting preschool next year and we are expecting I decided to revisit the idea.I called and placed my unborn on the waiting list(weird!)and after talking to the director briefly they agreed to place my toddler on the list as well as meet with the both of us in the upcoming weeks. I am looking forward to this but at the same time I can't help but wonder is the whole never ending waiting list a marketing tatic that preschols use to draw parents in? (The oakland preschools we visited were said to be,''hard to get in'', not only us but friends have found the contrary) The dishonest energy just feels wrong. Thanks in advance for your response. anon
My advice to you about the waiting list is persevere, it's worth it (and not a ''marketing tactic''). After hearing rave reviews from friends who sent their kids to Centro Vida, we put our son on the waiting list when he was 8 months old. I am a native Spanish speaker and I wanted to maintain Spanish as a part of my son's life and culture. We did not get accepted for the beginning of the first preschool year and I was disappointed, but we did get a call in January 2002 (4 months into year one). At the time I decided that I couldn't change my child care situation and told Vida that we would like to defer until the summer if possible. I was given no guarantee there would be slots, but in July of 2002 my son began at the end of year one (the class size is larger in year 2). There are, in fact, two waiting lists at Centro Vida, one for subsidized care (those with greatest financial need go to the top) and one for full cost.
I'm glad I waited it out. The care my son gets at Vida is warm, loving, and safe. There is always an adult nearby to do projects with him, to hug him, and sometimes to just watch over him and friends when they play. He is stimulated, challenged, and given plenty of time to play and just be a preschooler. He gets 2 nutritious meals a day and snacks. He tells me that their food is better than mine (and he's right). As an extra bonus, I am part of a wonderful community of families. The truth is that we need more preschools like Centro Vida that offer a top quality preschool education, place a high value on supporting the diversity of language and culture in the Bay Area, and have a long-standing commitment to serve the Berkeley community (regardless of ability to pay). Alina
My son went to Centro Vida last year and we loved it. I put him on the waiting list when he was two, but he didn't get in until he was almost 4 - and that was only because they had a last minute cancellation. The school has a waiting list because it's an excellent school, and maybe 1/2 the students there receive aid thanks to various state grants. There is a strong sense of community and parent support and involvement. For the 4-year old class, there were a lot of art projects, field trips to museums, local businesses, and even swim classes in the summer(parents help out with these). Lots of kindergarten readiness activities. shankel
We put our 3 month old on the waiting list (and subsequently our second child while in utero) but did not get in. When our oldest was two and ready for pre-school she was 7th from the top of the list, so didn't get in (we were on the full-cost waiting list). We decided to wait a year and in the interim found another pre-school where the waiting list wasn't so ludicrous and provided environs we were happy with. I'm sure we would have been happy as can be at Centro Vida, but it just goes to show that there is more demand for good bilingual pre-school experiences than there is availability. I don't know why ''the market'' hasn't caught onto to that. Anyway, my advice is find a back-up plan that you will be equally happy with. anonymous
June 2003
Can anyone comment on the pros and cons of Centro Vida in particular and bilingual education in general? We are considering this route, beginning with the Spanish Preschool Centro Vida for our son. My husband and I are not bilingual. I have a rudimentary Spanish knowledge but would study it again if my I enrolled my son. Also his two older sisters have both taken a few years of Spanish so we would encourage them to speak with him. In my son's case, I would consider enrolling him in an immersion program for elementary school. My questions are:
-Has anyone sent their non Spanish speaking child to Centro Vida and how was the experience for the child?
-Does anyone have thoughts on our idea to try to have the public school system successfully teach our child a second language?
-And what impact would this have on his overall education?
Thank you for all comments! dmm
My 9-year-old spent 3 happy years at Centro Vida. Despite my husband being bilingual, he had not ended up speaking much Spanish. However, I still can highly rc'md the preschool program; I do think that though he does not use it much he understands the rudiments of Spanish. More importantly, though, he spent 3 years in a warm, multicultural and loving environment. If your child has a chance to go there, you should take it. The staff is wonderful, the environment warm. Susan
May 1999
I have two kids, ages 2 and 4, at Centro VIDA. This pre-school program has it's unbelievably long waiting list for a reason. I cannot recommend it more highly. The program is remarkable for its nurturing and loving staff. Many of the teachers have as much as ten years in and several have over twenty! It is the only bilingual (Spanish/English) pre-school in Berkeley. The school has a play-based curriculum. It is not highly structured. There's a lot of art and singing. There is a focus in the 4 year-old's classroom on preparing for kindergarten. Recently, a BUSD kindergarten teacher came to visit Centro VIDA because she felt VIDA children were among the best prepared kindergarteners. She wanted to see what the teachers were doing that was so special. If you want to get your child through the Centro VIDA waiting list, my recommendation is that you call the staff often. Make sure they know your name and your child's name. Visit. Write. Make sure that they know you want to be there. Di
I can't say enough good things about Centro Vida education-wise and nurturing-wise. My son has been there since he was two and he has thrived. The staff is well trained and there is little turn-over. The teachers put thought into their curriculum and work closely with the kids. Parent are active too. Contact me for more details if you like. Martha
March 1999
Centro Vida in Berkeley (1000 Camelia Street) is a *fabulous* place. Our son is in the middle of his second year there, and continues to look forward to school every day. We're also looking forward to sending our second son there, in Fall of 2000. Alexis
Probably others will tell you this also: Centro Vida, 1000 Camelia, Berkeley CA 94710, 525 1463. Ask for Lupe. Call immediately to get on the waiting list visit the school a couple of times and keep calling to let them know you are still interested. Some have been on the waiting list since their kid was born. Siblings have priority.
It is a great school. My son has been there for two years and I hope that when he starts kindergarten next fall, he will be able to go to their after-school program, Bahia, that is held at a different site. There may be some other bilingual programs in the East Bay, but I think Centro Vida is the only truly bilingual preschool in Berkeley.
October 1996
My daughter attends Centro VIDA here in Berkeley (behind REI and Smith) at 1000 Camelia. Its a great program, spanish/english and has 2-4 year olds (3 classrooms: one for 2's, 3's, 4's); All staff are native spanish speaking, and all parents but 3 of us don't speak spanish. The phone number is 525-1463. Beatriz is the director and Lupe the site Head Teacher. The waiting list is long so apply as early as possible. It costs $ 620 month for full fee, including breakfast, lunch and snacks. Open 7:30-5:30. From a satisfied daycare customer & happy mom--Tavie
About a year ago, I looked into this school called, "Centro VIDA Children's Center" located at 1000 Camelia in Berkeley. The person who we saw was Beatrice Ayala, I believe they started at 3 years old. We took a tour around the place during school hours and I thought it was great. They spoke Spanish to the kids and had story time in Spanish. When we visited it was the beginning of the semester (Sept) and they were very caring and even took special attention to those who had separation anxiety.
I felt very comfortable there and I recommend that you call and make an appt. to see the school. Their number is 510-525-1463... Carolyn
Centro Vida, part of BAHIA (Bay Area Hispano Institute for Advancement) 1000 Camelia St, Berkeley, 94710, 525 1463 They also run an after school program for older children.
My son is starting at the pre-school in January. I've been visiting the school for the past year and am very impressed. They have been around for 25 years and just won some national award. The staff are very dedicated. The primary language is Spanish, but all the teachers are bi-lingual.
Call to get on the waiting list and then keep calling and visiting at least once a month. Martha


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I have a user who has just notified me that when he replies to most email messages, his replies end up being double-spaced. That is, when a line of text wraps to the next line, a space is skipped between the two lines. Also, if he hits enter for a paragraph break, a space is skipped - so it looks like he hit enter twice.
This doesn't happen when he's composing new emails...only when he is replying.
We found the paragraph settings in the ribbon where he change changes his paragraph formatting, but that only applies the change for the email he is working on at the time...the next time he starts a reply, the problem recurs. While modifying the paragraph settings works, he shouldn't have to do that every time...I need to find where a default can be changed.
As an example, I worked with replying to an email I had sent to the user. Even though there are no peculiar settings in my email account (i.e., the issue doesn't happen to me when composing or replying), the issue occurs when he's trying to reply to me.
This is Outlook 2010 from Office 2010 Pro +, fully patched. Problem has just started happening recently.
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Jun 22, 2012 at 8:59 UTC
Outlook 2010 should be using Word as the editor so my guess is he has a template setup without knowing it. There are a couple files you can try to rename and see if that resolves it or you could remove and then add the users Outlook profile back, although this wouldn't eliminate the file in use.
Jun 22, 2012 at 8:59 UTC
Have you tried recreating the normal.dotm and normalemail.dotm file?
C:\Documents and Settings\userprofile\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates
Just rename those files (outlook and word should be closed). Open Outlook and word and those files will be recreated.
I think this worked with Outlook 2007 but worth a try.
Jun 22, 2012 at 9:02 UTC
If you right click a toolbar and then select CUSTOMISE..., then under the FORMAT option, drag STYLE to your menu bar, you can then select NORMAL which will give you a single space.
I had this issue and found that STYLE was set to PARAGRAPH, hence, my double spacing when i hit enter.
Jun 22, 2012 at 1:37 UTC
Kash, already set to normal. The deal is that the paragraph spacing under change styles is defaulted to double for some emails. I can change it on each individual email but that's not convenient.
Mel and Jay, interestingly, when I renamed those two files and then restarted word and outlook, they didn't get recreated.
However, the user and I noticed that this peculiarity was only occurring on emails from a particular sender, actually an online contact form, when we go to reply to them. So, it looks to be something to do with the formatting on emails from the sender and not a global issue on the user's machine.
Jun 22, 2012 at 2:01 UTC
This sounds to me like an issue with Rich Text versus Plain Text, and the RTF is putting an extra line break at the end of the line.
Jun 22, 2012 at 2:45 UTC
Justin, you're on the right track. Actually they are HTML-formatted emails. But here again, only certain emails from a certain sender. Something in the HTML code coming through from that sender that is impacting formatting on replies.
The user is satisfied that since it's not a global issue, we can consider it closed.
Jun 25, 2012 at 11:55 UTC
A couple workarounds:
1. Flip the formatting to plain text then back to HTML. You'll lose your formatting, but things should work normally.
2. You can use shift+enter to drop in a single line.
Jul 17, 2014 at 3:02 UTC
Upon Googling this issue i stumbled on this old thread. Anyone find a solution? I cant seem to find the reason why only some messages are double-spaced.
Jul 17, 2014 at 3:10 UTC
I looked through my helpdesk tickets and connect find how we finally resolved the issue.
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that would be appreciated.
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I haven't had a chance to see him this year so I honestly don't know. Maybe Barrie has changed him, but I somehow doubt it.
Ive only seen him once but I will say that Barrie fans absolutely love him so he cant be as bad as what he was in London. It really just seems like he either wasnt giving it his all in London or his confidence was completely shot.
Hes gotta have some of the best wheels in the CHL and has some pretty nasty hands plus this year hes putting up a decent amount over a point per game without much PP time at all. With the lack of skilled forwards, especially from his draft year I think heèll actually have a pretty good shot at the team. Knighs fans cant stand him and Barrie fans cant believe London let him get away beause hes been such a different player this year. I didnt even want the wings to draft him hoestly and now hes tearing up pretty good, Ièm changing my tune.
I guess I see him there because pretty much all the guys drafted from Canada in that year were grinder types, not high skill speedster types like Athanasiou.
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Thanks Will. Though this is very nice and will no doubt be helpful, I was hoping to have the best of both worlds. In other words, I need all four behaviors (include, parse, conditional include, conditional parse), sometimes in the same template! So, since Velocity is such a fine set of tools, I offer this to the group. A mini "tool" for the tool box: package your.package.here; import org.apache.velocity.app.Velocity; public class TemplateExistsTool { public boolean exists(String template) { return Velocity.templateExists(template); } } A tool box entry: <tool> <key>ftest</key> <scope>application</scope> <class>your.package.here.TemplateExistsTool</class> </tool> And a couple of macro definitions: #macro( cinclude $file )## #if($ftest.exists($file))#include($file)#end## #end #macro( cparse $file )## #if($ftest.exists($file))#parse($file)#end## #end With the above you can use these macros to get the job done: #cinclude("file_that_may_not_be_there") #cparse("another_file_that_may_not_be_there") If the files are not there, the macro silently evaluates to the empty string. If the files exist, you get the normal behavior. Thanks for the help. Fred At 11:00 AM 5/7/2004, you wrote: >Hi, > >There's a patch to Velocity under discussion that would allow this behavior, >but it has not yet been committed. >http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=28388 > >Among other things, the patch allows you to use a include event handler that >can take action before the file is included. A sample event handler is >provided that will include an error page if the file isn't found. If the >error page is blank, this would do exactly what you are looking for. > >Best, >WILL > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Fred Toth" <firstname.lastname@example.com> >To: <firstname.lastname@example.com> >Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 4:58 AM >Subject: conditional #include/#parse? > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm wondering if there is a way to make #include and #parse > > "silent" in the case where the file to be included/parsed does > > not exist. Currently they always throw an exception. > > > > We find that to be useful behavior in certain circumstances. > > > > I imagine I could write a macro that references a bean that > > checks for the file, but I'm hoping there is an easier way. > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > Many thanks, > > > > Fred > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: email@example.com > > For additional commands, e-mail: email@example.com > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com >For additional commands, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com For additional commands, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
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|Yuri Doroshenko (21)
|under tree
|Underwear, shirt, no shoes; Dyatlov was wearing the knitted vest Yudin left Doroshenko before heading back
|Yuri Krivonischenko (23)
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|Underwear, shirt, no shoes; Dubinina took his sweater and and tore a flap of his underpants to wrap her foot probably after his death
|Igor Dyatlov (23)
|Very lightly dressed, no shoes, he was wearing the knitted vest Yudin left to Doroshenko before going back.
|Zinaida Kolmogorova (22)
|Better dressed that the previously found hikers. No footwear.
|Rustem Slobodin (23)
|Better dressed that the previously found hikers, one felt boot (valenka) on his right foot.
Fractured skull, multiple areas of edema and abrasions on his face and his arms
|Lyudmila Dubinina (20)
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|Her foot was wrapped in a piece of Krivonishenko's underpants and she was wearing Krivonishenko's brown sweater that tested radioactive.
|Major chest fractures
Missing her tongue, eyes, part of the lips, as well as facial tissue and a fragment of skullbone; tongue removed while she was still alive
|Semyon Zolotaryov (38)
|ravine (75m)
|He was wearing Dubinina's faux fur coat and hat; camera on his neck. Zolotaryov and Thibeaux were almost fully clothed and wearing some kind of footwear.
|Alexander Kolevatov (24)
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|The waistband of his sweater and lower part of his trousers tested radioactive.
Exposed skull bones, broken nose
|Nikolai Thibeaux-Brignollel (23)
|ravine (75m)
|Thibeaux like Zolotaryov was better clothed than the rest of the members of the group. On his feet he wore hand-knitted woolen socks a pair of felt boots (valenki).
|Major skull damage - multiple fractures to the side of his skull that would have made him unable to move
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|The radiation on two sweaters and pants was substantial
The Dyatlov Pass incident (Russian: Гибель тургруппы Дятлова) is the mysterious deaths of nine ski hikers in the northern Ural Mountains on February 2, 1959. The group consisted of eight men and two women. Most were students or graduates of Ural Polytechnical Institute. The goal of the 14 day expedition was to reach Otorten (1234.2m), a mountain 10 kilometers north of the site of the incident. This route, at that season, was estimated as "Category III", the most difficult. All members were experienced in long ski tours and mountain expeditions. The group arrived by train at Ivdel, a city at the center of the northern province of Sverdlovsk Oblast on January 25. They then took a truck to Vizhay - the last inhabited settlement so far north. They started their march toward Otorten from Vizhay on January 27. The next day, one of the members - Yuri Yudin, was forced to go back because of illness. Diaries and cameras found around their last camp made it possible to track group's route up to the day preceding the incident.
The hike started out fairly late on February 1 and only traveled 2.5 miles that day. Excess gear and food was stored on a platform in the forest called a labaz, or camp base. Camp was set up around 5 pm on a slope of Kholat Syakhl just 10 miles from Mount Otorten. They had their dinner around 6-7 pm and one or two members of the group went outside to relieve themselves, presumably Semen Zolotarev and Nicolai Thibeaux-Brignolle, since they were found to have been better dressed than the others. Then something went catastrophically wrong.
It had been agreed beforehand that Dyatlov would send a telegram to their sports club as soon as the group returned to Vizhay. It was expected that this would happen no later than February 12, but Dyatlov had told Yudin that he expected to be longer, and so when date passed and no message had been received there was no immediate reaction - delays of few days were common in such expeditions. Only after the relatives of the travelers demanded a rescue operation did the head of the institute send the first rescue groups consisting of volunteer students and teachers, on February 20. Later, the army and police forces became involved, with planes and helicopters being ordered to join the rescue operation.
* Yuri Yudin fell sick halfway and returned thus remaining alive. He didn't have the slightest idea of what might have happened to his comrades.
On February 26, the searchers found the abandoned and badly damaged tent on Kholat Syakhl. Mikhail Sharavin, the student who found the tent said: ..."the tent was half torn down and covered with snow. It was empty, and all the group's belongings and shoes had been left behind." Investigators said the tent had been cut open from inside and that skiers had fled in socks or barefoot. A chain of eight or nine sets of footprints, left by several people who were wearing socks, a single shoe or barefoot, could be followed and led down towards the edge of nearby woods (on the opposite side of the pass, 1.5 km north-east) but after 500 m they were covered with snow.
At the forest edge, under a large old cedar, the search party found the remains of a fire, along with the first two bodies, those of Yuri Krivoshenko and Yuri Doroshenko, shoeless and dressed only in their underwear. The branches on the tree were broken up to five meters high suggesting that skiers had climbed up to look for something, perhaps the camp. Forensic tests later confirmed that traces of skin were found embedded in the bark indicating that the pair had frantically attempted to climb the tree snapping off branches until their hands were mass of pulpy flesh. The medical examiner recorded that some of the corpses had livor mortis on the front. Given that such marks always form on the side of a body that has been pressed against the ground, this indicated that someone had turned them over after death.
On February 27 between the cedar and the tent the searchers found Igor Dyatlov (300 m from the cedar) and Zinaida Kolmogorova (630 m from the cedar), and 6 days later on March 5 - Rustem Slobodin (480 m from the cedar). The three seemed to have died in poses suggesting that they were attempting to return to the tent. A medical examination found no injuries which might have led to their deaths, and it was concluded that they had died of hypothermia. Slobodin had a small crack in his skull, but it was not thought to be a fatal wound. A legal inquest started immediately after finding the first five bodies. Searching for the remaining four travelers took more than two months.
They were finally found on May 5 under four meters of snow in a ravine 75 m farther into the woods from the cedar tree. These four were better dressed than the others, and there were signs that those who had died first had apparently relinquished their clothes to the others. Zolotaryov was wearing Dubinina's faux fur coat and hat, while Dubinina's foot was wrapped in a piece of Krivonishenko's wool pants. An examination of the four bodies which found in May changed the picture. Three of them had fatal injuries: the body of Thibeaux-Brignolles had major skull damage, and both Dubinina and Zolotarev had major chest fractures. According to Dr. Boris Vozrozhdenny, the force required to cause such damage would have been extremely high. he compared it to the force of a car crash. Notably, the bodies had no external wounds as if they were crippled by a high level of pressure. Dubinina was found to be missing her tongue. The group clearly realized their threats and did everything they could to preserve themselves. They had managed to dig out a den in the snow, lay it down with branches in an effort to keep themselves warm. But the things were about to get even more bizarre. Bodies were actually found few feet from their improvised shelter in the deep part of the ravine on the area of only 4 m2. Some of the hikers' clothing (2 pants and a sweater) were found to be radioactive. Also, some of the clothes that were taken from bodies left underneath the cedar tree were placed on the cedar branches, but apparently they were not used.
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Juliette Lewis is afraid of love
Juliette Lewis is scared of love.
The 42-year-old singer-and-actress - who previously dated Brad Pitt and was married to skateboarder Steve Berra for four years until 2003 - worries about "letting someone in" to her life and getting her heart broken.
Asked what scares her, she said: "Oh man, love. The fear of letting someone in. I went through that recently."
The 'Jem and the Holograms' star is also afraid of crowds, but uses the gigs she plays with her band, The Licks, as a "therapeutic exercise" that forces her to confront the phobia.
She added: "Also, crowds. I have a huge fear of crowds. The irony is that my band is a therapeutic exercise. I hurl myself into thousands of people."
Juliette doesn't cope well with too many rules, and was terrified she would accidentally swear when she met Britain's Queen Elizabeth.
She told Elle magazine: "I met the Queen at one of her meet and greets. They told me not to cuss and I thought I was gonna have Tourette's and say, 'S**t, I forgot to say Your Majesty. Sorry!'
"If you give me too many rules, the rebel in me goes bananas."


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Spending time with the in laws – Kate Middleton dazzles as she helps Queen host Buckingham Palace film bash
DESPITE some of the most famous movie and TV stars in the world being in attendance – it was Kate Middleton who stole the show at the Dramatic Arts Reception at Buckingham Palace last night.
The 32-year-old was rubbing shoulders with Hollywood royalty such as Helen Mirren and Angela Lansbury – however look every inch the movie star herself.
The Duchess wore a red Alexander McQueen pleated dress to the reception.
She has become popular for her down-to-earth approach to big events - she performed a big Hollywood 'no no' by wearing last night's outfit at a previous bash.
She was spotted in the Alexander McQueen piece during the Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
The event last night was in celebration of queen Elizabeth's 60 years as patron of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts.
Other big names in attendance included Roger Moore, John Hurt, Ralph Fiennes, Timothy Spall, Alan Bennett and Alan Rickman
Prince William presented a fellowship to Helen at the Baftas on Sunday, was laughing with the actress. "My husband called you granny last night," she giggled.
Speaking about being introduced on the red carpet, Mirren said: "You're thinking 'it's the queen, it's the queen'."
And when asked if she still got starstruck, replied: "Of course, even more so I think because I feel self-conscious, you know."
She added: "I am genuinely always astounded by her aura, her twinkle, her presence.
"It never fails to surprise me and again it's what everyone says when they meet her – it was what overwhelmed me the first time I met her."
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Adam Gase's team was thrashed, Dan Quinn rides the wave, as his defense was dominant.
What does it all mean?
Absolutely nothing. And absolutely something.
Gase's offense was historic, as is his quarterback Peyton Manning. I thought the Denver offense out-schemed themselves in the Super Bowl. They got away from what they do and Manning pulled a Manning: He struggled against a team that pressures him and can match-up with size against his wide receivers.
An aggressive Seattle defense played their game, as they always do. It's pressure, superior execution and physicality. The Seahawks beat the Broncos, every play and every moment. The Seahawks beat the Broncos down by taking a Denver team predicated on finesse and putting a foot on their throat.
That is how you win in the NFL: Don't relent and do what you do best.
The game was a testament to the Seahawks brand of football and notably to their defensive coordinator.
Much will be said that the Seattle defense was built and orchestrated by head coach Pete Carroll, but Quinn led the Seahawks to their best run and is going to be a head coach in this league very soon.
This isn't to say the Browns should have waited on him. Quinn did not want to interview again until the Super Bowl concluded. The Browns liked him very much following their first interview. They had received very good recommendations on Quinn and were very torn on whether to wait on Quinn or run with another candidate, which seriously impressed them -- Mike Pettine.
The Browns liked that Pettine arguably did more with less in Buffalo a season ago as defensive coordinator, than what former Browns defensive coordiantor Ray Horton had accomplished in Cleveland. The Browns front office also liked that Pettine would likely be able to assemble a staff due to his time and success ranging from Baltimore, through New York and Buffalo.
And, Pettine's defensive philosophy would likely be able to utilize the talent already in the fold, which was an issue heavily through out.
But, the largest push for Pettine came from coaches and players in the game that said -- to a man -- Pettine will be successful. You just need to support him and give him room to work.
Initially, the question was how much was the system in place in Seattle and how much of this defense was Quinn's masterpiece?
The Browns were told while the system is Carroll's baby, it was Quinn's finger-prints that added the consistency missing a season ago. With Quinn, the Seahawks executed, played with awareness and physicality. Players love him and he is viewed as an excellent motivator.
Heading into the lag between the divisional championship and Super Bowl, the Browns faced a three-headed monster -- an offensive coordinator in Gase, which they wanted to talk to, and two defensive coordinators in Quinn and Pettine that they felt very good about.
Browns GM Mike Lombardi worked on the analytics of each candidate. The process showed that Gase was the biggest boom or bust candidate. The Manning effect played a significant role in the Gase factor.
Quinn and Pettine were very similar.
The not knowing if either Gase or Quinn would be better a candidate than Pettine ate at the Browns decision-makers. Would the organization and candidate other than Pettine be able to come to an agreement? Would the organization like either candidate more than Pettine was discussed at great length.
Gase pulling out of the race actually helped make the decision much easier for the Browns.
The Browns sensed that Pettine wanted to know where he stood. Pettine was said to not be growing impatient, but didn't wanted to be strung along -- both personally and professionally. He enjoyed his job in Buffalo and did not want to put himself behind the eight-ball if he was getting the job and he did not want to put the Bills in a bad spot if he did.
The Browns moved on Pettine and the rest is history.
Whether the Browns made the right decision is to be seen, but that defense in Seattle that Quinn oversaw is one that will be memorable.
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Act 1
Since that day, the weather took a turn for the worse, forcing Aroma to disregard fashion in favor of function. On this particular evening, she wore a simple pink rain cape, draped over her body from neck to knees, with pink rubber boots. As the slushy not-quite-snow-but-not-rain-either had ceased for the moment, she wore the hood down, revealing her cloche hat beneath. Poking out from the loose-hanging sleeves, her evening gloves were leather, and a kind of dark green in the hopes that they wouldn't show dirt.
Once in a while, she saw a reddish gleam streak up the river she walked along, but that had largely passed as the clouds became too dense for the rapidly retreating sun to fight its way through. Even without the precipitation, visibility was poor. The buildings cast deep shadows in the limited sunlight and the slush, asphalt, and overcast sky had a tendency of blending together in the premature dusk.
The reason for these repeated treks in terrible weather was partly to visit the unemployment office. She was still covered by "severance" pay from the department, but would soon need a temporary job to stay under cover. The unemployment office had lined up a few positions, all as a first aid instructor, but she had another reason to keep visiting.
Thiera had told Aroma of people she suspected had been following her while she was still living on her own. Sometimes, when Aroma turned a corner, she would glimpse someone who seemed to match one of those descriptions. Never the same one twice. Usually performing some mundane ritual like checking a sign or ordering food from a nearby stand.
For days, Aroma had to pretend not to notice them. To avert her eyes and try to steady her breathing. To ignore her stomach, churning so hard it threatened to push its contents back up her throat, burnt and dry from resisting. Sometimes, Aroma would open her blinds late at night to see them on the sidewalk across from her building, and then be kept awake by the sound of her chest hammering away and the ache of the blood racing through her temples.
She hadn't noticed them today, but maybe that was because the ongoing struggle to not run away screaming was weighing her eyes shut. Miserable from the weather and lack of sleep, she continued uphill, hunched over, sloshing through puddles and kicking gobs of slush that disintegrated on the toes of her boots with wet thuds.
The plan was for the Purists to abduct her, but what she wasn't expecting was how. Just in front of her, she saw something dart over the guard rail, duck under, and circle around. She blinked a few times before she realized that this "something" was the head of a Purist bola, now dangling from a cord wrapped around the railing.
She stumbled back as something much larger shot up over the railing: A tall, slender figure wrapped head to toe in gray bandages, with just a narrow slice for the eyes. How did he scale the wall so fast?!
Startled, she turned to see almost exactly the same thing on the other side, the only difference being this 2nd Purist was just slightly shorter, with narrower shoulders but wider hips. The shorter, female Purist jabbed at Aroma with her left fist, dominant knuckles outstretched. Without thinking, Aroma flexed her trunk to the side, grabbing the Purist's wrist with the crook of her elbow and her upper arm with her other hand.
She twisted and the Purist teetered on her right foot, but just as Aroma thought she was going to go over, she tucked something silvery into her belt and grabbed the rail with her right hand, kicking into Aroma's side with her left foot. Aroma also forgot about the Purist behind her, who kneed her in the lower back before punching both of her shoulders. Aroma's hat slipped off and floated silently over the bridge to a watery grave, while her purse fell from her shoulder and into the puddle at her feet with a heavy thump.
Aroma gasped from all of the blows, especially the searing strike to her side that seemed to be squeezing tighter around her lungs even after the Purist had retracted her leg. Between this and her now-immobilized limbs, it was easy for the male Purist to shove a firmly packed ball of fabric into her mouth.
She stopped falling for a split second as he grabbed her rain cape, but Aroma heard his hand slide off of the slick rubbery garment and shut her eyes tight as her face rushed towards the concrete. Colorful sparkles twinkled in the back of her eyelids as her nose depressed and she felt a wave of cold run through her cheek bones, then hot as the pain kicked in. She guessed that her nose was probably bleeding, but she couldn't tell with all of the dampness in her face. Drops of water were quickly sucked up her nose, burning the back of her throat.
None of this was doing much good for her breathing, and it only got worse. As Aroma's strained coughing began to dislodge the gag, her ribcage was crunched by a full-grown man sitting squarely on her back. The man then drew a thin line of fabric was wedged between her lips, tied tight behind her head to keep it inside. As water seeped into the cloth, it packed together, resisting further movement and air. This was all on top of the fact that most of her body felt like a wet noodle, making even raising her chest to take breaths difficult.
Of course, the Purists weren't out to let her drown in a puddle, but their means of preventing this was by no means gentle. Having regained her footing, the female Purist bent down, gripping Aroma's hair tightly. Aroma felt some of it rip out as she was yanked upwards. Seeing a hand approaching her, Aroma quickly closed her eyes again, only to feel the most painful part yet as the Purist compressed her eyeballs. The fire immediately spread throughout her head, panic commanding her to thrash around, but only managing to loll her neck oddly. Finally, the Purist retracted her hand, Aroma's face and temples throbbing as her eyes readjusted themselves. The globes themselves were completely numb.
When Aroma tried to open her eyes but couldn't tell whether or not she succeeded, her thoughts raced, Did she blind me?! Did the Purist Leader order this as some sort of ironic punishment?
She inhaled deeply several times a second, practically sucking her gag down her esophagus. Already light headed from facing other breathing difficulties, coupled with the pain of the combined blows, the strain was too much for her and she fell limp in the Purists' hands. The male Purist snatched her purse, securing it around his neck before they quickly tied Aroma's hands and legs together with their bolas and hoisted her up, rolling her over the railing.
Unconscious, Aroma was unaware of splashing into the water, let alone being fished out by the Purists waiting just in the shadows of the drain pipe. The Purist duo who attacked her also leaped over the railing, only they withdrew the miniature crossbows from their belts. But instead of an arrow, each contained a modified bola head. The other end of the bola formed their belts.
While in free fall, they fired, once again attaching their bolas to the guard rail. As they flew towards the wall, they held out their legs. Bouncing off, they began to repel to the river below. Once in the pipe, they each pressed a button on their contraption. The lines quivered and the gear mechanisms clicked furiously, but the Purists held fast to the pipe walls. Since they wouldn't come to the guard rail, the other ends of their lines eventually disentangled, flying back into their grappling bows. Grabbing Aroma's feet, they assisted their fellows in dragging her into the shadows.
Act 2
Aroma woke up, still unable to see. She felt her neck throbbing as another panic attack came on. She thrashed about, but stopped after feeling something chafe against the side of her face. She realized firstly that she could move again and secondly that something was covering her eyes.
After this, more realizations came flooding in. It makes no sense to cover a blind woman's eyes, or for that matter to blind someone you want to perform surgery. The Purists must just be able to use chi blocking on the optic nerve. If they didn't want me to see where they were taking me, that must mean that I'm in their hideout after all! Okay...okay...so I specifically told my new neighbors to watch out for me on that route. The ones who are undercover police officers. And even if they didn't see anything, the Triads might have. I'll be just fine. Euryale will be here to rescue me soon.
Once she was sure of all of that, she breathed deeply into her nose—her mouth was still tightly gagged—and steadied her pulse. She decided to take further stock of her situation by wriggling around some more to see what else she could determine. She was on a hard wooden surface, like some kind of plank. It moved slightly whenever she did, so it wasn't fixed on the floor. And whenever she tried to move her arms or legs, she found that they were lashed tightly together. She also felt some resistance from her ankles and wrists, which were above her head. Trying with all of her might to pull her legs up to her chest, they didn't budge, but she heard a creaking noise, which echoed even after she quit.
Putting all of this together, I'm tied to some kind of prison cot in a cramped cell. If the theory that the Purist base is underground was correct, that would imply...maybe some kind of storage tunnel? That could put me anywhere from the industrial sector to Yue Bay to anywhere in between....
"Wondering where you are?" that loathsome woman asked, as if reading her mind. She'd never before felt such a strange mix of joy at hearing another human voice, coupled with guilt and disgust at that feeling. She heard the clinking of metal, and then steel scraping against stone as the Purist Leader opened the cell door and came towards her, the echo turning each stomp into an infantry charge.
Aroma shuddered as she felt gloved fingers run through her hair, brushing her ears as the Purist Leader undid the blindfold and pulled it free. It was dark enough that it took Aroma only a few blinks to adjust.
Her assessment was correct, she was indeed locked in a prison cot in some kind of caged off side tunnel. She could see the Purist Leader's shape as she held up the offending fabric, framed in the only light that was entering the room, from the tunnels beyond.
"It was a wine cellar," the figure answered, "We just took the barrels out for our own use, and then we had an instant prison. Well, almost instant. The door was rotting away, so we just replaced it with one fashioned from scrap metal. If you're wondering what we do with earthbending prisoners, well we don't take that many prisoners anyway, and those we do are all trussed up from head to toe, usually even more than you are now."
The Purist Leader's hand shot forward, clawing at Aroma's mouth. She ripped away the cleave gag and forced her fingers through Aroma's lips to pull out the fabric. The gag left the kind of bitter, salty aftertaste that only a rag soaked in dirty rainwater could, and it was now joined by a more pungent, metallic taste from leather gloves which clearly hadn't been washed in months, if not years. Aroma couldn't decide which was worse. When the Purist Leader removed her hand, Aroma began flexing her jaw to clear the ache of its joints.
"Now, I'm sure you've got a lot of questions, so here's the short version: You're here to be Dr. Avici's assistant. You'll mostly be patching up your fellow Purists, but you'll also be needing to participate in whatever experiments the doctor has ordered. But having a slave just isn't good enough for me. As you earn your living down here, I will need to test your dedication to the cause. Should you fail, I will find ways to make you dedicated. Do I make myself clear?"
"C—crystal, Ma'am!" Aroma did her best to sound frightened, which she figured would be an easier task. I suppose, after everything they've put me through, my nerves just kind of shut down. People always tell me I sound nervous, so maybe I'll just try to sound like I normally do.
"What few belongings you brought with you are being searched as we speak. Whatever we deem fit to return to you will be given as you prove yourself. We have a Purist who looks an awful lot like you. If you value your comfort, you will us her what she needs to know to get into your apartment and bank accounts, so that your funds can be consolidated for the cause. Needless to say, if this is some kind of secret sting operation, forget about it. Even if you do give us some phony password to alert the boars, my Purists won't talk, and I'll just send my own message as a reply. You won't be needing your toes to perform surgery, will you?"
Aroma shook her head, a shiver extending from head to toe. Guess I remembered how to be scared, again.
"J'nani, come here!"
A Purist came jogging up behind her, once again wrapped in strips of dark fabric, in a color she couldn't make out from the light. This young man differed from the others in 2 key ways: First, his head was not wrapped, presumably because they felt no need to conceal their identities from Aroma, since they did not plan to release her. Secondly, he was clearly even younger than Aroma, perhaps a teenager, whose dark hair was in a rather unflattering bowl cut. But his blue eyes were fixed no less menacingly on Aroma than those of the Purist Leader.
"You will tell J'nani here everything that we need to know. Every bit of personal identifying information, everyone you know and your relationship to them, anything you may have hidden in your apartment, and any other secrets that you may have. Once you are done, J'nani will fetch Vyanna, who will show you around your new home."
She left without another word, and after a monotonous stream of questions, J'nani also nodded and left without a word. Soon after, Aroma was visited by a woman. Not quite as tall as the Purist Leader, all of her jet black hair was tied back in a tight ponytail.
"Are you...Vyanna?" Aroma asked, squinting to try, in vain, to make out her facial features.
"Yes," she confirmed with the kind of haughty, disdainful voice that sounded as if something had permanently lodged into her upper sinuses. As she reached down to untie Aroma's binds, she continued, "You can think of me as who you'll be reporting to whenever our Leader is not around."
Once Vyanna gathered up all of the cord and secured it to her belt, Aroma struggled to push herself up, but her numb hands and ankles mostly just slapped at the board she was lying on. Eventually, she was able to swing her legs over the side of the "bed."
"So how do you feel?" Vyanna asked.
"Like I seriously need to use the bathroom!" Aroma cried urgently.
Vyanna sighed and gripped her by the shoulders. "Come on, I'll take you there."
Act 3
"This is where you will be working," Vyanna said as she led Aroma through a cavernous chamber crawling with Purists. She couldn't see what they were doing, save that they were clustered tightly around various tables, and seemed to be working with their hands. The lights were mounted on a scaffolding far above them, and Aroma could see the occasional wall-mounted ladder leading up to them. Of course, the shadows surrounding this chamber branched off into many side-tunnels.
Now she looked to where Vyanna was gesturing, seeing what appeared to be a 10 foot tall plywood box. A crude doorway was carved into it with a tattered beige tarp hanging over. Surely one of the newer constructions, added by the Purists. Aroma stepped inside when Vyanna pushed it aside, revealing Dr. Avici working at a table surrounded by various gurneys and medical carts stocked with ochre-stained scalpels and hooks.
Aroma peered closer at a dark, sooty blotch on a gurney leg and shouted, "You stole this from our clinic, didn't you?!"
"Does it matter?" the doctor responded without turning around. "Have you read my papers?"
"Yes...but I'm not sure I'm—skilled enough to perform the operation."
"You will have time to learn. Until we can acquire more test subjects, you will observing the after-effects of the procedure. Follow."
The doctor stripped off his gloves and deposited them into an unsealed waste basket nearby. When he stepped away from his work bench, Aroma could see a petri dish that contained a slice of gray matter cut into fine strands. Aroma furrowed her brow and buried her mouth and nose in her hands as she walked past.
"Shouldn't we be wearing masks?" she asked, uncovering her face briefly.
"Yes, well, thanks to the bending elite's persecution, my research has had to continue on very limited funds."
He moved to the back of the makeshift clinic, which had a door very similar to the one on her prison cell. Sure enough, he opened it to reveal a prison of much the same makeshift construction. But she was unprepared for how the occupants looked.
Inside were a trio of Fire Nation descended men, dark hair covered by thick bandages. Straightjackets over their hospital gowns bound their arms tightly and chains ran from the back of the jackets to the wall for good measure. Aroma didn't see why all of this security was necessary, as they just sat staring at the wall, heedless of the flies that surrounded them. Only the central man even glanced at the door when it opened, and then only briefly.
A bucket in the corner sat unused, despite the sulfuric stench that twisted her nose and stung her eyes. Aroma retched when she realized what the contents of the dark puddles that the "patients" sat in must have been.
The doctor produced a pen and paper from his pocket and held it out to Aroma. "When I am not training you, or using you for an operation, you are to stay in here and record what you observe. You need not worry about being a small female alone with a trio of such base thugs. Their violent tendencies have been eliminated, as has their ability to manipulate heat energy to ignite free radicals."
"You mean their firebending?" Aroma asked.
"I do not use such fanciful, unscientific terms, particularly not to describe such base acts of barbarism. Though you should know that Specimens 2 and 3 are beginning to display signs of a reduction in their stupor. Sometimes they will ask for extra food. Pay this no mind. Should any of the subjects convulse, alert me so that I may test our new anti-epileptics on them."
Aroma just nodded, trying to keep her gaze steady on him, stony and impartial.
"And quit cowering behind your hands, you look like an amateur!" he yelled in her face before pushing past her, nearly knocking her over. Aroma flinched, turning to watch him slam the door behind him, just enough light peeking through the bars for her to observe the prisoners. Behind the door, she heard Dr. Avici let out a series of harsh, barking coughs that faded into a wet rattle.
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The price is too high for the ambiance in this hotel -- it's very nice, but it just doesn't offer a $250.00+ overall hotel experience.
The breakfast lacked quality hot food (protein) options, but for those who love carbs in the morning, it would be great. It's a pleasant little breakfast room -- and again, the staff was lovely.
The shuttle service is wonderful! The driver (wish I new his name) was excellent -- courteous and extremely helpful, conversational and friendly. I wish they had infomed me (when I booked) that the hotel pool was not in use (found out when I checked in). All in all, a nice hotel.
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