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Located in Zona Rosa, this luxury hotel is within a 10-minute walk of Andino Commercial Center, Rockefeller Casino, and El Retiro Shopping Centre. Atlantis Plaza Shopping Mall and Clinica del Country are also within 15 minutes.
Hotel Features
This smoke-free hotel features a full-service spa, a restaurant, and an outdoor pool. Free buffet breakfast and free WiFi in public areas are also provided. Additionally, a health club, a bar/lounge, and a sauna are onsite.
Room Amenities
All 55 rooms feature thoughtful touches like bathrobes and slippers, plus free WiFi, free wired Internet, and LCD TVs with digital channels. Other amenities available to guests include iPod docks, 24-hour room service, and minibars.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
In addition to a full-service spa, Bog Hotel features an outdoor pool and a health club. The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. A complimentary breakfast is offered each morning. A computer station is located on site and wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary.
Business-related amenities at this 4.5-star property consist of a 24-hour business center and meeting rooms. 2 meeting rooms are available. This luxury hotel also offers a sauna, a rooftop terrace, and tour/ticket assistance. For a surcharge, a roundtrip airport shuttle (available on request) is offered to guests. Parking is available onsite for a surcharge.
Bog Hotel is a smoke-free property.
- 24-hour front desk
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Total number of rooms - 55
- Number of floors - 9
- Babysitting or childcare
- Bar/lounge
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Free breakfast
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Full-service spa
- Turkish bath/Hammam
- Health club
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free WiFi
- Free wired Internet
- Computer station
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Meeting rooms 2
- Multilingual staff
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Rooftop terrace
- Porter/bellhop
- Luggage storage
- Restaurant
- Number of meeting rooms - 2
- Year Built 2012
- 24-hour business center
- Conference center
- Sauna
- Smoke-free property
- Steam room
- Outdoor pool
- Wedding services
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
Valet parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Air conditioning
- Free local calls
- Minibar
- Coffee/tea maker
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Bathrobes
- Hair dryer
- Slippers
- Shower only
- Iron/ironing board
- In-room safe
- Desk
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Digital TV service
- Free WiFi
- Free wired Internet
- iPod docking station
- Room service (24 hours)
- Hydromassage showerhead
Where to Eat
A complimentary buffet breakfast is served each morning between 6:30 AM and 10:30 AM.
Restaurante BOG Hotel - This restaurant specializes in fusion cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Reservations are required.
24-hour room service is available.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool, a health club, and a sauna.
Spa Services
Spa BOG por Pevonia has massage/treatment rooms. Services include facials and body treatments. The spa is equipped with a steam room and Turkish bath/hammam. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy and hydrotherapy.
- Steam room in spa
- Aromatherapy treatments
- Hydrotherapy treatments
- Body treatments
- Facial treatments
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-in time ends at midnight
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is 11:30 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Up to 2 children 12 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
- No pets or service animals allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- The national sales tax (19%) 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 10000.00 per person, per night
Optional extras
- Airport shuttle fee: COP 65000 per vehicle (one way)
- Valet parking fee: COP 20000 per night
- A late check-out fee will be charged
Hotel Name
- Bog Hotel
- Hotel Bog
We should mention
If you are traveling with a child your property may require you to present the following documents: Parents traveling into Colombia with a child under 18 may be required to present the child's birth certificate and photo ID (passport for foreign visitors) upon check-in. If a relative or legal guardian is traveling into Colombia with the child, that relative or legal guardian may be required to present a notarized consent of travel signed by both parents and a copy of both parents' ID. If only one parent is traveling into Colombia with the child, that parent may be required to present a notarized consent of travel signed by the other parent. Visitors who plan to travel with children should consult with a Colombian consulate office prior to travel for further guidance. This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply). Guests must contact the property with arrival details 24 hours prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments. Reservations can be made by contacting the hotel prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Up to 2 children 12 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms. No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property.


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YOUNG Queensland trucking magnate Jon Kelly talks the talk, but does he walk the walk? He's good at threatening his staff - ''If you f--- up, if anything goes wrong, I will burn your f---ing house down'' - but can he cut it when it comes to hauling the super-heavy wide loads that have made him millions?
Tonight we find out. With too much business and not enough drivers, Kelly has to get out from the desk and haul a 115-tonne bulldozer the 820 kilometres from Toowoomba to a Blackwater coalmine. The bulldozer is so big that it's usually transported in four parts, but the mine wants it in one piece. Truck and dozer together are seven metres wide, 5½ metres high and weigh nearly 200 tonnes, and Kelly has to contend with narrow roads and police curfews on a tight deadline.
Kelly is a natural TV talent who is good at explaining things. A heavy truck crawling uphill, he explains, can rip up a sun-softened road and ''spit that bitumen out in chunks the size of family pizzas''. Back at base, Kelly's employees set to grousing when he rehires an unpopular driver he had sacked.
It's great to see that the one-off doco succeeded in spawning a series. Mega Truckers might not be as life-and-death as Deadliest Catch or Abalone Wars, but it's as interesting and well made as any blue-collar reality show on the box.
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Diagnosis of Oral Precancers and Cancers Using Optic Coherence Tomography
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Verified August 2004 by National Taiwan University Hospital.
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Diagnosis of oral precancers and cancers using optic coherence tomography
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|Diagnosis of Oral Precancers and Cancers Using Optic Coherence Tomography
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DEVELOPERS behind plans for a 270-house estate on a patch of land in Colne known as 'The Rough' will meet with residents next month.
The scheme will be shown to residents, at Colne Cricket Club, on Wed-nesday, February 5, from 4pm to 7pm, and then on Thursday, February 6, from 2pm to 4pm.
Campaign group Lidgett and Beyond, which includes former Hollies drummer and local resident Bobby Elliott as one of its members, is now calling on lovers of the green land to fight to save it.
Oliver Owen, chairman of Lidgett and Beyond, said: "We are very worr-ied.
"We held an emergency meeting with local councillors last week.
"Of particular concern is that Pendle's Core Strategy and Land Alloc-ation will not be adopted until at least next summer, leaving us vulnerable to monstrous developments like this that are completely out of scale with our area."
The area is popular among locals for dog walking, rambling and recr-eation, and is part of the informally-named 'Green Lung of Colne'.
Before Christmas, wooden stakes were driven into the ground all over the site, which is currently farmed by a local farmer. The surveyors also laid down traffic monitors on both Skipton Old Road and Castle Road.
The land in question is a mixture, with protected status and 'special settlement character' designations and borders the green belt. Part of it lies within the Lidgett Conservation Area.
Favordale resident and former Nelson and Colne College principal Alison Birkinshaw said: "Lidgett and Beyond has a healthy membership, and a modest fighting fund, but it is clear we need to marshal our forces now.
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"What most people don't realise is that developers throw huge sums of money to develop profitable green sites like this, and they only have to win once and the land is gone for-ever."


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NEW Government measures to control large pub companies have been welcomed by the Federation of Small Businesses.
Neil Eames, development manager for the FSB Wessex Region, said: "The Government announcement to introduce a new pubs adjudicator, code of conduct and enhanced code for large pub companies is good news.
"It is important for the thousands of tied publicans that the FSB surveyed and who overwhelmingly back reforms of this kind.
"The FSB has campaigned long and hard for a tough code and independent adjudicator with enough power to make a real difference for publicans' right across the country.
"We now look forward to seeing the legislation put before this Parliament and for it to take effect so publicans feel the benefits as soon as possible.
"We still believe further reforms need to be considered to prevent unreasonable rent increases and unsustainable beer price rises.
"These include a mandatory free-of-tie option with independently assessed rent as well as the introduction of guest beer rights, an area of disappointment in the Government's response.
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Oh yeah Rivals is usually pretty good for basketball. I prefer 247 for football, but Rivals is definitely better than ESPN for both IMO.
8 current/former Pacers in the top 100 of that 2005 Rivals 150. That's pretty crazy really. What an awesome recruiting class.
2004 is super crazy.
Dwight, Josh Smith, Al Jefferson, Rudy Gay, heck Shaun Livingston could have been great if not for his knee. Lamarcus Aldridge, Glen Davis, Marvin Williams, Rajon Rondo, Aaron Afflalo, Kyle Lowry, and that's just the guys in the top 30 of that class.
By that account, one man's failure to live up to the hype doesn't make Shabazz a bust. Gerald didn't work hard in the NBA... that was his initial problem.
"What you do is so loud, I can't hear what you say" -Andrew LuckJunior at the University of Louisville
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No, not with the number one pick (David Stern will never give us) we'll never get. I'm talking like late lottery or just outside. Since he may not have a collegiate career, I have a feeling he'll slip.
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I don't know. Enes Kanter still went #3. Muhammad would still be a top 5 pick IMO.
Enes Kanter is 7 feet tall.
For what it's worth, if Shabazz doesn't play a single minute of college ball this season, he's still a top 5 pick at worst, and likely top 3. Chad Ford had a question about this very topic yesterday.
Shabazz Muhammad, F, UCLA
Top 100 Rank: 3
On Friday the NCAA ruled that Muhammad was ineligible for the start of UCLA's season. Whether that ban continues all season is anyone's guess. Even if Muhammad doesn't play one game all season, every NBA scout I spoke with still believes he's a top-3 pick. He's got a terrific motor, is a great scorer and is versatile.
In fact, if Noel doesn't improve, I wouldn't be shocked to see Muhammad go No. 1. Plenty of scouts have concerns about Cody Zeller's long-term upside in the NBA. They may feel Muhammad has more sizzle. At this point, I'm not sure it behooves Muhammad to play for UCLA. His draft stock may be better off sitting the season out.
We'll see, but I think he slips at least out of the top 5 like Brandon Jennings did from playing overseas.
Haven't followed Shabazz much, but I know he's clearly the best prospect in this draft. Are there any legit reports of him being a headcase or we just assuming so because he got caught?
He's not a headcase. He got visits to UNC and Duke paid for. That's his only knock, far as I know anyway. And in terms of NBA stock I couldn't care less about it.
No way he slips past 3. The scouts have watched him play for years and know his game. If I was him I would just say FU to the NCAa and high an agent and trainer now and get ready for the NBA. The NCAA is a joke the ruling is beyond bad. I surprised more kids don't just hire trainers and work on their game. With the Addais and Nike camps today Scouts see them play all the time now.
More kids don't do it exactly because of what happened to Jennings.
In regards to tanking and whatnot, we may not even have to. We currently have the 7th pick. I do expect us to get better (have to right?), but I'm just saying.
Also, the Lakers would have the 8th pick. So, yeah.
Jennings played games I wouldn't advise that. Just hire a trainer and work 8 hrs a day to get better. Jennings slipped just as much for his backround and really a undersized pg who had a terrible feel for the game and a terrible descion maker. Bazz is a much better prospect than Jennings it really isn't a good comparsions IMO.
I'd rather the Pacers have Yogi than Zeller.
To be fair to Hans, he's been one of our best players this year.
Danger Zone
Where is the light yourself on fire emoticon?
I don't want Bazz. I'm sure he is an outstanding athlete and that oozes with potential. Give me the proven winner and leader. Give me the guy that more than held his own against the "can't miss" prospect Anthony Davis. Zeller > Bazz
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Panik could solidify No. 2 spot in Giants' lineup
SAN FRANCISCO -- Giants manager Bruce Bochy indicated that Joe Panik's appearance in the batting order's No. 2 spot for Thursday's series finale against Colorado could be part of an ongoing audition, not just a product of mixing and matching.
This marked Panik's 10th start in which he batted second, so it was nothing new. He occupied that spot because Hunter Pence, San Francisco's regular No. 2 hitter, dropped to the fifth spot with Michael Morse receiving a rest. Bochy explained that he didn't want a batting order that was thick with rookies in its bottom half; catcher Andrew Susac and shortstop Matt Duffy hit seventh and eighth, respectively. Hence, the experienced Pence hit fifth for the 11th time this year and first since April 18.
As Pence's presence in the second spot for most of the season suggests, Bochy is not stuck on the notion of filling that role in traditional fashion. However, he hinted that he'd prefer somebody at No. 2 who can spray the ball to all fields, hit behind runners and execute the hit-and-run. Not only does Panik fit that profile, but Bochy also added that Panik "eventually" could settle into the No. 2 hitter's role.
"I like a two-hole hitter who can do some things," Bochy said, though he emphasized that the type of No. 2 hitter he employs in the future will depend on how that hitter can complement the rest of the lineup.
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POLICE have said they do not believe two flashers seen in Malmesbury in the last month, who match a similar description, are the same person, however they are not ruling out the possibility.
Sergeant Martin Alvis, of Malmebury Police, said officers were currently investigating reports of a man seen wearing nothing but stockings and suspenders in an open sliding side door of a white van parked at the roadside of the B4040 last Monday between Malmesbury and Charlton.
The man is described as being white and in his 40s.
It is thought this is a different man to the white male in his 40s who stripped naked in Cancer Research's charity shop in Malmesbury last month, although police have not ruled out the possibility that the incidents are linked.
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Francona impressed by top prospect Lindor
MESA, Ariz. -- Terry Francona has worked hard at familiarizing himself with the organization's players since taking over as Indians manager. On Monday, he got a close look at Francisco Lindor, arguably the farm system's top prospect.
"That was a treat," Francona said following the Indians' 13-5 Cactus League win over the Cubs. "We knew he was going to come and play nine innings. Getting to know him, and watching him play, it's fun. He's a joy. He's going to be a good player."
Cleveland is currently without shortstops Asdrubal Cabrera (Venezuela) and Mike Aviles (Puerto Rico) due to the World Baseball Classic. That has opened the door for playing time for a few of the team's Minor Leaguers, including prospects such as Lindor, Ronny Rodriguez and Tony Wolters.
In Monday's victory at Hohokam Park, the 19-year-old Lindor went 2-for-4 with a pair of singles and a run scored for the Tribe. Lindor started at shortstop, where he made a handful of plays look easy during the game, and hit out of the ninth spot in the lineup.
Hours before the game began, Francona was itching to get a look at Lindor over nine innings.
"For me, that's a reason for us to be excited today," Francona said. "That will be really fun for us."
Lindor was Cleveland's first-round selection (eighth overall) in the 2011 First-Year Player Draft.
In two professional seasons, the shortstop has hit .259 with a .352 on-base percentage and a .354 slugging percentage in 127 games between short-season Mahoning Valley and Low A Lake County. Along the way, Lindor has compiled six home runs, 24 doubles, three triples, 28 stolen bases, 44 RBIs and 87 runs scored.
When Francona took the job with Cleveland, he made a point to reach out to many of his new players. He was given a list of names with contact information that included Lindor. The young shortstop is not on the team's roster, and is a couple years away from the Majors, but Francona made the call anyway.
"He's one of the first guys I talked to," Francona said. "He's such a nice kid. He's always smiling. And he's obviously got a boatload of talent. He just needs to play. He's so young. For us for our staff to get a chance to watch him, even for nine innings, is really enjoyable."


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The Spy vs Spy games between Fremantle and West Coast have well and truly begun heading into Sunday's western derby, and the Dockers hope some hired muscle will help them even up the ledger.
In a bid to keep the prying eyes of West Coast's scouts out in the cold, the Dockers hired a security guard to man the gates at Fremantle Oval for Friday's closed training session.
The unusual move adds further drama to a derby that will play a major role in shaping the premiership fortunes of both sides.
Consecutive defeats have left Fremantle's premiership hopes on shaky ground, especially with crunch games against West Coast, Port Adelaide (away) and Geelong (home) over the next three weeks.
West Coast sat on top of the table after three rounds, but a three-game losing streak has left them clinging to seventh spot.
Fremantle Oval doubles as a public car park, making it easier for West Coast to gain useful insight into the Dockers' tactics and personnel issues.
In contrast, West Coast train at Patersons Stadium, which can lock out any unwanted visitors.
"It's probably just a bit of theatre because it's a derby," Fremantle coach Ross Lyon said when asked about the club's new security measures.
"It's really difficult here to have closed sessions. It's a pretty hard ground to lock down.
"We're just trying to get some equality. They can lock us out of Patersons Stadium - unfair advantage.
"Geppy (West Coast scout Tim Gepp) was here on his bicycle the other day. It's a good ride down from (Subiaco).
"What happens is opposition scouts tend to turn up and, when you identify them, you are in a position where you can say, 'Look, we will respect your environment', and we can then ask them to leave.
"They will have to get the ladder out and be on the hill."
A West Coast spokesperson said the Eagles had not made any changes to the way they manned closed training sessions this week.
The Dockers suffered a massive blow on Friday when star midfielder Stephen Hill was ruled out due to a hamstring injury.
His loss is set to be offset by the return of ball magnet Michael Barlow, who has overcome the knee injury he suffered in round two.
Fellow midfielder Nat Fyfe is also set to play despite being grounded by a bug earlier in the week, while goalsneak Hayden Ballantyne is back in the fold after serving his one-week ban.
Barlow is a proven performer in the derbies, with the Victorian winning the Ross Glendinning medal as best afield in both matches against West Coast last year.
West Coast have been bolstered by the return of captain Darren Glass from suspension and long-kicking defender Shannon Hurn from a knee injury.


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WWE, Changing For The Better?
by, 06-19-2013 at 02:52 PM (8536 Views)
According to multiple sources, Vince McMahon has not been pleased with Monday Night Raw's ratings and rightfully so. Monday Night Raw has battled against both the NBA and the NHL playoffs, and as a result people have seen their ratings decrease. When facing strong competition on TV, WWE loyalist will always use that big competition as an excuse to why the ratings were low. In truth, a TV show itself can only blame itself for poor ratings. The ratings simply indicate that something else on is taking WWE's fans away from them. Besides, I've never heard the NBA or NHL or their fans ever say, "Well, the game was on Monday, and people just want to tune into Raw no matter what!"
Long story short, McMahon did the correct thing by blaming himself and the other WWE employees for the poor ratings. Only a small group of people knows whether that story had anything to do with Monday's show.
However, it was one of the best ones in years. For once, it seems like things were actually happening. The show surprisingly developed intriguing stories and angles. It also progressed the angles from the past, and by the end, it gave the fans a reason to tune in next week.
The amount of viewers just went up slightly this week, but I have always believed that last week's show is a reflection on the show this week. In other words, if people found Raw good last week or found Payback good, they are going to tune in to see what happens next. Consistency will be the key to WWE increasing their ratings.
Wheels keep on double turning:
WWE successfully pulled off a double-turn last night, turning Ziggler into a plucky, sympathetic babyface and Del Rio into a ruthless heel. It was one of those rare times where the company listened to what the fans wanted.
After all, nobody was enjoying Del Rio's babyface reign due to his character being lackluster, to say in the least. Meanwhile, almost half the audience cheered for Ziggler albeit being a heel. Quite frankly, it is too difficult to boo him. I mean, he has worked very hard for his spot, and it is evident that he loves the business. He puts the utmost amount of effort in everything he does, proof being the amount takes enormous bumps he take. He sells akin to Ricky Morton (which means he will be terrific in face-in-peril courses of a match), and he has a flashy, high-paced style (which means his comebacks after being beat down will be terrific as well). Seriously, there is not much to hate. He is tailor-made to be a protagonist.
Who is the king of egos?
I will admit that I have been sick and tired of the McMahons feuding with each other for nearly a decade. However, I am intrigued to see where this is heading, merely because the story is developing. And that is what serial television is all about: storylines that have continuity, escalate frequently, and have a sound story structure.
The truth is, the more serial-esque angles occur, the more likely a fan or many fans are going to become captivated by it and tune in to see what happens next.
That is what he does:
Don't get me wrong, I am a little upset that the rumors of Daniel Bryan was receiving a shot at the title were false, but even I can admit this segment was pure gold albeit not getting what I wanted.
Wrestlers are always stereotyped for being bad actors, but Henry proved that assumption is completely erroneous. The dialog was amazing, that is if it was scripted out, but I do believe due to the genuine vibe, Henry was improvising a lot of it. Truthfully, there is also so much more to the brilliance of this than just the words he said. His realistic tears, the words not coming out smoothly due to him being choked up, his sadden facial expressions, and him pulling off the situation flawlessly (wherein he realizes he never became WWE champion but needs to hang it up for his family).
I was spoiled before I watched Raw, but Henry still kayfabed me, because his believably was so off the charts. I have seen just about every classic angle that has occurred in wrestling, and I can honestly say that this was one of the most fantastic ones ever.
However, I just wish WWE advertised his retirement better and had certain wrestlers come out to pay homage to him...you know to make it feel even more realistic. I also wish it was any other babyface besides Cena involved in this segment. Henry received the wrong reaction because Cena is extremely hated.
If CM Punk or Daniel Bryan fell victim to this assault, he would have gotten booed out of the building.
A tornado that damaged a friendship:
This story just wrote itself, but I'm surprised WWE is taking advantage of it. The CM Punk of now believes he does not need Paul Heyman's assistance anymore, which visually made Heyman upset. There are some people who believe that they pulled the trigger on Lesnar and Punk too sudden. It is certainty arguable, especially since Paul E and Punk's problems just started to occur and the expected destination for the match is two months away. But there are ways they can extend this program to Summerslam while keeping the feud hot.
Besides, the ECW innovator himself has described Lesnar as an uncontrollable monster that does things without his approval. Punk also said The Beast needs Heyman as a client, which could have possibly rubbed Lesnar the wrong way. What will most likely happen is, Heyman will keep denying that he had anything to do with Lesnar attacking Punk until it all somehow gets reveled.
Am I Dreaming?
It is as if WWE has finally woken up and realized that people have stopped watching due to the show being so formulaic. Therefore, the company has added more depth to the roster (reducing the amount of over-done rematches each WWE show). The creative staff has shaken up the rosters' gimmicks (reducing the chance of wrestlers' personas becoming decayed), and they have also found interesting and different ways to start a feud instead of using the "How to start a wrestling feud" 101 book.
What is more, they are starting to push the right wrestlers, aka the ones that fans actually care about. It might have been just one show, but it was refreshing to see WWE for once trying different things instead of being so conservative.
It is quite comical how wrestling fans like myself can put up with so much bad shit and then erase it from our memories the minute the product starts improving. However, there is just so much to look forward to now. I mean, I cannot wait until the Wyatt family debuts. They are the picture-perfect examples of what villains ought to look like—insane, psychotic, frightening, and merciless. Besides, Bray Wyatt is one of the best storytelling talkers in WWE.
I'm intrigued to see RVD back in WWE and what they will do with him. He could have some interesting feuds with people, and hell, even align himself in the Dangerous Alliance 2.0. I hope that he is motivated by being back in WWE because he was going through the motions in TNA (not that I blame him).
The return of Christian is also a big attribution to the roster, especially if he stays in the midcard. He is a good worker that has developed this type of match where nearly anyone can plug their offense into his formula and have a halfway decent match. He can help elevate midcarders and make them look better than they truly are.
It also seems as if WWE is adamant on pushing Daniel Bryan to the main event, where he belongs. Bryan has always been known as a top-tier in-ring technician, but he has also proven that he has oodles of personality and charisma. Every one of his attributes has made him become the most over babyface in the company.
This might be the most interested I have been in WWE's programming since perhaps the Summer of Punk. I just hope that this time they don't screw it up.


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The gun lobby's war against facts
The Obama administration has struck a blow for factual reality, and foiled the gun lobby's longstanding campaign for censorship.
The language in Executive Order No. 14, signed by the president yesterday, seems innocuous - it compels "the Centers for Disease Control to research the causes and prevention of gun violence" - but its impact is huge. Since 1996, the CDC has been essentially barred by law from financing or conducting studies that would determine, via empirical evidence, whether guns in homes actually make people safer, or whether they increase the at-home risk of homicide and suicide. The gun lobby opposed that kind of research. Therefore, the research was prohibited - courtesy of the gun lobby's fans in Congress.
This war against facts has long been a scandal, although few people have paid it much attention - until now. Thanks to the efforts of the gun lobby, there are very few gun violence experts in America. And there are precious few scientific studies. Gun violence sparks an average of 85 fatalities each day in this country, yet, broadly speaking, we don't know what we don't know. For that, we can thank the NRA and the allied pressure groups that flex D.C. muscle for the gun manufacturers.
Last week, as Joe Biden was readying the president's gun reform agenda, he received a letter signed by 100 criminal, medical, and public health researchers. I need not annotate it: "The tragedy of gun violence is compounded by the fact that the usual methods of addressing a public health and safety threat of this magnitude - collection of basic data, scientific inquiry, policy formation, policy analysis and rigorous evaluation - are, because of politically-motivated constraints, extremely difficult in the area of firearm research."
Why, perchance, was the gun lobby so fearful of basic data and scientific inquiry back in the early '90s? Duh.
In 1992 and 1993, a team of respected gun research experts - financed and sponsored by the CDC - concluded that keeping guns in the home actually increased the risk of homicide and suicide in the home. The studies were published in the New England Journal of Medicine (homicide study, here). The gun lobby freaked out. The studies flatly contradicted the lobby's contention that guns in homes make people safer.
The gun manufacturers freaked out, too. If word got around that gun-owning households were less safe - and, worse yet, if future researchers came to that same conclusion - gun manufacturers might sell fewer guns. And since the abiding goal is to increase revenue and maximize profits, the solution back then was obvious. Future gun violence research had to be squelched.
And so it was. Just as the CDC's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control was starting to amass good information, thanks to those two studies, the entire effort was shut down. The gun lobby enlisted its pals in the newly elected Republican Congress (natch), and the deed was done. In 1996, the NRA's main man in the House, a southern Republican (natch), sponsored a measure that successfully stripped out all the money the CDC was spending on gun violence research. Plus, this language was enacted: "None of the funds made available for injury prevention and control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may be used to advocate or promote gun control."
In theory, the CDC could have protested the language, by insisting that its gun violence researchers were not seeking to "advocate or promote" anything, that in truth they were just doing their scientific best to go where the data was leading them. But that didn't happen. In reality, the congressional move had a chilling effect. The agency simply shied away from doing any further research. Some private foundations tried to pick up the slack for awhile, but not early at the same funding level.
(Gun violence research at the National Institutes of Health has also been suppressed, thanks to NRA lobbying. As the letter to Biden pointed out, the NIH has financed a grand total of three gun studies in the last 40 years. During that time span, four million people have been killed by guns. Only 2000 people have been killed in that time by infectious diseases - according to the letter's signees - yet the NIH has financed 500 studies of those diseases.)
The upshot of the gun lobby's despicable war against facts is that firearms researchers have been barred from asking and answering the most basic questions. Much like Big Tobacco, which freaked out when independent scientists discovered the links between nicotine and addiction, the gun lobby fears any information that might undercut the allure of its consumer product. Fortunately, Obama's executive order is a long-overdue victory for freedom of information.
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Andy Warhol: Motion Pictures exhibition
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2010
Project brief: To advertise an exhibition that exists only of moving images for which it was impossible to clear any rights was a major challenge. It was also a blessing in disguise as we ultimately asked visitors and users to upload their own screen tests to this microsite in the style of Warhol's iconic works and to view others' submissions.
Approach: The concept is nothing new but seems timely given the rise of Chatroulette, FaceTime and other video technologies of the past year or two. In fact, technically speaking, it's almost antique at this point. As our lives have become increasingly distracted and the internet has become bloated with more input and content, there is something both calming and eerily disturbing about a silent person staring back at you.
Effectiveness: We recorded over 57,000 page views during the exhibition and over 670 individual submissions.
Juror Notes
Interactive homage that is a true embodiment of the artist. Completely engaging in its simplicity. Voyeuristic. Brilliant solution to the huge challenge of advertising the exhibit with no license to Warhol's work.
Arresting. Simply and beautifully executed.
- Design firm
- The Museum of Modern Art, New York
- Creative directors
- Allegra Burnette, Julia Hoffmann
- Art director
- August Heffner
- Designer
- Samuel Sherman
- Editors
- Tamsin Nutter, Jason Persse
- Producer
- David Hart
- Developer
- Shannon Darrough
- Programmer
- Stamen Design
- Curator
- Klaus Biesenbach


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Thunder Pull Away In 2nd Half, Top Wolves 106-84
Mark Remme
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Considering the Thunder lost to Minnesota in their last meeting on Dec. 20 coupled with OKC's surprising 101-99 loss to Washington on Monday, and the Timberwolves faced a doubly potent Oklahoma City team on their home court Wednesday night.
And the Thunder played like it. OKC shut the Wolves down in the second half and picked up a 106-84 win at Chesapeake Energy Arena in front of a sold out crowd. Feasting on 19 Minnesota turnovers, the Thunder never let Minnesota get comfortable in the second half and turned a seven-point halftime lead into a 26-point advantage in the fourth.
Wolves at Thunder
The Wolves played an exceptional first quarter on the defensive end, contesting shots and holding the potent Thunder squad to 28 percent shooting. And when OKC went on a 13-2 run to take a seven-point lead in the second quarter, Minnesota responded in kind to make it a four-point game with three minutes to go in the half. A lot of that had to do with Alexey Shved's play in that second quarter. He hit consecutive 3-pointers with 3 ½ minutes to play in the frame, and in one stretch he accounted for 10 of the Wolves' 12 points.
The second half was a different story.
Oklahoma City shot 58 percent in the third quarter, including 3-of-5 from 3-point range while the Wolves went 0-of-4 from behind the arc. And immediately out of halftime it appeared the Thunder were in position to create separation on the scoreboard.
"They got off to a good start, hit some 3s and we just weren't able to recover," guard Luke Ridnour said.
Much of that had to do with Durant, who put together another efficient game on the offensive end. He finished with 26 points and shot 10-of-17 from the field, and he added eight rebounds, three assists, four blocks and three steals. Russell Westbrook was equally effective, scoring 23 points on 7-of-14 shooting and adding eight boards and seven assists.
The Wolves got big nights from their starters, including 18 points from Shved and a double-double from center Nikola Pekovic. Luke Ridnour scored nine points and added six assists and four steals, and Andrei Kirilenko had 10 points, five rebounds and four assists. Derrick Williams was a spark off the bench, scoring 14 points and adding 11 rebounds on the night.
Leader of the Pack: Nikola Pekovic
The Thunder put together a game plan that attempted to limit Nikola Pekovic's ability to get to the basket on pick-and-rolls, and for the most part they were successful in doing so. But Pekovic still found a way to be productive throughout the night, and he compiled a double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds against this stingy Thunder squad. Pek shot 60 percent for the game and made his foul shots when they sent him to the line—he finished 5-of-6 from the stripe.
Highlight of the Night
With 7:25 left in the second quarter and the Thunder on a 7-0 run that turned a tie game into a 29-22 OKC lead, Wolves guard Alexey Shved saw an opportunity on the defensive end. Moving off his man, Shved made a break behind Thunder guard Reggie Jackson, stole the ball and scored on the other end with a transition jam. The steal was part of a big second quarter for Shved and gave Minnesota life as it tried to withstand OKC's run.
The Numbers Game
"You can tell they lost the last game because they were playing aggressive and that's what a championship team does after a loss. They get together and they get even more aggressive than they used to." — Wolves guard Ricky Rubio on the Thunder bouncing back from Monday's loss to Washington
Next Up
The Timberwolves will have an off day tomorrow in New Orleans before taking on the Hornets on Friday at 7 p.m. They'll get a day off Saturday before wrapping up this four-game road trip in San Antonio on Sunday and Dallas on Monday.
For more news and notes on the team follow the Minnesota Timberwolves and Mark Remme on Twitter, and join the conversation at WolvesNation.com.


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Dacorum Borough Council has announced its newly-tendered contract to maintain its 10,500 properties will cost up to £235 million.
The housing management contract has been awarded to Osborne Property Services after a two-year search for the best firm to carry out all repairs, maintenance and improvement works to council homes in the borough.
The council explains the sum, which covers the maximum of 10 years if the firm meets performance indicators during the first five years, will be drawn from tenants' rent rather than Council Tax, and that it will retain management of the homes.
The company, which all adopt the contract from July 1, promises to use patterns of repairs information to target investment at the areas most in need.
The council's housing maintenance and environment committee – made up of a panel of tenants – were involved in the procurement process.
Committee member Andrea Maloney said: "The new contract is structured so that the decisions about repairs or improvements are carried out to provide good long-term solutions, rather than a 'quick fix'.
"We look forward to working with the new contractor, knowing that we can influence their plans and question their actions. The process has been very good and we have high hopes for a new and improved service."
Cabinet member for housing at the council Margaret Griffiths said: "We're looking forward to developing a close working relationship with Osborne.
"We'll be creating even more opportunities for tenants to get involved and welcome their input to help us improve our housing repairs service further."
Osborne's contract will run for an initial five years, though it can be extended up to a decade on an annual rolling basis.
The contractor's managing director Nick Sterling said: "We are delighted to have been selected from a very strong field.
"Osborne will become truly embedded with Dacorum in helping shape and deliver the exciting plans they have for the benefit of the whole borough.
"We look forward to working closely with them and ensuring the communities of Dacorum see real benefit."
Previously, repairs were delivered by one contractor and improvements and cyclical maintenance by another contractor. It is hoped by joining these works into one contract there will be savings which can be reinvested into the houses and surrounding estates.


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NEWPORT BEACH – Newport Harbor figured the play worked so well before it was worth trying again.
On its first offensive play in overtime, Newport Harbor scored a touchdown on a 25-yard pass from Cole Norris to Cory Stowell to beat Los Alamitos, 27-24, in the Sunset League opener for both Thursday at Newport Harbor High.
Stowell had scored a touchdown in the second quarter on the same play, a simple down-and-out route on which Norris got the ball to Stowell in stride for a 28-yard touchdown.
"It worked on the first touchdown," Stowell said, "so we felt confident. Our coaches read their defense just right."
Regulation ended with the score 21-21. Newport Harbor won a coin toss that decided who got the ball first in OT. In OT, one team gets the ball at their foe's 25-yard line and from there can get first downs, score on field goals or score on touchdowns. Newport Harbor coach Jeff Brinkley deferred, giving the ball to Los Alamitos.
Los Alamitos got a 22-yard field goal from Tristan Frembling to take a 24-21 lead.
"You want to get on defense and see what the other team does," Brinkley said. "They kicked the field goal, and we had the play we ran in mind already."
Newport Harbor went for it right away, getting the winning six points on the Norris-to-Stowell touchdown. Stowell also had two interceptions Thursday.
Last year's Newport Harbor-Los Alamitos game went to overtime, too. Newport Harbor won on a field goal, 31-28.
Thursday's result was Los Alamitos' first loss. The Griffins, No. 3 in CIF-Southern Section Southwest Division, are 5-1 overall. Newport Harbor is 3-3.
Los Alamitos' Kendall Brownlow returned the second half-opening kickoff 83 yards for a touchdown to give the Griffins a 21-14 lead. Newport Harbor tied it on a 2-yard touchdown run by Garrett Hall with 57 seconds left in the third quarter.
Los Alamitos played without linebacker Matt Locher. Locher, All-Sunset League last season as a sophomore, had season-ending foot surgery.
Los Alamitos plays Marina on Thursday in another Sunset League game at Westminster High. Newport Harbor has a league home game next Friday against Edison.
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What's That You Said? IILanguage brain teasers are those that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters.
Here are some well-known expressions rewritten into "Cliff-ese". For those of you who don't know what that means, he was a very wordy person on the TV show "Cheers" and never used a small word where a larger one would work. Try to figure out the phrases in simpler terms.
1. Projecting short, loud, canine-like noises erroneously toward the top of an incorrect arboreal plant.
2. To subject a slender illumination device to rapid carbonization on its antipodal points.
3. To slay a brace of avian creatures with just a single petrous conglomeration.
4. Like sending dense shelly concretions through the air to fall in front of stout-bodied, artiodactyl creatures.
Answer1. Barking up the wrong tree.
2. Burn the candles at both ends.
3. Kill two birds with one stone.
4. Casting pearls before swine.
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OAKLAND — Not 24 hours after publicly calling out his players, Warriors coach Mark Jackson looked as relaxed and calm as ever.
After Monday's practice, he had a shootout with a couple assistant coaches. He drilled a 3-pointer from the right wing, then shot a stare at onlooker Stephen Curry, who had questioned Jackson's range.
"This is what I do," he snapped to his starting point guard.
Mark Jackson has this right. It's not a time for panic.
No, things are not going well for the Warriors these days. They're losing games they should win, and in a fashion that eats at hairlines. Turnovers. Missed layups. Shoddy defense. But the only reason for panic is if Andre Iguodala will be out much longer.
The Warriors are not in a bad position. This is what usually happens when you lose your best defender and a key creator on offense. Just ask Memphis, which has tumbled down the standings with the loss of Marc Gasol to injury.
Golden State is in survival mode. But as bad as things have been, the Warriors were just three games behind the No. 4 Los Angeles Clippers entering play Monday. The Warriors, along with the Clippers, have played more road games (15) than any teams in the league. Golden State has played most of its 25 games without its top six players intact. Yet the Warriors are 13-12. They've played only four games against the Eastern Conference, where a team can get fat.
What really matters right now is that the Warriors develop during this rough spell.
Jackson's frustration after the Warriors' 106-102 loss at Phoenix on Sunday was viewed by many as a red flag for a team coming undone. But what you really saw was one of the NBA's good young coaches at work, a skilled motivator in action.
"The way he communicates is rare," ESPN NBA analyst Tim Legler said in a phone interview. "That's a big part of being a coach. Inspiring people to go out and play hard and play together, that's a skill not a lot of people have."
Think about that: To a man, the Warriors were expressing the need to play harder and better after a close loss while playing short-handed on the road against a hot team.
The Warriors will be all right.
Iguodala will come back, Curry won't have to generate offense by himself, and Jackson won't have to rely on the shaky ballhandling of Klay Thompson and Harrison Barnes. Golden State will have an elite perimeter defender back on the floor.
What's more, Barnes will go back to the bench, where the Warriors have been really hurting for consistent play. That should help keep the minutes of the key players down — which is one reason they aren't going all-out all of the time.
This part of the schedule is about the Warriors establishing some intangibles that will bear fruit in March and April. And as irritating as it is to watch an up-tempo team succumb to a post-up addiction, it should be encouraging that the team's focus is in the right place.
"We've seen us play better basketball," Jackson said Monday. "I just don't think right now we've put together 48 minutes of our brand of basketball. It's not acceptable. … We're aware of it. But the only way out of it is to do something about it. Too often now we continue to make the same mistakes. But we understand where we are, and we'll be just fine. There's no question about that. But you've got to state the obvious."
Even at full strength the Warriors have issues. They are 5-1 when their six best players are available (Curry, Thompson, Iguodala, Barnes, David Lee and Andrew Bogut). But the bench has Golden State fans lighting up the online trade machines.
The Warriors' chances rest on their ability to defend and rebound. That's a character thing, and it is of utmost importance as this roster with three new players among the top nine develops that psyche. As long as that is being developed, survival mode is a good thing for the Warriors. It ingrains the qualities they will need to really be good in the Western Conference.
Golden State has a coach that won't accept it another way. It has players who still believe unequivocally in their coach. The Warriors will be all right.
"This is a new experience for everybody," Curry said. "We have crazy expectations for ourselves inside our of our locker room of how we're supposed to play. And when we don't do it and we start to lose games, frustration is going to build because it's a new experience. We've shown glimpses of it. … We just haven't been able to put it all together. But we can."
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Imagine if you will. Your best friend has finally decided to take your advice and start playing disc golf. He is a 6', 230lb, 27 year old male. Initially he goes through a phase of ignoring all your advice and buying tons of discs, just to find out that he has no idea what they do or how to control them. Finally, in a humble moment your friend comes to you and begs for your help. He wants to know what would be the best three or four discs he could use to learn with. You know he has read everything on www.discgolfreview.com about disc selection and is looking for something just a little more specific as far as your personal suggestion of exact disc type, plastic and weight. What will you tell this friend?
ps Blake, I am also gonna post this exact same thread on the pdga forum so feel free to answer it where ever you see fit.
pps thanks for everyones help


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It will cost more to park in downtown Redwood City starting Wednesday.
Currently 50 cents per hour, parking rates will double to $1 per hour in the city core — an area bordered by Marshall Street, Main Street, Pennsylvania Avenue, Jefferson Avenue and Middlefield Road — as well as in the parking lot next to the Redwood City Caltrain station.
Meters in the downtown periphery will still cost a quarter per hour.
City officials say the new rates for the coveted downtown spaces will encourage parking turnover. Parking problems in the now-bustling city center have been exacerbated by ongoing construction at Middlefield Road and Winslow Street, which eliminated about 250 parking spots. Hiking the rates downtown, they say will encourage long-term parkers, such as local business employees, to leave their vehicles in the cheaper spaces further out.
Redwood City's downtown parking meters are in operation Monday through Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Metered spaces are free outside of those hours. There's also no-cost parking during the evening and weekend hours at the county garage on Middlefield Road, just off Veterans Boulevard.
To ease parking concerns on Fridays and Saturday nights, a group of 20-plus downtown businesses recently began offering a $10 valet parking service that is discounted to $5 if you patronize their establishments. The service is offered from 6 to 11 p.m. The valet drop off is on Winslow Street at Theatre Way on Friday nights; on Saturdays it's on Middlefield, just north of Broadway.
The higher meter rates were unanimously approved last month by the City Council, with Ian Bain absent
At the June 9 meeting, council members also directed staff to look into ways to increase downtown parking, including approaching private property owners to open up their lots for public use and negotiating a deal with business or property owners to build a new downtown parking garage.
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text: Project Milk is having an influence on an orphanage in Peru that is sponsored by the Diocese of La Crosse, Wisconsin. Since 1984, Project Milk has been sending powdered milk for use at the orphanage and other nearby communities. In the last two years alone, the program has shipped more than 60,000 pounds of powdered milk to Peru.Grassland Dairy has been teaming with the diocese for the past three years.From its beginnings at the turn of the last century as a small, family business nestled in central Wisconsin, Grassland Dairy has grown into one of the largest butter producers in the world. That success is due in part to Grassland remaining a Catholic, family-run business -- now being led by third and fourth generations of the Wuethrich clan.All of the milk brought into Grassland comes from more than 850 farms in about a 140-mile radius from the dairy.


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