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ECUS, the Spanish bed & mattress manufacture, is now available at Absolute Beds in Marbella Spain. Absolute Beds specializes in providing a wide selection of the highest quality beds and mattresses to their customers. The ECUS line is an excellent addition to their present inventory.
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For those shopping for a pocket spring mattress, ECUS offers some excellent options with their Multispring line. These high quality mattresses are designed for superior comfort and longevity. Traditional spring mattresses are the best option for many mattress shoppers, and offer a feel that some sleepers prefer over foam.
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For the second weekend in a row, the Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill played host to the opening of the season of one of Philadelphia's most popular music ensembles. Two weekends ago, the church hosted the combined forces of Lyric Fest and Choral Arts Philadelphia. This past weekend, it was the turn of Piffaro, the Renaissance Band, launching its 26th season with a concert Saturday night, Oct. 1, entitled "East Meets West: Spanish Pipers in the New World." Despite the miserable weather and the Phillies playing at home, the concert drew an encouragingly large audience that rewarded the musicians with round after round of applause.
Piffaro fielded an impressive number of musicians — eight including a guest (Annette Bauer) who will be performing with the band all season long. But beyond the mere size of the ensemble, what particularly impressed me was the technical polish of the playing. Ensemble was excellent throughout the performance and tuning – always a problem with the older instruments – was immaculate.
In particular, co-directors Joan Kimball and Robert Wiemken balanced diverse complements with consorts of the same instruments. Some of the scores called for combinations of recorders, sackbuts, dulcian, vihuela, harp and percussion, while others offered the full range of recorders from piccolo to bass. Whereas the latter conjured up the sound of cathedral choirs singing sacred choral music, the former offered a glimpse of the beginnings of the kinds of orchestral scoring that would come to dominate classical music starting with the baroque era from 1600 onward. But whatever the configurations, every piece was played with the level of vivacity that has come to define Piffaro's character.
The Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter & Paul will present in concert the Choir of Men & Boys of its sister-cathedral in London, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 12. The Choir of Westminster Cathedral, directed by Martin Baker, will perform a program of sacred choral music. Its stop in Philadelphia is one of only seven appearances in the U.S. this season.
Founded in 1903, a decade after the re-establishment of the Roman Catholic hierarchy in England following centuries of suppression, the Westminster Cathedral Choir has established itself as the internationally recognized greatest cathedral choir of them all, surpassing in reputation all of its Anglican counterparts. It has recorded countless musical settings of the Mass and other traditional Latin texts by all the great Renaissance masters such as Palestrina and Victoria, and its CDs have won numerous awards.
The Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter & Paul is located at 18th Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway on Logan Circle and is one of the only churches in the region designed as a traditional cathedral. The concert is part of a newly inaugurated series, "Concerts at the Cathedral." Chestnut Hill's Zach Hemenway (organist and choirmaster at St. Paul's Episcopal Church) has been named archdiocesan organist. Tickets for the Westminster Cathedral Choir concert are $25 for general admission and $35 for special front seating. Call 215-587-3696 or visit www.CathedralPhilaconcerts.org.
The Opera Company of Philadelphia opened its 2011-12 season with a splendid production of Bizet's "Carmen" last Friday evening, Sept. 30, in the Academy of Music. Conducted by Corrado Rovaris and directed by David Gately, the mounting continues October 5, 9 and 14.
Alongside its ever-popular score, the main source of the success of this "Carmen" is Gately's stage direction. It places the opera in 19th century Spain and trusts the libretto's characterizations and narrative to hold the audience's interest by offering three-dimensional personalities within the context of heightened human drama. Rovaris' conducting balanced intense theatricality with lyrical sensitivity, driving the plot forward while allowing his cast to sing meaningfully and beautifully.
Both mezzo Rinat Shaham in the title role and soprano Ailyn Perez as Micaela have local connections. Shaham is an alumna of Curtis Institute of Music while Perez graduated from the Academy of Vocal Arts and lives locally with her husband, tenor Stephen Costello. Shaham's voice was brooding and sultry while Perez sang in creamy tones, making for a stark contrast between the two women. The children's chorus sang extremely well in the first act.


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U.S. equity markets pulled back sharply from session highs as energy stocks underperformed and enthusiasm over tepid data wore off.
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As of 12:40 p.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 13 points, or 0.11%, to 15290, the S&P 500 gained 0.87 point, or 0.05%, to 1694 and the Nasdaq Composite rose 16.7 points, or 0.44%, to 3778.
The markets have taken a hit recently -- with the S&P 500 falling for five days -- as traders worry about the fiscal showdown in Washington, D.C. and the potential for tapering come October. A set of economic data due out on the day could help provide market participants with more direction.
The Commerce Department's second reading on U.S. GDP shows the economy expanded at an annual rate of 2.5% in the second quarter, matching a previous estimate. Economists expected GDP to grow by 2.6%.
Todd Schoenberger, managing partner at LandColt Capital, said the markets will "respond favorably" to the report since the tepid reading could force the Federal Reserve to continue on with its aggressive easing program.
Meanwhile, the Labor Department said claims for initial jobless benefits fell to 305,000 last week from an upwardly revised 310,000 the week prior. Economists expected the number of claims to rise to 325,000 from an initially reported 309,000. The Labor Department said computer issues that caused a backlog of unprocessed claims have been resolved.
The National Association of Realtors said signed contracts to buy previously-owned homes fell 1.6% in August, more than the 1% drop economists expected. The housing market has been picking up steam, and helping the economy, according to economists. However, analysts are keeping a close eye on how rising interest rates may affect demand.
In corporate news, eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) said it would buy global payment platform Braintree for $800 million in cash.
In commodities, U.S. crude oil futures rose 48 cents, or 0.47%, to $103.14 a barrel. Wholesale New York Harbor gasoline advanced 0.65% to $2.674 a gallon. Gold rose $1.30, or 0.1%, to $1,338 a troy ounce.
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The Euro Stoxx 50 dipped 0.21% to 2921, the English FTSE 100 fell 0.02% to 6550 and the German DAX sliped 0.1% to 8657.
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In a large skillet, melt the butter over medium-high heat. Add the bacon and cook until the fat is rendered and the bacon is crisp, about 7 minutes. Remove the bacon with a slotted spoon, drain on paper towels, and set aside for garnish.
To the fat remaining in the pan, add the yellow, red, and white onions, shallots, salt, pepper, bay leaf, and thyme and cook, stirring, until very soft and starting to caramelize, 8 to 10 minutes. Add the leeks and scallions and cook until soft, 3 to 4 minutes. Dust flour over, and stir and cook until flour turns light golden. Add the stock and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer uncovered for 45 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the cream, stir well to incorporate, and cook for 15 minutes.
Remove the bay leaf and pulse soup with an immersion blender. Return to the pot, stir to combine, and heat gently.
Divide the soup into bowls and garnish each serving with bacon, chives, and a little shaved Parmesan. Serve slices of the Parmesan-Garlic bread on the side and serve immediately.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a large baking sheet with aluminum foil and set aside.
Cream the butter, garlic, parsley, chives, salt, pepper, and half of the cheese in a small bowl using a wooden spoon or rubber spatula. Spread both halves of the bread evenly with the garlic butter and top with the remaining grated cheese. Place the bread halves on the prepared baking sheet, cut sides up, and bake until fragrant and lightly golden around the edges, 12 to 15 minutes. (Alternatively, broil until golden brown, 1 to 2 minutes.) Cut crosswise on the diagonal into1 1/2-inch slices. Serve hot.


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Jesicofoods needed a new print or packaging design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 44 designs submitted by 10 freelance designers.
Ticasso (brand name) Especialidades Europeas (tag line: European Specialties)
Jesico Foods is a young owner held company that produces high quality, healthy, hand-made meat products such as sausages, hams, bacon, etc. in Costa Rica. When we started two years ago, we put all our efforts and energy in producing extraordinary products.
As the company is developing we want to put more emphasis on branding and packaging, so that the consumers actually get a feeling for the quality of our products from just viewing the package, tempting them to take a package home to give to themselves or loved ones a treat.
Our products hang alongside the big brands in the super market shelves and we want to communicate to the consumer, that our products do represent a healthy and high-quality alternative to the low to medium quality products of our big competitors. We do not use fillers to dilute costs and therefore Jesico Foods is the only producer in Costa Rica who offers meat products that are gluten and lactose free and make allergy information accessible.
We want to get away from the common perception that meat products are fat and unhealthy. Our products are a natural source of protein and are as little processed as possible and that should be reflected in the label.
The design should bring the following attributes across:
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- Simple elegance but not conservative
- Modern, artistically and creative
Medium to high class families, couples and singles who want to eat healthy without losing out on taste. The label should be equally attractive to children and young families as well as elderly people.
Design a generic label for our supermarket product line that can be used for different types of meat products with a delicious, fresh, and healthy image.
The label has to be generic, because we print consumer and product information for the different products in house with our own printer. This means that the design cannot show one specific product such as sausage, because we also have to use the same label for example for hams.
For the same reason the label has to have one or two blank areas in light colors that should be sized to fit in specific product information in black letters due to printer capabilities.
Example of specific product information to be featured:
- Product name (e.g. Pechuga de Pavo con Paprika & Pimienta, please reserve two lines for product name)
- Bar code
- Information of origin (e.g. 203 characters)
- Ingredients (e.g. 156 characters)
- Expiration date (e.g. 29 characters)
- Allergy information (e.g. 52 characters)
Label measurements: 9cm x13cm (vertical)
The design should include the declaration: "sin gluten/gluten free"
The formats we require are: .ai and .jpg
To differentiate the individual products types we would like to see the same design or distinct elements of the design in different colors. There are no color restrictions - just think of something really tasty when you make your color choices.
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As a mother of a 1 year old, I try to limit the amount of harsh chemicals we use in the house. I like the idea of using vinegar, but would rather not have my house smell like a jar of pickles. I ran across this blog article for a Citrus Infused Cleaner and figured I'd give it a try. Thanks FabulousFindsbyTiffany for the inspiration!
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The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits last week held near a six-year low and U.S. manufacturing activity rose this month, suggesting the economy is starting to find firmer footing.
Initial claims for state unemployment benefits climbed 13,000 to 336,000, just above the level expected by economists in a Reuters poll, Labor Department data showed on Thursday.
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Despite the increase, the four-week moving average for claims, which smooths out weekly volatility, fell to its lowest level since November 2007. That backed the widely-held view that U.S. economic growth will accelerate in the second half of the year, and hinted at a stronger pace of hiring in August.
"The trend in the data has been signaling some recent improvement in the labor market," said Daniel Silver, an economist at JPMorgan in New York.
Separately, financial data firm Markit said its preliminary index on factory activity rose in August to 53.9, its best showing since March. A reading above 50 indicates expansion.
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The U.S. economy has grown at a lackluster pace in recent months, hurt in part by the impact of federal budget cuts.
An index of leading economic indicators published on Thursday by the Conference Board rose 0.6 percent in July, supporting the expectations that growth would accelerate in the remainder of the year.
The generally upbeat data fueled small gains in U.S. stock prices. Yields on U.S. government debt were little changed.
The Federal Reserve is closely monitoring the labor market as it mulls plans to draw down a major economic stimulus program in which it buys long term bonds to keep borrowing costs low.
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said last month that the central bank plans to start scaling back on the program this year, and many economists expect it will begin reducing monthly bond purchases in September.
The claims data was collected during the same week the Labor Department surveys employers for its monthly employment report, and the trend hinted that hiring may pick up during August.
At 330,500, the four-week average was about 5 percent lower than it was during the employment report's survey week in July, when employers added a lackluster 162,000 jobs to payrolls.
Still, economists are wary of the claims report's predictive power for hiring. Employers now appear to be laying off workers at roughly pre-recession levels, yet the pace of hiring has appeared to slow since the spring.
"The pace of layoffs may continue to ease, but there is little indication that firms have become more inclined to hire," economists at RBS said in a note to clients.
The claims report showed the number of people still receiving benefits under regular state programs after an initial week of aid rose 29,000 to about 3 million in the week ended Aug 10.
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The Government may have pushed up costs for consumers by awarding £16.6 billion worth of contracts for renewables without competition, the spending watchdog has said.
Contracts for eight renewable energy projects were awarded early to avoid delays in investment as the Government brought in the new "contracts for difference" scheme, which guarantees an agreed price for electricity generated by low-carbon energy.
The contracts were awarded to develop five offshore wind farms, for two coal plants to convert to burning biomass and for one new biomass combined heat and power plant, the National Audit Office said.
The total cost to the consumer will be £16.6 billion over the lifetime of the contracts.
The NAO said that awarding the contracts early gave the developers certainty that they were going to get support at least five months before they would have done under the full contracts for difference scheme.
It boosted confidence for the renewable industry and contributed to efforts to transform the electricity market, the spending watchdog said.
Contracts for difference are expected to be better value for money than the old system of subsidies for renewables.
But the scale of the contracts - awarded without competition between developers - may have increased costs for consumers, who have to meet the cost of developing low-carbon power through their energy bills.
The early contracts account for 58% of the funds available for renewable contracts for difference up to 2020/21.
It is not clear that so much of the budget needed to be committed early in order to meet the UK's legally binding targets to source 15% of all its energy - electricity, heating and transport - from renewables by 2020, the watchdog said.
Amyas Morse, head of the National Audit Office, said: "The Department of Energy and Climate Change (Decc) awarded the early contracts without price competition to avoid an investment gap.
"In so doing it has brought forward investment decisions by at least five months.
"The investments supported should contribute towards the UK's achieving its renewable energy target in 2020, but it is not clear that awarding fewer early contracts would have put the achievement of that target at risk.
"As the contracts for difference regime has the potential to secure better value for consumers through price competition, committing so much of the available funding through early contracts, without competition, has limited the department's opportunity to secure better value for money."
A Decc spokesman said: "The Government has been dealing with a legacy of underinvestment and neglect in our energy system, meaning we've needed to drive through reforms to secure investment in new generation to keep the lights on in the years and decades ahead while decarbonising our electricity supplies, and getting the best possible deal for consumers.
"As the NAO's report recognises, these early contracts are designed to offer better value to bill-payers than the previous system and have reassured those we need to invest in our energy security.
"Without that investment, projects would have been unable to go ahead or been significantly delayed - putting our future energy security at risk."
Tom Greatrex, shadow energy minister, said: "This report raises serious questions about whether the Government's mismanagement of contracts for clean energy projects will add a totally unnecessary cost to consumers' energy bills, which have already increased by more than £300 under David Cameron.
"Consumers will be rightly outraged if they are left to foot the bill for this Tory-led Government's incompetence."
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In November, Microsoft launched its Microsoft Official Distance Learning initiative (MODL), a blended learning program that uses Microsoft Office Live Meeting to conduct Microsoft Certified Trainer-led classes, which students reinforce with self-paced homework assignments and scenario exercises.
MODL Innovations Product Manager Wendy Johnson calls the program a more productive and convenient alternative to intensive classroom programs that pull students out of work for five days. In contrast, MODL classes are spread over a five-week period, with ample time between sessions to review and practice the concepts covered.
A typical MODL session is divided into four parts: a two-hour virtual classroom session via Live Meeting, one hour of homework, one hour of scenario exercises and a 10-minute feedback assignment. While much of MODL's emphasis is on the convenience of self-paced learning, the program places equal importance on increasing student interaction, a benefit that's sometimes a casualty of distance-learning environments.
MODL offers "a lot of interactions and a lot of activities that students have to reply to, write on, etc.," Johnson says. "There's a lot of great interaction [with] students working together to solve the problems. And there's also a nice anonymity, where the students can feel free to answer the question -- even if they aren't sure of the answer -- because they're sitting there at their desktop and not being watched by their peers."
MODL is available exclusively through Microsoft partner companies holding learning-solutions certifications. The program currently offers three courses on Microsoft Server 2003, with more courses scheduled to debut later this year. Visit the program's Web site.
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If you are the kind of person who likes hyperkinetic postmodern fiction, artsy indie games, or both, you will almost certainly enjoy "The Stanley Parable" by Galactic Cafe, a recently released expanded, standalone version of a mod for Valve's Source engine that originally came out in 2011.
You should also read as little about it as possible — this column included — before playing it. Some spoilers lie ahead, and my enjoyment of the game was certainly enhanced by the fact that I had no idea what the hell I was getting into before I booted it up for the first time.
So, the basics: Stanley is a man who works in a large office. He sits at a computer every day and fulfills "orders," meaning messages pop up on his screen telling him to hit a letter on his keyboard, and he does so, over and over and over. Despite the unfathomably boring and monotonous nature of his work, Stanley is happy — until one day the orders stop coming in and he notices all his co-workers are gone. The game starts with a British narrator explaining all this, with Stanley emerging from his windowless office to see what's going on.
What follows can only be described as a postmodern literary funhouse. This may sound like unnecessarily elevated language since we're dealing with a video game, after all, but it's apt given the many ways "The Stanley Parable" gleefully, wonderfully violates basic rules of narrative structure and game design.
The game is, above all, about the concept of choice and the many ways it can be corrupted or rendered meaningless, and this concept is channeled beautifully through the tension that exists between the narrator, Stanley (who remains silent), and you, the player. It quickly becomes clear that what the narrator wants may not be what Stanley wants and may not be what you want — that the three actors in this story often have conflicting goals. The narrator, who is the only one who gets to explain himself explicitly to the others and who has the most control over the proceedings, has a very clear idea of what this story is about and where it's going, and when Stanley does as he's told, the narrator addresses him from a respectfully distant third-person perspective.
It's when you (I'm going to use "you" and "Stanley" interchangeably from now on to forestall clunky writing, even though there are parts of the game where the distinction matters greatly) fail to heed the narrator's dictates, however, that things get a bit heated, and frequently bizarre. Like, for instance, if you hurl yourself off of a ledge instead of stepping safely onto a lift.
"But in his eagerness to prove that he is in control of the story and no one gets to tell him what to do, Stanley leapt from the platform and plunged to his death," says the narrator. "Good job, Stanley — everyone thinks you are very powerful." It's one of the many times he will gleefully mock or challenge you (he's voiced by the actor Kevan Brighting, whose excellent performance reminded me of some of the best moments from the "Portal" games, both of which featured hilariously unhinged voices commanding you to do things). Then the game restarts, which happens a lot. When you die. When you "win." When the narrator decides, for one reason or another, that things need to be restarted.
During the game's many bizarre "endings," in some of which the action flew so far through the looking glass that all I could do was pick my jaw up off the floor and giggle childishly, it became clear that this isn't your standard narrator. He has needs too, you know, and insecurities with regard to his relationship with Stanley and his ability to dictate the story on his own terms.
Usually the game doesn't overexplicate this stuff, but at one point, under (characteristically) bizarre circumstances, a second, female narrator supplants the normal one. "Oh, look at these two," she says. "How they wish to destroy one another! How they wish to control one another!"
My favorite execution of this trope comes in one of the game's best endings. The narrator, in the course of attempting to prove to Stanley that he really does have his best interests at heart and merely wants to "show [him] something beautiful," leads Stanley to a disc floating in space. All around are stars and roiling, bubbling colors. It is, indeed, wonderfully beautiful. "Here!" enthuses the narrator. "Yes. Oh, it's beautiful, isn't it? If we just stay right here, right in this moment with this place . . . Stanley, I think I feel happy. I actually feel happy!"
The problem is, there's nothing to do. You just stand there gawking at the beauty. Sure, the narrator might be happy, but is Stanley? Is the player?
There are some stairs leading back inside from the disc, and past a hallway are more stairs leading up to a platform that doesn't have a railing. The only option to escape an eternity of striking but monotonous beauty is to hurl yourself off that platform over and over until you die, all while the increasingly distraught narrator dolorously reprimands you. "We'll lose all of this!" he says. "Please, no, Stanley, let me stay here! Don't take this from me!"
"My God, is this really how much you dislike my game?" he asks after you've taken a couple of plunges. "That you'll throw yourself from this platform over and over to be rid of it? You're literally willing to kill yourself to keep me from being happy? Am I reading the situation correctly?"
Then: "It looks like you wanted to make a choice after all. Well, this one is yours."
'The Stanley Parable' gleefully, wonderfully violates basic rules of narrative structure and game design.
It's a remarkable sequence that stuck with me. The narrator's pleading made it feel like I was making a serious choice in climbing up to the top of that platform four times, even though I knew it would simply lead to a restart. In short, the moment stacked up well with some of my favorite fiction. Not something I can say about 99.99 percent of the games I play.
"The Stanley Parable" is more than a game, though. It really is.Jesse Singal can be reached at email@example.com.


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COSTA MESA — As a high school girls' soccer coach, Larry Draluck says he needs to make the sport fun for his players. One way he tries to is by bringing out two Beanie Babies to Newport Harbor matches.
But with the team's recent struggles, he decided against it. The team hadn't won since its season opener three weeks ago.
"I told the girls that [the Beanie Baby named] 'Kicks' was staying inside my jacket until they scored," Draluck said.
Draluck lived up to his end on Tuesday night. He sat each stuffed animal on the bench as the Sailors were on their way to a 3-1 nonleague victory at Estancia.
The girls smiled at the sight of the two Beanie Babies and their first win since Nov. 27.
Draluck said the team needed a boost of confidence. Next for the Sailors is what Draluck called an uphill battle. Newport Harbor (2-5-1) plays at Corona del Mar (5-1-0) in the Battle of the Bay on Thursday at 3:15 p.m.
"That's a heck of a team," Draluck said of CdM, ranked No. 2 in the CIF Southern Section Division 1 poll.
Bryan Middleton, CdM's coach, traveled to Estancia to scout the Sailors. He sat in the cold on the home side.
Draluck grinned when he heard Middleton attended the match.
"Like I would never scout a team," Draluck said. "High school, I'm scouting."
What Middleton saw was the Sailors turn in their best offensive performance of the early season. They snapped a four-game scoreless rut.
Natalie Ward ended Newport Harbor's scoring drought in the 35th minute. The sophomore was in the right place after Jill Messersmith's 32-yard free kick bounced deep in the box. With the keeper allowing the ball to bounce, Ward, in traffic, found the back of the net.
Ward was just getting started.
She found herself in scoring position again after the keeper was unable to hold onto Courtney Buck's shot from the right. Ward got to the ball and knocked in the rebound in the 59th minute to give the Sailors a 2-0 lead.
It had been three weeks since the last time the Sailors scored two goals in a match. The players on the bench began to celebrate, only to get Draluck's attention. He told them to focus because the match wasn't over.
In the 71st minute, Draluck relaxed a little. The Beanie Babies were on full display, rightfully so after seeing Felicity Giddings find the back of the net on a volley just inside the box.
"We've had a tough string of games where we haven't been getting a lot of goals, so we'll take it," said Draluck, before turning to Estancia Coach Jessica Perry and praising Brandi White, the Eagles' standout freshman.
White made sure the Sailors didn't record their first shutout. She scored late for the Eagles (2-2-5), who have gone a couple of weeks without a win.
"I thought our first 25 minutes were awesome," said Perry, whose team plays host to Oxford Academy on Thursday at 3 p.m. "Mentally, I think we had a little bit of a lapse and then weren't really able to snap out of it."
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - MIT traveled to Ithaca, N.Y. last weekend to compete in the Bomber Invitational hosted by Ithaca College. On Friday, the Engineers (5-3) defeated Stevens Institute of Technology (30-25, 30-28, 30-25) and then fell to Rochester Institute of Technology (30-25, 30-27, 24-30, 23-30, 15-12). The next day, Tech fell to nationally-ranked No. 3 New York University (28-30, 30-27, 30-18, 26-30, 15-13) and Wellesley College (24-30, 24-30, 30-27, 30-27, 15-12). For the second week in a row, Caroline Jordan collected All-Tournament Team honors.
In MIT's opening match against Stevens, Jordan and Frances Rogoz each contributed 11 kills. Carrie Buchanan and Arlis Reynolds each picked up 16 digs as Lindsay Hunting added 12 of her own along with four aces. In two games, Austin Zimmerman dished out 15 assists before she was relieved by Amanda Morris in the third game, who registered 14 assists as the Engineers overcame a 17-6 deficit to close out the match with a 30-25 margin.
In the second match of the "Tech Pool", MIT dropped two close sets to RIT, with Briana Stephenson tallying six of her 13 kills and Reynolds picking up 13 of her match-high 26 digs. In the third game, Reynolds switched from libero to outside hitter and scored six times to put the Engineers back in the match. MIT claimed the fourth game due to Stephenson's three kills and Rogoz's three aces. MIT fell short in the deciding frame, dropping the game, 15-12, after opening up an 8-3 lead. Rogoz powered Tech's offense in the final game as she registered three kills while Jordan and Stephenson added a pair of blocks. Zimmerman posted a triple-double, finishing with 49 assists, 10 digs, and 10 blocks (two solo and eight assisted). Rogoz totaled a team-high 16 kills and four aces while Jordan notched 11 kills for the second match in a row. Buchanan collected 18 digs as Hunting tallied 15 digs and four aces.
After falling in straight sets to NYU twice last season, MIT displayed improvement against the Violets by opening up a 7-2 lead in the first game. NYU recovered to knot the set at 22-22, but behind four kills apiece from Jordan and Rogoz, MIT claimed a 30-28 win. Buchanan picked up five of her 23 digs in the second game as the Engineers fell, 30-26. Momentum had shifted to the Violets, who cruised to a 30-18 win in the third game. Tech's defense recovered to secure the fourth set, 30-27, due to eight of Reynolds' 28 digs. MIT, looking to seal its first win against a nationally-ranked opponent since defeating then-No. 18 Williams College last season, traded points in a series of gritty rallies, with NYU earning the court switch at 8-7. Neither team built so much as a two-point lead until the Violets earned a side-out to go up 14-13 and claimed the final point. Stephenson and Jordan led Tech with 12 kills each while Hunting totaled 14 digs and four aces from the backcourt. Jordan paced the blocking corps with six assisted blocks and Stephenson led the way with a pair of solo blocks. Zimmerman tallied 37 assists in the loss.
Morris took over setting duties in the third-place match of the Bomber Invitational against conference rival Wellesley. The Engineers cruised to 30-24 margins in the first two games as result of 10 of Jordan's match-high 20 kills. However, a series of Wellesley lineup shuffles stabilized its ball control while MIT's serve receive and defense faltered, leading to defeats of 30-27 in games three and four. The Engineers' fell behind, 8-2, in its third-straight fifth game and eventually lost, 15-12. Stephenson was the most efficient attacker for MIT, scoring eight times without an error on 19 swings (.421). Reynolds notched 21 digs as Morris totaled 14 digs and 49 assists. Buchanan earned four aces and Hunting posted three of her own while both players collected 13 digs.


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PARIS — Full disclosure: I love-love-love this city. In the springtime. In the fall. In the summer, when it sizzles. In the winter, when it drizzles (though not so much when it snows!) Merci, Cole Porter.
I visit twice a year on business, for Maison et Object, a home-fashions trade show at the Parc des Expositions, a 45-minute RER train ride just before Charles de Gaulle Airport. There I dash around eight ginormous halls (1.4 million square feet!), reporting on trends — color, pattern, texture, the shape of things soon to come across the pond.
So I am attuned to all things design: on the street, in the shops, in restaurants. I see Paris as the ne plus ultra of shopping, and here is my approach to retail nirvana, not just for offerings but for style. My favorite place is Saint-Germain-des-Pres (in the 6th arrondissement). It's my comfort zone, one whose maze of tiny streets now is sooo much easier to navigate with Google maps on a smartphone. It's the right combination of energy and quaintness, and the shops are amazing!
Then there's the Marais (in the 3rd and 4th), the other neighborhood with irresistible charms and architecture reflecting its medieval roots. Perfect for walking, which you need to do — once you get to the neigborhood you want by train. Master the Metro! Zipping around takes minutes, and sometimes you get serenaded by guitar, accordion or full-on orchestra. Yes, that happened.
My ritual: The first thing I do after I check in at my hotel is to head to a flower shop. Quoi? But of course, for a small bouquet for my room. So French. Aquarelle (9 rue de Buci, aquarelle.com) has delicious blooms wrapped in cellophane, ready to travel, as inexpensive as $10. Another favorite: Au Nom de la Rose (14 rue de Tournon, aunomdelarose.fr), with the obvious specialty. A petite bouquet tucked into a painted zinc pot is about $20.
Mosey along, eyes wide open. Admire the window boxes lush with flowers year-round. Boxwood in pots framing a doorway. Massive doors with exquisite hardware. Corbels on buildings. A pretty lace curtain in a window. Savor the patisseries — quel eye candy!
Enjoy the boutiques — well-edited displays, beaucoup de details on clothing, such as trims, stitching, embellishments. I try to seek out locally made goods. A sometime exception: a scarf shop like one on rue Dauphine where labels may be from India, but the inexpensive accessories reflect street trends. Take fashion cues from the tres chic French women and men, who love their foulards and wear them elegantly.
Shopping until you drop is great sport here; but there's always a salon du chocolat nearby to rest your feet and indulge in a little tarte au citron or eclair au chocolat. Just enough energy for the next round.
Shopping tips
Hard-core shoppers: Take an extra packable bag for goodies. Check airline limitations. On Air France, for example, you're allowed to check one bag and carry on one bag. Pack light, perhaps just using your carry-on, so you have plenty of baggage space for your return trip with the checked bag. And take care of your VAT (tax) paperwork before you check luggage, or carry your souvenirs with you, because they sometimes ask to see what you bought.
If you've bought at least 175 euros (or $232) in one place, take advantage of the VAT (value added tax) or detaxe, which entitles you to an 18 percent refund on purchases. This number fluctuates, but in France it's expected to go up to 20 percent in 2014. Ask the vendor for the papers — fill them out in the store, enter your passport number — they'll ask to see it; they'll sign and give you an envelope with two copies. Take it to the airport, present it to customs, and you can get reimbursed on the spot or you drop it in a designated mailbox and you'll be issued a credit on your charge card (you choose the option at the shop).
Where to hunt
In Saint-Germain-des-Pres
Nina Kendosa (24 rue de Buci, ninakendosa.com). Especially a hot spot for reasonable on-trend blouses, fancy T-shirts.
Flamant (8 rue l'Abbaye, flamant.com). Like shopping from the pages of a French design magazine, room after room of exquisite furnishings, even a proprietary paint line. This Belgian-based retailer was doing reclaimed woods, rustic modern and industrial well before Restoration Hardware. A bonus: location in the picturesque place de Furstenberg. Saunter about the charming square, framed with a quartet of paulownia trees and jewel-like shops including Manuel Canovas or Osborne & Little.
Blanc d'Ivoire (104 rue du Bac, blancdivoire.com). Luscious bedding, with finely stitched quilts in fetching hues, furniture inspired by antiques and beautiful tableware.
Christian Lacroix Boutique (2-4 Place St. Sulpice, christian-lacroix.fr). Cool design in a former printing shop with products for the body and home in the designer's bold signature style.
CFOC, acronym for Compagnie Francaise de l'Orient et de la Chine (cfoc.fr) Reopens in September at 260 Saint-Germain-des-Pres, after a successful relaunch on boulevard Haussmann. All things for the home plus clothes and jewelry merge Oriental tradition and craftsmanship (lacquerware, celadon, Vietnamese embroidery) with modern styling and fine design.
Gerard Mulot (76 rue de Seine, gerard-mulot.com). Divine chocolate; the dark with pistachio swoonworthy! And the best pate de fruits (squares of pureed fresh fruit rolled in sugar). Ever. They say they make 6,000 macarons a day in 18 flavors!
Hartwood (40 rue du Bac, hartwoodparis.com). Upscale shop for both genders; superb men's shirts in jaunty stripes, patterns and colors hard to find in the U.S., so cool that some women buy one for hubbies, one for themselves. About half the cost of Ralph Lauren Purple label.
Eric Bompard (31 rue du Bac, eric-bompard.com). High-end cashmere, thick, lush in colors of the rainbow.
Deyrolle (46 rue du Bac, http://www.deyrolle.com). A shop of curiosities dating to 1831. From the stuffed, preserved, fossilized and mounted to vintage prints — botanical and medical. Don't miss the dazzling butterflies; I couldn't resist a pair of brilliant blues, simply framed.
In the Marais
Caravane, 4 rue Saint-Nicolas, caravane.fr. Interior designers love this small treasure trove, especially its lovely fabrics and accessories. Plus you might land a chic scarf in linen, yummy cashmere or wool, alongside throws for the sofa.
Merci (111 boulevard Beaumarchais, merci-merci.com). Uber hip concept shop changes themes (recent ones were connectivity and social networking; food) every few months. Everything from Annick Goutal to Stella McCartney, men's and women's clothing (even vintage). Bohemian, upcountry and modern furniture. And housewares displayed like early Crate & Barrel. Profits are donated to charities.
Crea Concept (2 bis rue des Rosiers, creaconcept.com). Stylish women's designs in a range of neutrals but with punchy seasonal colors. Layered looks are romantic. Architectural as well as flowy lines.
Les Ateliers de la Maille (13 rue des Francs Bourgeois, lesateliersdelamaille.com). Good-quality cashmere sweaters with stylin' details, such as rhinestone buttons on cardigans or pockets on tanks.
Cecile & Jeanne (14 rue des Rosiers, cecilejeanne.com). Showstopping costume jewelry, especially resin in vivid hues such as magenta. Fab leather handbags and gloves sometimes decorated with mini-bows or polka dots.


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Hi, Do you have any information on any of the following from Buncrana Donegal. George Lynch farmer who married Bridget Doherty at Cockerhill RC Church Abt 1861. He had a brother named James who married Martha Frield George Lynch Bridget Doherty Lynch had the following children. 1860 Mary. 1862 Elizabeth. 1865 Edward. 1867 Matthew. 1870 Charles My Grandfather. 1872 James.1874 George. 1876 Margaret. Abt 1880 Susan Lynch who migrated to Boston USA. Any descendents out there who wish to add to the family history?
Looking for descendants connected to John Lynch b.1813 in Donegal, Ireland. John emmigrated to the Boston, USA area via New Brunswick,Canada in 1834. Johns will lists his parents names as James and Bridget Lynch of Donegal. Ive hit a stone wall for the last couple of years and could use some help. Brothers of John are William and Cornelius I believe. Thanks.
My grandmother - Julia Sullivan married John Lynch. They lived in Banteer, Cork, Ireland. Later moved to the USA. They had 4 children - John, Maurice, Mary Catherine May and Ellen Marie Nell. Any relatives out there?
For VirginiaKathleen look at my addition to above text re the synonymous usage of Lynchahan and Lynch in 19th century Registers in Inishowen, Donegal, as noted by the Register General Matheson in his Varieties Synonymes of Surnames...in Ireland 1901. This means a strong likelihood of Donegal Lynches being O Loingseachain, especially taken together with the comments of Woulfe, supra.
My mother always told me we were descended from the Galway Lynches, but her mother Katherine Bridget Lynch and her 7 siblings were born in Moville, Co. Donegal. Her father, Edward Lynch, was a marine engineer, and her mother, Katherine McLaughlin, was a District Nurse. They resided on Quay St. and sadly, died at young ages, when my grandmother was 9 leaving 8 orphaned children 5 of which were minors. They went to live in a Catholic orphanage across the Bay of Inishowen in Derry. My grandmother immigrated to NY and Brooklyn in 1911. Later married John Barr of Ballymacarthur, Donegal. Hello...
Lynching is attributed to Charles Lynch 17361796, an American Revolutionary who headed a Virginia court punishing supporters of the British. I prefer the story I was passed down, that it originates from a Mayor of Galway, James Lynch, who hung his son from the balcony of his house in 1493.
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Criticism over wardens shooting of cougar cubs
Associated Press
HALF MOON BAY, Calif. -- Wildlife advocates are criticizing a decision by California wardens to shoot a pair of mountain lion cubs in the backyard of a home near downtown Half Moon Bay.
State Department of Fish and Game wardens killed the 9-month-old cougars Saturday night, saying they didn't attempt to tranquilize the 30-pound animals because of concerns they might escape and become a threat to public safety.
But wildlife experts tell the San Jose Mercury News that they should have been notified to assess the danger before they were shot to death.
Wildlife Rescue founder Rebecca Dmytryk says it was a bad judgment call, adding it was a perfect situation to call in wildlife rescuers.


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Postmortem: Ensemble Studio's Age of Empires II: Age of Kings
March 7, 2000 Page 1 of 4
For anyone who has ever worked on a PC game and poured their heart and soul into their work, they may have imagined in an optimistic moment, "If this game sells a million copies…" Maybe it was spoken out loud, or carefully whispered so that no one else would hear. It's the expression of the dreams and promise of success that drives so many of us. But recently I found myself somewhere I never anticipated as I listened to this ironic ending to that very statement: "… I am going to be so disappointed if that's all it sells." And you know what? I had to agree.
Catching Up
Two years ago in a previous postmortem published in Game Developer, I told you the story of Ensemble Studios, a scrappy upstart that overcame challenges to create the game Age of Empires (AoE). Since its release two years ago in the great real-time strategy (RTS) wars of 1997, approximately three million copies of AoE have been sold worldwide, along with almost a million copes of the Rise of Rome (RoR) expansion pack. The totals don't give the whole story, though. AoE proved to be a consistent seller, hanging around the top of the PC Data charts, and even re-entered the top ten a year-and-a-half after its release. The demographics of the buyers were another surprise. Sure we had the sales to the 14- to 28-year-old male hard-core players, but we also had significant sales to older players, women of all ages, and casual game players of all sorts. That is to say we had a crossover hit on our hands. If you have ever watched the VH1 show Behind the Music, then you know the story of the upstart band that finds itself suddenly on top of the world — things change, and not always for the better. I wouldn't go so far as to say that we sank into a wild orgy of sex, fast cars, and money — despite the wishes of a couple of our guys — but this change along with the benefits of success brought us a whole new set of challenges, making our next game no easier than the first.
Designing a Sequel
It was a surprise to no one that Ensemble Studios' next game would be a sequel to AoE, although most people probably didn't know that we had a contract with our publisher for a sequel long before the original game was finished. Given our historically-based themes and time periods in AoE, the chosen time period for Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings (AoK), the Middle Ages, practically picked itself. That was the only easy part, however. Like a band going back into the studio after a hit record, there were differing opinions of what direction to take next. Do we play it safe and stick tightly to the AoE formula, or do we get bold and daring and take the whole game genre in new directions? This is the million-dollar question every successful game is faced with when the topic of a follow-up is raised. But the successful band I'm using as an analogy is fortunate. They don't have to contend with the unbelievably rapid pace of evolution in PC hardware and games.
Improvements to the game in every area from graphics to user interface are expected in this business as a matter of fact. Expectations can be a bitch sometimes. Take the vast demographics of AoE players that I mentioned earlier — they are the largest group of people most likely to buy the sequel — and everyone is concerned about making sure that this huge and diverse group will like the next game so much they will run out and buy it. We'll just do more of what we did right in AoE, we said. That sounds great, but it's almost impossible to quantify in a meaningful, detailed way. The game business is brutal to those who fail to move forward with the times, but it's also equally brutal to those who experiment too much and stray from the expectations of the players.
A shot from a very early version of the game. Most everything shown would be revised before the game shipped.
When we started work on AoK, we thought that we could make use of our existing code and tools, and that this would make the sequel easier to create than the original. Filled with these optimistic thoughts, we concluded that we could develop AoK in a single year. This was also going to be our opportunity to add all those dream features and make our magnum opus of computer games. So we set about to do just that. To make enhancements for AoK, we had pulled together a giant wish list of features and ideas from inside and outside sources. To the game design we added all sorts of neat new features such as off-map trade, renewable resources, combat facings, sophisticated diplomacy and systems of religion, and so on. Of course, the art, sound, and game content were also going to be bigger and better and bolder and brighter and...well...you get the idea.
Several months down the road, reality reared its ugly head in big way: we had bitten off more than we could chew and the game's design was losing focus. Instead of sticking to the core of what makes an RTS game great, we had gone off in many contradictory directions. Along with that came the realization that there was no way that we were going to finish AoK in a single year and have it anywhere close to the quality of AoE. This was a sobering time for Ensemble Studios staff and our publisher, Microsoft. While the Ensemble Studios crew adjusted quickly, it caused a few problems for some of the people at Microsoft: "Uh, guys, we've already gone ahead and committed to our bosses that we would have another Age of Empires game this year," is probably a good way to paraphrase it. From this situation, a contingency plan was born. We were going to take another year to finish AoK, giving us time to get the game back on track and to create the ambitious content for it. We also had a plan to help our publisher out: we would create an in-house expansion pack for AoE. It would be a significant addition to the game, yet require only a small amount of our resources, and most importantly, it would be ready in time for Christmas 1998, taking the slot originally planned for AoK. Thus was born the RoR expansion pack. RoR helped, but it didn't take all the pressure off us. Unlike the latitude we had with AoE, which had also come out a year late, our new deadlines for AoK were very firm and hung over us the entire time. The pressure was very much on.
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The Michigan-based artist Bobby Causey breathes life into his astonishingly realistic sculptures of iconic movie stars and characters. As if ripped straight from the silver screen, his latex figures of Heath Ledger as the Joker and Jack Nicholson in The Shining appear to be frozen in a moment of passion and suspense. Some of the meticulously-crafted characters are built on a one to six scale, but their miniature frame hardly detracts from their ability to express the thrill of a memorable cinematic moment.
Without any formal training, the self-taught artist has developed a craft uniquely his own; for each piece, he carefully studies photographs of actors, memorizing their every trait. Amazingly, he plugs each strand of hair into the heads of his creation individually. While he has done some work for TV shows, his heart remains with classic film, and he prefers to send his work to children's charities like the Make-a-Wish foundation. For his own daughter, he built a Na'vi from the movie Avatar.
Though he ultimately hopes to explore original sculptures, Causey narrows his current focus on replicating well-known and well-loved characters: Brad Pitt as Tyler Durden in Fight Club, Kiefer Sutherland as David in The Lost Boys, and Batman from The Dark Knight. These hyperrealistic models remind us of the joys of the cinema, fleshing out the figures who have haunted the collective conscious of movie-goers for decades. Causey's body of work is much like the famed wax figures of Madame Tussaud's museum, but they are somehow less campy, emanating a lovely sense of earnestness. Take a look. (via Oddity Central)


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GSA Awards $23 Million in Power Contracts to Two PA Energy SuppliersExelon and Allegheny to Supply Power to 28 Federal Agencies and Non-profit Organizations
November 12, 1998
November 12, 1998
Contact: Bill Bearden 202-501-1231
Barbara McPhelim 215-656-6128
WASHINGTON, DC -- Taking advantage of energy deregulation initiatives and leveraging its purchasing power, the U.S. General Services Administration awarded power contracts worth an estimated $23 million on behalf of 28 federal agencies and non-profit organizations to two major energy suppliers in Pennsylvania, which will save nearly $4.5 million.
The GSA Public Buildings Service (PBS) Mid-Atlantic Region headquartered in Philadelphia awarded energy contracts on November 2 to Exelon Energy and Allegheny Energy, two major energy suppliers in Pennsylvania. The firms will provide power to 24 federal agencies, including GSA, and 4 non-profit organizations over the next 12 months beginning January 1, 1999. The contracts will provide an estimated energy use requirement in excess of 600 million kWh.
Dave Barram, GSA Administrator, praised the work of Ken Shutika, Jim Smith, and Don Stiteler, GSA Mid-Atlantic Regional employees, and the agency's Public Utilities Division of the Energy Center of Expertise for actively pursuing other agencies to combine requirements to obtain the lowest rates available in the market.
"By becoming the provider of choice to these other agencies, GSA's efforts will save these agencies and ultimately the American taxpayer an estimated $4.5 million," said Barram. This amount is in addition to any guaranteed savings that these local utilities are offering for 1999.
"GSA's accomplishments in energy management are critical to our future success as we focus on our bottom line," said Robert Peck, GSA's PBS Commissioner. "We are demonstrating that we can provide our customers with the most cost-effective solutions to their energy needs."
Energy management in federal buildings nationwide has long been a focus of GSA. Last month, the agency won four 1998 Federal Energy and Water Management Awards by the U.S. Department of Energy for outstanding work in the areas of energy and water management. And earlier this year, GSA launched "Planet GSA," a new environmental initiative to increase employee awareness on ways in which they can leverage GSA's mission to help with the environment by "building, buying, driving and saving green."
GSA is an executive branch agency that provides policy leadership and expertly managed space, products, services and solutions at the best value to enable federal employees to accomplish their mission. Its real estate services are provided by its Public Buildings Service, which houses about one million federal employees in 270 million square feet of office space in approximately 8,300 facilities.
GSA's Energy Center of Expertise is a multi-disciplinary team within PBS dedicated to providing leadership within the federal government in developing contracting vehicles that procure utility services at the lowest cost to the taxpayer and the greatest value to the agency. Services cover the procurement of electricity, natural gas, water and sewage services. The current emphasis is on positioning the government to take advantage of potential cost savings due to utility industry restructuring initiatives.
"This is the single most successful nationwide contract for procuring electricity for the government," said Beth Shearer, Director of the GSA Energy Center of Expertise. "Each state is handling deregulation a little differently. This is what makes effective procurement so important and why we believe Pennsylvania's model for deregulation is excellent."
The GSA Pennsylvania Power Procurement Participating Agencies are:
Federal Agencies
VA Hospital System
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Internal Revenue Service
Social Security Administration
Army Corps of Engineers
Tobyhanna Army Depot
NIOSH/Bureau of Mines
U.S. Mint
National Guard (Ft. Indiantown Gap)
Job Corps
Coast Guard
U.S. Park Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin.
Air Force - 911th Airlift Wing
Federal Aviation Administration
Department of Treasury
General Services Administration
Environmental Protection Agency
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Department of Interior (Fish and Wildlife)
Army Reserve Centers statewide
Department of Energy
U.S. Postal Service
Non-Profit Organizations
Elwyn, Inc. (NISH)
American Red Cross
Devereux Foundation
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|Janice eating Shrimp tacos during Taxi Stop
We are arrived at the Cancun International Airport without prepaid transfers to the Cancun Hotel Zone. This was a big mistake we soon learned that taxis charged $65 USD dollars one way for a cab ride from the airport to the Cancun Hotel Zone. Before our trip, I researched the cost of a taxi ride from the airport to Cancun it was stated as $40 one way. We were surprised at the difference in the cab fare from the price quoted on the internet.
|Pleasure Principle Adult Spa Ad in back of taxi
Pleasure Principle Adult Spa Ad in back of taxi
We decided to back inside the airport to the taxi desk. There was a sign that said 50% off taxis, so I asked the woman what the cost of a taxi would be to the cancun hotel zone. She quoted us the same $65 cab fare. We decided to reenter the terminal which was another big mistake because she sent security to get us. We were exhausted from lack of proper sleep due the excitement of the trip. We could barley think straight. So,we told the security officer that we needed a minute to pray. That's just what we did, right in the terminal. We closed our eyes and asked the Lord for guidance. The officer gave us a puzzled looked, then walked away from us.
|View of Taco Stand from Taxi
Our next option was to ask for help for a timeshare salesman that we had talked to earlier. He was kind enough to quote us a shared ride rate of $32 round-trip for two people. That was a good deal compared to a $65 taxi ride one way. We signed up for his timeshare presentation and received a free dinner to Senor Frog's. We were grateful for his assistance.
|Dani at Taco Stand
During my research, I saw that the Marriott CasaMagna provided airport transfers for $14 roundtrip if prepaid when booking a room package. I regretted not booking the offer online. We could have arrived at the hotel sooner without the slow shared ride or "collective" dropping passengers off at various hotels. My thought was that the hotel vans provided free shuttles from the airport to the hotel. As a flight attendant, I am accustomed to riding on free hotel vans and airport shuttles. This was the wrong assumption because the hotel van drivers have a list of the expected guests who have prepaid for the airport transfers. If your name is not on that list he will radio the hotel to verify your payment for airport transfers, so it is best to book online.
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The best advice that I can give about getting from the airport to the hotel zone:
1) book hotel transfers online before flight arrival
2) rent a car
3) pay for a shared ride before exiting the airport terminal building
4) pay for a taxi at the taxi transportation desk before exiting the terminal
5) negotiate the rate of the shared ride or taxi ride
What has been your experience with transportation from the airport to the hotel in another country?
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