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Je Pas Devenir Fous
Log Archive » Logs for March 2010 » Je Pas Devenir Fous
While making weekend plans and plotting against murderers, Teo goes a little insane. Francois fails to notice.
Greenwich Village: West 11th Street: Francois' House
He couldn't tell you if asked, at what point a bed made for two no longer felt too big to lay on — as long as there's somebody else in it too. It is probably a transition that involved other people, once, and maybe Teodoro takes pleasure in not remembering, in for once being incapable of mathematically tracing unease or quandary to historical fact, observed tragedy, or overwrought detail, the messy parcelling of what thought came from which half of him. The bed is just big enough.
And it is bouncy.
"See? Not swollen." Teo is not only incorrect, but he is lying. The ankle stretched out over Francios' lap is slightly larger than that of the other foot, the skin pulled over the round bone and the folded bridge slightly too pink compared to the adjacent length of fuzzy calf muscle, shin bone, or the monkey squirm of his squarely-trimmed toes, all denuded and scrolled up at the pant leg for the doctor's perusal. Teodoro bounces again: an impressive feat of abdominal muscles, given he is completely prone, perpendicular the Frenchman. "And you're getting aloe all over me.
"I smell like a particularly desperate fourteen-year-old's been wanking all over my leg. Maybe it's your hands we should be looking at. Aloe is your anti-poison agent, isn't it? Aren't you laying it on a bit thick?
"Pun intentional." He's in good spirits, self-evidently. Despite having been at gunpoint less than twenty-four hours ago, on a murder site. In contact with plague patients, not in contact enough with other plague patients, subject to a few misperceptions of reality that should lead him to think he's turning an all-new brand of crazy, evil Gabriels (as opposed to the original recipe) and the distinct entity constituted by his copycat, and murderous Russians remain afoot.
Teodoro Laudani has simple tastes for an uncomfortably complicated young man. They'd ordered in, the thermostat is working, and what meager physical pain he's in at the moment is forgettable, after his prior experiences with outgrown titanium skull plates and broken fingers. Life is unrepentantly— okay, right now.
Francois has had less to worry about. Mostly how to browse through online medical journals after he learned how to use a touchpad mouse, groceries in brown paper bags to fill a working fridge bought too late before the blizzard hit, discussions of security systems and of course, murderous Russians remaining afoot. Pun intended. "Fais gaffe à toi," is quiet rebuke for bouncing, seeing as Teo has his foot in his lap and weight distribution dictates— distribution.
"It talks a lot," he observes, hands lifting off a swollen ankle and resting higher up his leg. He's addressing the room at large, rather than the man adjascent to him in the bed. "Perhaps I should get another one."
Settling back against his elbows, Francois' smile is small, though it usually is anyway. "You do know that if you had stayed in bed for a little bit, it would not be swollen at all. And my hands," he turns them on his wrists, glancing down towards the one at his left. There are marks where blisters were, reddish — they'd been much uglier a couple of days ago, little discs of fluid-filled hills pebbling smooth palms. It's like the universe knows he liked his hands and their prior scarlessness. "My hands are fine."
With lugubrious effort, Teo begins to drag the set of five piggies, the attached foot, and socketed leg down off the older man's lap. Swivels the rest of his body as he does so, moving like the hand of a clock to bring his head somewhat closer to where Francois is wearing a very small smile on his.
The configuration of his seat, however, and the locus of his butt, means that his head falls several inches short of easy eye-contact, leaves him struggling against the necessity of craning his skull back to peer up the bed and up toward the ceiling to find Francois. His hair unfurls raggedly around his scarred face. There is a fleeting figment of canine anxiety in his stare when it searches the shape and substance of the Frenchman's expression.
A different kind of concern, when his gaze drops to the webbed keloid tissue and squashed-spider skewing of those fingers. The universe was just jealous, he thinks. Who wouldn't be jealous? Teodoro's hands have not been so nice since he was an infant, and back then, though smooth, they were stumpy malformed starfish baby-fat things.
Possibly, the abuse ever wrought upon them afterward was some form of vengeance. He hurdles himself up onto his near elbow and reaches over to pry Francois' thumb out for verification. Visual, first, though then he's dragging it over his own face, sniffing the hollow of the older man's palm through the big white triangle of his nose, checking the texture and grain of scar with his mouth. He blinks up between hostaged fingers, at Francois, then— briefly— past him.
Fingers spread, not in perfect alignment, and what trifle piece of resistance magnetised his hand away from unnerving affection dies out. Francois' eyes hood a little when he decides it's not so unnerving— doesn't have to be unnerving— and his fingers curl, skim the tips of them against a high Sicilian cheekbone, following the curve of the eyesocket just above it. He glances at the pattern of scarring, like rivulets of spilled milk frozen and preserved in skin, pinching it. He rocks forward his gravity to press an almost aggressive kiss into Teo's shaggy hair.
See, he doesn't care. "Last I heard from the Suresh Centre, they are putting out a call to a surgeon willing to take a look. Evolved complications are— complicated, apparently. Perhaps I should have lied."
Heels dig into bed covers so that Francois can scoot down to a level more even. "I was not trying very hard," he admits, captured hand wriggling in emphasis. It might not be completely out of self-centredness that Francois does not notice any looking past him — it could also be rude to try and command attention, though he does unconsciously tilt his head to do so silently.
It is not that they are totally hopeless at conversations. They talk about good and important things, sometimes. Exchanges of interesting ideas, salient information, funny jokes, during which time, historically, Teodoro has paid plenty of attention to the words that have come out of Francois' mouth. Sometimes, even when the Frenchman didn't have a palm physically barricading over his own.
It's the wiggle that brings him back, and even then, that only serves to underscore that Teo had been for a moment somewhere else. (Not very far. The third man is on the bed too, seated cross-legged, mattress dipped under the weight of his pretzeled feet.)
(Is younger than Teo is, better-looking because he is whole, clean-shaven, watching Francois with his eyes motionless around that look, that would have made the Little Match Girl look warm, well, and wanting for nothing in comparison. If he were really there, Francois would be able to feel it; breath tickling cricket-foot on the other side of his neck.)
(But Francois does not. Yet?) "What day's your consult?" he asks, muffled by the squirmy extremity he captured for himself. "Maybe I can go with you. Or is that too soon? I don't know about this kind of thing very much." Medicine, he might mean. Or on being with somebody, a part of their life and attending all the medical mutant complications that come thereof. This is, in theory, different to a trip to the dentist's or a haircut. Maybe he is supposed to come with.
If Francois fully understood the psychic engineering that made up the only Teodoro Laudani he's known, maybe he'd contemplate what he'd say to the younger version (if he could comprehend an even younger version without feeling creepy) or imagine what It Would Be Like. No one is going to find out today, however, because a third presence on the bed doesn't register for the Frenchman, as if, maybe(!) it wasn't even there.
The tickle of words mumbled against his lined palm has his hand shifting, thumb following with grizzled swoop of Teo's jaw before pulling that limb away again, observing scars. "Come with me," he invites, after a second to think about it. "You can hear what they have to say too and tell me it's not so bad after all." There's even a script to go with, facetiously offered though it might be. "Monday. Nothing bad happens on Mondays.
"Are you alright?" Slightly abrupt diversion, although it lacks the sharp concern that would needle the point home if Francois really thought something was wrong. "I have a feeling I'm boring you."
"Hey, no."
This answer was not initially meant for Francois but (actually, for the twenty five-year-old layabout who abruptly dips a tentatively curious nose to harvest the soapmilk and cologne notes burgundied into the older man's hair) he has honed a remarkable talent for catching himself, at lying, adapting his behavior to the ever-evolving circumstances of shit happening. Teo ropes a long arm around his lover's waist and—
—summarily snatches Francois out of the way of the other Sicilian's uninvited intrusion, rolling over France own person and back to the mattress the other side. Winds up half-walrused onto Francois' lap, his shoulder set to rest on the other man's waist, and other arm steepled territorially over his far hip, his nose and his kiss-mussed hair pushed into the rumpled fabric of Francois' sweater over his belly. Teo offers his younger facsimile a cyclopean glare from under Francois' arm, then twists his face up to look at the Frenchman himself.
Bon soir, Allegre. Je pas devenir fous. (The other Teo winds up halting himself with one hand on the covers, blinking at a cubic gallon of empty air, then blinking at him. "You know—")
"I'm not bored," he clarifies. "Surgery just creeps me out. Hospitals and shit, a little bit. You know. My mom looked awful last time I saw her, and I've been in a couple comas my life. I mean, I wasn't lying: that's why I want to go. I don't know how you feel about hospitals. I know you went a long time without having to be inside of one."
This is all very normal — Francois doesn't feel stolen away from anyone, because this doesn't slot uncomfortably into lounging around rituals, physical affection when it's not embarrassing i.e. in front of other people. Settling with an inevitable creak of mattress springs and a smile, Francois winds his fingers through Teo's hair, a mild grip at his scalp that would loosen easier if blonde hair was back to the brushy trim Abby keeps threatening to shear it back into. "True.
"And I'll need a ride home when it's done also," he adds. "I do not think it will be dramatic. Elective surgery for wrong healings is a normal procedure." Osteotomy for bones that could do something unexpected, changed as they are, is less so.
Which sounds grim, on paper and out of Francois' mouth it could sound less so, but he keeps it to himself. His hand falls away, elbows against the bedcovers, body shifting under what parts Teo has resting and leaning against him. He has his green eyes focused downwards and on Teo's upturned face, heedless of anything dividing the other man's attention.
"Have the others gotten back to you yet?"
("Lei sa," you know, and the younger man sets his chin on the heel of his hand, gives him a grin that's a backward parody of his old, sheepish rue. "Every good thing you started out with was mine. Questo è un po'egoistico, non è? What do you think I'll do? Screw it up?" His eyes drift at the ones Teo has latticed around the small of Francois' back, the curve of his hip. His face changes slightly. "I don't even have hands.")
Teo doesn't look at the other one's face. Refuses to. The other one's face is unworthy. "Abby and Cat so far," he answers. He traces the rim of one thumb down the inside of Francois' wrist, stops long before the wrist spreads and swells into the bifurcated curve of his palm or the scrawled-icing mess of scar tissue there. He keeps his shoulder in a curve, so that his drumming heart throbs mutely out into nothing but quiet, empty air. "Felix is probably off hunting serial killers or something, but he'll get a breather in to thumb us a text message soon. Looks like we're on for Friday.
"Catherine pitched her place. I dunno if she also called to let you know." To be fair, Teodoro is making substantial efforts not to let his attention be divided between France and anything else. "Which leaves Saturday and Sunday for glassworks, yoga, or cooking classes, if you want to do that." A beat. "Or I could show you around Summer Meadows and the Den, if heroing is your idea of a vacation.
"I don't know if Abby's been there yet, but the nature of the Ferry's lent itself to a lot of plague victims." Some girls like to do rock-climbing and hiking dates. Shiny shirts seemed like as much effort as either of them were accustomed to putting into romantic overtures. Obviously, this is what occupies the mainstay of Teodoro's thoughts. Shiny shirts. Hobbies he can share with his sweetheart. Homicidal Russians. "Are you wearing her crucif—ix?"
A snag, tonal. (Because Ghost is craning his head over from behind, descending the warm air with phantom fingers to pick at the fabric of Francois' collar, checking for him. Nodding at the younger one over there as he remarks, "I don't know why you still wear his.")
Unfortunately for Ghost, Francois is moving before his fingertips can snag, or not, on his collar. No glimmer of gold chain, though, visible on his neck — just two ticks of black so that a certain organisation in the world can find him if they so choose. Why they might want to is anyone's guess. Back to movement, though — his body pushes back against Teo's, a leg coming up and over the sprawl of clothed thighs and resting his knee on the other side. The more youthful of the four might have to move over a little.
It's not that plague victims turn him on or anything. "It's in the dresser. I would not want you to get the wrong idea." He just doesn't want Teo to have the wrong idea. "That sickness that's been in the papers? I can help, oui, if they need it. You know, in my spare time." A generous commodity, is what a quick smile communicates.
Shrugs, curls arms around Teo's shoulders. "I'm going to ask the others if they wish to take a look at new Vanguard— " Strongholds seems an inaccurate term, and though he's very much a literate man, there's hesitation of combing through his English vocabulary for the right one. "Places. Dens. People, too — I have spoken to Eileen a little. Do you know others?" New Vanguard notably means Vanguard newer than he's used to dealing with, but as defunct as the broken remains of Eagle Electric.
Fortunately, phantoms define themselves with morbid ease in terms of space and time, and the littlest Sicilian doesn't have to do more than shift his hand away, roil back like the cloudy edge of some inscrutable death magic at the pricking of sunlight. Which is about as nasty and gross as real Teo thinks he is. This entire exercise is profoundly discomfitting, and it's likely a good thing that the Frenchman put his arms up. Teo's fingers have nothing to dig into except, harmlessly, the weave of his sweater.
It's on the tip of his tongue to ask if the Frenchman can see them. The other-hims sieging the fucking bed. Ghosts of Christmas Past and Future, leaving Scrooge clinging like a treed cat to his lover, his face stuck in an expression of kindly interest and breath measured out with painstaking, mathematical care. A moment, and Teodoro scoots his head closer. Pushes Ghost out of view. Pretend, pretend.
There is no one in this room except for Francois and him. There is no space outside Francois' arms and there is nothing wrong except for the accumulated environmental stressors of life lately. "Um," he says. "Yeah, I was kind of adopted by them. Jensen Raith, Gabriel Grey, Ethan Holden. Odessa— Joy used to count, but I think she's trying hard to leave that part of her life behind now."
(Ghost remarks, "There's a lot of that going around." Maybe it's worse that Teodoro can't see him from here. "How many pretty doctors have to have psychotic breaks about Jesse then get shot in the head before you fucking get with the program, anyway?" There is the noise of drawer sliding against its rails, a clopping as it stops to its full extension. A riffling of long fingers through cloth. Singsong. "Don't know about you, bambino, but maybe you should get over here and make sure.")
("Troppo tardi," the baby one says, hugging his knees. His voice sounds tired. He means: about the wrong idea. "But you didn't mention Delilah.")
"My friend Delilah's one of the plague vicks," Teo adds, glancing down at the bedspread. "One of Phoenix, but not the ones who would've known anything about fighting them. I— you really Dreyfus is camping out at one of the old sites?"
"That would make things easy, right?" Francois agrees with a huff of laughter, showing white teeth in a smile that doesn't really get all the way to his eyes. Maybe if he'd never seen the professor's name on the stupid door in the stupid university, none of this would have happened. Or maybe it was an inevitability and they benefit by knowing who they are dealing with. Maybe maybe. "I don't know what I expect but I know I have nothing more useful to do. And that I will go armed anyway."
His fingers toy with the hairs bristling at the nape of Sicily's neck, as if helping keeping his distraction focused to things in the very very immediate vicinity. Less his armoire getting poked through, the pearl-jeweled crucifix tossed into a sock drawer without too much thought of honour— for a romantic, he can be surprisingly lame at romance. It's not like she gave it to him, anyway.
Francois nods at the name, and thinks over the list prior even if Teo's legs may start to go numb beneath his weight. Oblivious to that, and other complaints. "Would one be interested in trying to make contact with them, I wonder? At our request. We seem to be missing who they target, perhaps we are looking for an in from the wrong direction. Eileen has already been approached."
That's a good idea. Teo's brow furrows. He is genuinely impressed. This does not take away from the fact that he is also disoriented and frightened and increasingly uncertain of how happy he'd really been ten minutes ago, but— "That's a really good idea." His left eye goes slightly bigger than the other, either out of comedic ahh ernnngh at the circulation being cut off by Francois' old man posterior, or a comical exaggeration of said admiration.
His features smooth the next moment. He shifts his feet slightly, reconfigures his knees and still-recuperating (!) ankle under Francois' sit while taking careful mind not to upset his balance. Their balance. Aloe or no, those fingers are a welcome distraction, sawing at the corded tension trapped in his neck. The good side of his mouth tugs upward.
'Tired's the easy excuse, and blue-Felix's words erode back into his far recollection. Sick. Nothing hurts, though. Well, all right. Not nothing, but there's no pill for the butterflies or uncertainty. "I think Ruskin would do it," he answers, blinking unsteadily in the obnoxiously warm light of the room. "Raith, probably. It'd be the right thing to do, and maybe also for me."
Obligingly, Francois replaces most of his weight to his own knees, hips shifting along with fidgeting and remaining as such. "If you would like to talk to them," he suggests. "I could go with you." Because it was his good idea, compliment along those lines getting only a warm smile. Yes, I know. Except that Francois would actually agree if he'd thought of it earlier, if anyone had thought of it earlier. That it's too little too late has also occurred to him.
"You're not alright," he finally assesses, fingers pressing a little harder against muscle above Teo's shoulders. He's even less gentle with actual sick people, only picking out tension as opposed to trying to identify the root of a problem. "We can have a rule. No work in bed."
"I would like to talk to them," Teo says, in that automatic recitation voice suited as well to a man being led around by the tab of his fly zipper, which means it's — something of a parody, really, but one well-intended. Keeping it light. Teo thinks it is important to keep things light right now, self-moderation.
Pretending nothing is wrong is kind of like the placebo effect. Teodoro cues contrition up at what feels like the right moment. "Weird couple of days, I guess," he says, in a tone like acquiescence. Yeah. Yes, that is it. Work. Russians. Ayers, Ichihara, the looming threat of unemployment and Ivanov Ivanoving into the Sylar situation before Gabriel figures out what he wants to do with it.
His arms tighten on impulse, corralling the narrow girth of Francois' waist in with fastidious hands, comforted by the solidity of Francois' person and the geographic memory of that rooster tat. The mask slips a fraction because it is contiguous to the act to do so, briefly. Breathe in, breathe out. When he looks up again, he makes an exaggerated sweep of the room.
And it's fucking empty.
"I don't see work," Teo all but chirps. "Do you see work?"
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The Iconic Lyricist and Hip-Hop Latino Legend Lito MC Cassidy Kicks-Off 2021 as an "Alien"
Posted on 4 enero, 2021 6 enero, 2021 by AV Magazine
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Pioneer of the Spanish Hip-Hop movement, Lito MC Cassidy, kicks-off the new year by showcasing his true essence, as the renowned Latin Hip-Hop Lyric King.
"Alienígena" is released under BMG Rights Management, and is now available on all digital music platforms.
Produced by Riza Penjoel, "Alienígena" is a song in which the artist expressed that regardless of the endless difficulties anyone may encounter throughout their journey they must believe in themselves. "The entertainment industry has been widely impacted by the global pandemic COVID-19, among other external factors. This track represents the commitment that we as artists make with our music. Each year represents a new challenge. We survived 2020, now in 2021 we must confront it with courage," expressed Lito, who's gained recognition for his unique and unusual style of music, making him feel as an "Alienígena" (Alien) after decades in the music industry.
Directed by Lito, the official music video for "Alienígena" was filmed in the woods of North Carolina, showcasing the artist's residence as its main location. "Alienígena" is the continuation of a previous video, "U.F.O.," and includes a range of visual effects that are symbolic of Lito's originality and creativity, as it's been seen in all of the artist's previous audiovisual works.
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The FA And Mcdonalds Grassroots Football Awards 20-21
The FA And Mcdonald's Grassroots Football Awards
20/21 Nominations now open!
The FA and McDonald's Grassroots Football Awards are for people who make a positive difference.
It's our way to celebrate the fantastic individuals who put their heart and soul into the grassroots game across England – and say a huge thank you to the incredible volunteers who inspire us all.
This season our Grassroots volunteers have adapted to the ever-changing Coronavirus pandemic. They responded quickly to make football happen when they could. And when they couldn't play they kept players, volunteers and the wider community connected off the pitch.
They demonstrated the true power of football, they stuck together, helped each other across teams, across clubs and showed what the football community could do when faced with uncertainty and an unparalleled situation.
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A study recently published in the Annals of Internal Medicine compared the effectiveness of two types of massage and conventional medical treatment in helping patients with low back pain, and found that massage may be more effective than medication.
Previous studies examined the effects of structural massage, which focuses on specific muscles and other soft tissues, but had not analyzed the effects of relaxation massage, which has a broader focus on the overall body. Relaxation massage, sometimes called "Swedish" massage, is more widely known and generally less expensive.
"The massage therapists assumed structural massage would prove more effective than relaxation massage," said Karen J. Sherman, PhD, senior investigator and one of the studies' authors. However, the results of the study indicated relaxation and structural massages were equally effective.
The study was primarily conducted by researchers from the Group Health Research Institute. The 400 patients who had low back pain with no determined cause were randomly divided into three groups to receive different treatments. Those who were not chosen for one of the massage groups received medication, while the massage participants had weekly treatments that were an hour long each.
The experiment lasted 10 weeks, and the researchers found that massage patients were significantly more likely to report decreased or eliminated back pain at the end of the trial. They also used less anti-inflammatory medication, spent less time in bed, and were more active at that point.
Six months after the treatment had begun, those who had received massages still reported improved function, although the benefits did not last a year. However, researchers noted that other treatment options also lose effect over time.
Daniel Cherkin, PhD, the lead investigator, indicated that massage is a safe treatment option with benefits comparable to medication, exercise, yoga and acupuncture, all reported to have some effect on back pain. The researchers concluded that further study is needed to determine how the two types of massage relieve pain.
Cherkin also noted that chronic back pain is very common and can cause disability, absenteeism or poor performance at work, among other negative effects, and massage may improve quality of life and the ability to work and be active.
The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), part of the National Institutes of Health, stated that 4 out of 5 adults in the U.S. suffer significant low back pain at some point in their lives. The condition is a leading cause of doctor's visits and a major factor in work absences or work-related disabilities.


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All-inclusive travel gets eco-conscious with Experiencias Xcaret
Situated on Mexico's Caribbean coast, Experiencias Xcaret has been delighting guests for decades. Now, the company's All-Fun Inclusive concept brings visitors an even broader range of experiences
Experiencias Xcaret's success has allowed for the creation of five more parks, each with its own distinctive offering: Xel-Há (pictured), Xplor, Xplor Fuego, Xoximilco and Xenses
Author: Marcos Constandse, Chief Board Member, Experiencias Xcaret and CEO, Destino Xcaret
Related topics: Experiencias Xcaret, Mexico, sustainable tourism, Travel
Tourism is sensitive to consumer habits and shifting trends. As such, it must evolve to satisfy these new demands. Sun and beach tourism, which peaked during the 1960s, changed after the boom of beachfront hotels and did so again to adapt to the advent of all-inclusive packages that combined food and beverage offerings with accommodation.
All-inclusive holidays cater to consumers' continual search for better value for money, but they also satisfy a new desire presented by modern travellers: guests expect more from their holidays, and continue to search for exciting and unforgettable experiences.
In recent years, all-inclusive hotels have adapted their offerings by including some activities on hotel grounds. At Experiencias Xcaret, we have taken it one step further with the development of our new All-Fun Inclusive package.
A new way to holiday
The All-Fun Inclusive concept, which has taken many stakeholders in the tourism industry by surprise, stems from a different premise to the sun and beach tourism found elsewhere. Experiencias Xcaret has always offered a robust entertainment programme at its parks, with options that appeal to a variety of market segments. With All-Fun Inclusive, guests have access to this range of entertainment options, as well as luxury accommodation, all seven of the group's parks, and tours to Xenotes and Xichen.
The natural and cultural surroundings of the region have been essential to this new business model, which takes full advantage of the Yucatán Peninsula's many delights. The area, which separates the Gulf of Mexico from the Caribbean Sea, offers tropical rainforest vegetation, underground rivers and caves right along Mexico's coastline.
At Experiencias Xcaret, we have been listening to our clientele for almost 30 years, studying and processing their opinions and recommendations
It also has a strong cultural offering, as the Mayan civilisation occupied the peninsula until the arrival of Spanish conquistadors in the 16th century. The remnants of these indigenous communities can still be seen today, whether it's in the awe-inspiring architecture of Mayan temples or the flavoursome street food found in the plaza of Valladolid.
Experiencias Xcaret's story began almost three decades ago, with the opening of Xcaret park. Since its opening, the park has consistently added new features to its entertainment offering, both natural and cultural. This constant development of attractions has helped to entice more than 45 million visitors to Grupo Xcaret establishments.
Xcaret's success has allowed for the creation and operation of five more parks, also in the state of Quintana Roo, each with its own distinctive offering: Xel-Há, Xplor, Xplor Fuego, Xoximilco and Xenses. The company has also developed a tours division that brings guests to the Yucatán Peninsula's many archaeological sights. In addition, Xenotes, a tour specialising in the impressive underwater features found in the area, provides further opportunities for visitors to explore the area's natural beauty.
At Experiencias Xcaret, we have been listening to our clientele for almost 30 years, studying and processing their opinions and recommendations. That has allowed us to be certain of what steps need to be taken in order to continue our expansion process. While the All-Fun Inclusive concept may be relatively new, its success is founded upon Experiencias Xcaret's original guiding principle: delivering spectacular entertainment offerings alongside the best service.
Xcaret expands
Since its launch in December 2017, Hotel Xcaret Mexico has boasted a complete entertainment offering that includes nature, culture, adventure, gastronomy and archaeology as part of its room rates. Additionally, the hotel provides complimentary airport transfers.
Nestled between lush vegetation, rivers and coves, Hotel Xcaret Mexico appears to emerge from the jungle. Its eco-conscious architecture highlights the area's natural beauty and is perfectly complemented by the decor, which is an authentic tribute to Mexican artisans.
In the area surrounding our most important park, Xcaret, as well as Xplor, Xenses and Xplor Fuego, we are developing infrastructure to cater to each guest's needs. We aim to add 6,000 rooms, a convention centre, an arena for events with a capacity of 12,000 people, and a mile-long shopping centre that will combine entertainment, commerce and restaurants.
This vast complex will be named Destino Xcaret and is the culmination of a carefully designed strategic plan. The project will be rolled out in six stages and is scheduled to cost $2.5bn (€2.19bn), but it will certainly be worth the investment. Once complete, the 370-hectare complex will become a leading destination within the Riviera Maya, encouraging more tourists to visit Mexico.
Xenotes, a tour specialising in the impressive underwater features found in Yucatán Peninsula, provides further opportunities for visitors to explore the area's natural beauty
Pioneering progress
Experiencias Xcaret has always aspired to be unique in the sustainable tourism industry, but when its founding members created the first park, they weren't fully aware of just how significant its impact would be.
Given the beauty of the 80 hectares that make up Xcaret today, president of the company Miguel Quintana and his partners (my father, my uncles – Oscar and Carlos Constandse – and now myself) were adamant that the project should focus on the environment more than tourism. It was the end of the 1980s, Cancun was already a significant tourist destination, and the corridor towards Tulum was beginning to develop.
In 2015, BBC Home Editor Mark Easton stated that the opening of Xcaret in 1990 demonstrated the mass potential of sustainable tourism and marked the beginning of a new tourism model: "They didn't realise it at the time, but [the Xcaret founders] were pioneers of sustainable tourism." Today, ecotourism, which allows visitors to enjoy an area's geographic and cultural highlights while protecting those sights for future generations, has become commonplace. The sustainable tourism industry owes its development, in part at least, to the success of Experiencias Xcaret.
Experiencias Xcaret's sustainable vision has strengthened over time, and many of the company's sustainability initiatives reflect this. The park has facilitated the release of 12 million sea turtle hatchlings into the ocean and helped with the reintroduction of the scarlet macaw to the south-west of Mexico. Coral reef restoration, which promises to be an effective long-term solution to the damage caused by pollution, has also been extensively implemented.
The Experiencias Xcaret family has grown significantly since it was founded. Today, we boast almost 10,000 staff members who see the company as a way to contribute to efforts that will ensure the area's wildlife thrives for decades to come. By hiring staff who are passionate about protecting Mexico's natural beauty, we have safeguarded the legacy of our founding partners. We hope to uphold the philosophy of our organisation for the next hundred years.
We are a company that keeps growing and innovating. We are in the process of opening a new adventure park, Xavage, and in 2019 we will welcome our 50 millionth visitor. This milestone marks the beginning of a new phase for a group that has become a standard-bearer in the international tourism industry, proudly presenting Mexico to the rest of the world.
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How do I find out if the unit I am planning to buy in re-sale is canceled? Is there any quick way?
My take is that they seem to be increasing prices for near ~ 1 year RTM units which are mostly sold out, whilst keeping prices for unsold inventory consistent.
awww i feel sorry for orchardman, did his orchard not reach 8400? since kalypso is at 10400, in theory at least. of what i see, orchard still at 5400, "omg" difference now is 5000, how!
if kalypso is 12, orchard has to be 10!
grow up dude, u look like a fool making such marketing comments.
* BSP of Kasablanca Tower No 2 is Rs 500 psf over and above the Tower 1 & 3.
bro, i just noticed a couple of them. going by wht he posted kristal price has gone down by 90 bucks, that of course isnt happening.
it starts at 8190 and he mentioned 8100 and all followed hv 90 difference.
I don't think it is only a 'Feel Good' increase for Kalypso and IC. The secondary/resale market would align shortly to these prices for the above two as they near possession. The GC facing apartments are the real gems of the WishTown. There is absolutely nothing that would come anywhere close to these in the nearby area and it had to command the price differential vis-a-vis some very ordinary offerings in the vicinity.
So, congratulations Dinesh on your wise investment decision!!
Bro pls see website....OC Penthouse is 7000.....that means most good units will be around 6700.
Also pls consider that OC is at first floor and Kylpso is nearing completion. Further, 45% payment gone in OC and almost 95% payment to be made for Kylpso..................which project will attract more people is anybody's guess.
Pls don't get stuck in 10k and 12k debate.
Kuch samajh mein aya pappu.
haha bache zyaada mat uchal.
QUOTE=orchardman;904653]Bro pls see website....OC Penthouse is 7000.....that means most good units will be around 6700.
Disclaimer: I'm an existing investor in Boomerang.
As per the Company, they had sold over 90% of the project (100 odd apartments, though quite expensive) more than a month back. If true, the price is notional (can quote anything if there's nothing to sell).
i visited pebble court & kalypso court today. The view from kalypso is out of the world.
i feel omaxe forest / ats village/ ats oh / lotus 300 : the buyers of all these projects must visit pebble court or at least Tower 12 of kalypso to get a feel of whats coming up soon....really not to be missed before taking your decision. Really surprising that resale price of kalypso is lower than ats o.hamlet.
My assumption is that kalypso in the near future is going to overshadow ATS OH big time. The project is shaping up well and it won't be long that even ATS fan club may consider making the switch to kalypso. Though presently they seem to believe that theirs is a superior project based on the OH thread.
Demand will always be there for good projects... Irrespective of whatever we believe about market scenario.
In case Jaypee could keep good pace of construction progress, the prices and demand will grow...as soon as the units blocked by short term investors are released and major portion remains with long terminvestors/ end users, prices will be increasing due to less availability of good units..
Rightly said. Once the short term investors are out, price increase will become extremely visible.


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Everybody Knows Its Gonna Happen Only Not Tonight by The Go Find
Who: The Go Find from Belgium.
What: Even though this band is set to release their third album (Everybody Knows Its Gonna Happen Only Not Tonight, February 2010 Morr Music), theyre completely new to me. Led by Dieter Sermeus, the band channels a charmingly dreamy indie pop sound shaped around swirling synths, acoustic guitars and Dieters distinct vocals. The album was recorded over a period of six months in Brussels and Antwerp, each song built on a base of acoustic guitars and drums with the production loaded with warm and melodic instrumentation. Definitely recommended for American Analog Set fans.
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Liberalism: The Procrustean Brand
In mythology, visitors had to fit Procrustes's bed exactly. Too tall, your feet got chopped off; too short, you were put on the rack and stretched. In the liberal-socialist welfare state, individuals must accept whatever the lawgivers and bureaucrats decree, whether it fits their needs or not.
Liberals aim to eliminate all risks of everyday life, and, necessarily, all individual choices. This is called "caring." Anyone who objects to liberalism's aim of egalitarianism is excoriated as a heartless, reactionary capitalist.
This relentless drive toward uniformity was recently manifested in my home state of Connecticut. The State Assembly is in the process of enacting a new, mandatory required coverage in health insurance policies. Every health insurance company doing business in Connecticut must, presumably, include coverage of infertility among the standard benefits in its health insurance policies.
Never mind that the most rapidly growing segment of the population, old geezers like me, have no need whatever for infertility insurance. Nor do most couples in the child-bearing age range. Never mind that the average infertility treatment cost is said to be $40,000. Never mind that the vast majority of policy holders will have to pay substantial additional premiums for coverage that they do not need and do not want. Never mind that young people just entering the job market or young couples just getting married will not be able to buy stripped-down, basic-coverage health insurance that they can afford.
It's a good, "caring," welfare-state regulation by the intellectual bureaucracy to protect people who, in the paradigm of liberalism, cannot fend for themselves, people who are helpless in the diabolical hands of businessmen in an environment of free-market competition.
My friend Ray Justus called my attention to relevant portions of a Theodore Dalrymple article that I had cited earlier in a different connection. That article, titled "The Roads to Serfdom," appeared in the Spring edition of City Journal.
Mr. Dalrymple discusses how the British Labour Party (the socialists) immediately after World War II set out to bring perfection to the United Kingdom:
"The war having instantaneously created a nostalgia for the sense of unity and transcendent purpose that prevailed in those years, the population naturally enough asked why such a mood could not persist into the peace that followed. Why couldn?t the dedication of millions, centrally coordinated by the government?a coordinated dedication that had produced unprecedented quantities of aircraft and munitions?be adapted to defeat what London School of Economics head Sir William Beveridge, in his wartime report on social services that was to usher in the full-scale welfare state in Britain, called the ?five giants on the road to reconstruction?: Want, Disease, Ignorance, Squalor, and Idleness?
"By the time Beveridge published his report in 1942, most of the intellectuals of the day assumed that the government, and only the government, could accomplish these desirable goals. Indeed, it all seemed so simple a matter that only the cupidity and stupidity of the rich could have prevented these ends from already having been achieved. The Beveridge Report states, for example, that want ?could have been abolished in Britain before the present war? and that ?the income available to the British people was ample for such a purpose.? It was just a matter of dividing the national income cake into more equal slices by means of redistributive taxation. If the political will was there, the way was there; there was no need to worry about effects on wealth creation or any other adverse effects."
No one in the United States who lived through the disaster wrought by President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society will be surprised to learn that matters did not turn out as Sir William Beveridge expected. Mr. Dalrymple notes:
".....The destruction of the British character did not come from Nazi- or Soviet-style nationalization or centralized planning, as [Friedrich] Hayek [author of "The Road to Serfdom"] believed it would. For collectivism proved to be not nearly as incompatible with, or diametrically opposed to, a free, or free-ish, market as he had supposed.
"In fact, Hilaire Belloc, in his book "The Servile State," predicted just such a form of collectivism as early as 1912. Like most intellectuals of the age, Belloc was a critic of capitalism, because he held it responsible for the poverty and misery he saw in the London slums. His view was static, not dynamic: he did not see that the striving there could?and would?lift people out of their poverty, and he therefore argued that the liberal, laissez-faire state??mere capitalist anarchy,? he called it?could not, and should not, continue. He foresaw three possible outcomes.
"His preferred resolution was more or less the same as Carlyle?s half a century earlier: a return to the allegedly stable and happy medieval world of reciprocal rights and duties. There would be guilds of craftsmen and merchants in the towns, supplying mainly handmade goods to one another and to peasant farmers, who in turn would supply them with food. Everyone would own at least some property, thereby having a measure of independence, but no one would be either plutocrat or pauper. However desirable this resolution, though, even Belloc knew it was fantasy.
"The second possible resolution was the socialist one: total expropriation of the means of production, followed by state ownership, allegedly administered in the interests of everyone. Belloc had little to say on whether he thought this would work, since in his opinion it was unlikely to happen: the current owners of the means of production were still far too strong.
"That left the third, and most likely, resolution. The effect of collectivist thought on a capitalist society would not be socialism, but something quite distinct, whose outlines he believed he discerned in the newly established compulsory unemployment insurance. The means of production would remain in private hands, but the state would offer workers certain benefits, in return for their quiescence and agreement not to agitate for total expropriation as demanded in socialist propaganda.
"Unlike [George] Orwell [author of "1984" and "Animal Farm"] or Beveridge, however, he realized that such benefits would exact a further price: ?A man has been compelled by law to put aside sums from his wages as insurance against unemployment. But he is no longer the judge of how such sums shall be used. They are not in his possession; they are not even in the hands of some society which he can really control. They are in the hands of a Government official. ?Here is work offered to you at twenty-five shillings a week. If you do not take it you shall certainly not have a right to the money you have been compelled to put aside. If you will take it the sum shall stand to your credit, and when next in my judgment your unemployment is not due to your recalcitrance and refusal to labour, I will permit you to have some of your money; not otherwise.? ?
"What applied to unemployment insurance would apply to all other spheres into which government intruded, Belloc intuited; and all of the benefits government conferred, paid for by the compulsory contributions of the taxpayer, in effect would take choice and decision making out of the hands of the individual, placing them in those of the official. Although the benefits offered by the government were as yet few when Belloc wrote, he foresaw a state in which the ?whole of labour is mapped out and controlled.? In his view, ?The future of industrial society, and in particular of English society . . . is a future in which subsistence and security shall be guaranteed for the Proletariat, but shall be guaranteed . . . by the establishment of that Proletariat in a status really, though not nominally, servile.? The people lose ?that tradition of . . . freedom, and are most powerfully inclined to [the] acceptance of [their servile status] by the positive benefits it confers.?
"And this is precisely what has happened to the large proportion of the British population that has been made dependent on the welfare state.
"The state action that was supposed to lead to the elimination of Beveridge?s five giants of Want, Disease, Ignorance, Squalor, and Idleness has left many people in contemporary Britain with very little of importance to decide for themselves, even in their own private spheres. They are educated by the state (at least nominally), as are their children in turn; the state provides for them in old age and has made saving unnecessary or, in some cases, actually uneconomic; they are treated and cured by the state when they are ill; they are housed by the state, if they cannot otherwise afford decent housing. Their choices concern only sex and shopping."


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Game of Thrones S8E1 review: reunions, revelations and a threat
Please be aware this review contains spoilers for Game of Thrones season 8 episode 1 'Winterfell'. It's been eighteen months since we last set foot in Westeros, but did… read more
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Please be aware this review contains spoilers for Game of Thrones season 8 episode 1 'Winterfell'.
It's been eighteen months since we last set foot in Westeros, but did Game of Thrones' season eight premiere deliver?
Fans will remember the thrilling climax to season seven. Most of the show's cast headed north to wage war on the dead, Bran and Sam made a predictable discovery, and Jon and Dany finally did the dirty. It was all a set up for 'Winterfell', which saw most of the show's cast convening in one location and a lot of reunions.
Jon Snow reunited with siblings Bran and Arya. Arya reunited with the Hound and Gendry (do I spy flirting there, HBO?). Bran reunited (briefly) with Jaime Lannister, in an effort to bring Game of Thrones full circle. Former husband and wife Tyrion and Sansa were reunited, as were best friends Jon and Sam. It's a lot for one episode, and consequently none of these reunions were allowed the power and gravitas of Jon and Sansa's season six reunion. That said, Bran is quite right – we don't have time for this.
As we're reminded repeatedly, the dead are marching south – and Winterfell is on their way. There is only one undead in this episode, but the presence of the Night King is felt throughout. Jon Snow repeatedly defends his decision to swear loyalty to Daenerys by claiming he cares for the North's survival more than a crown. The houses of the North struggle to accept this new foreign Queen. Meanwhile, there is a creeping sense of urgency about the episode. People are already dying, and they have no way to feed the troops and the dragons.
Jon Snow is a huge focus of 'Winterfell'. His Northern men are unhappy with his allegiance to Daenerys, and even Sansa questions his true motives. Meanwhile, it seems things couldn't be better for Jon and Daenerys. The new couple go on a romantic dragon retreat, which sees the much awaited moment that Jon rides a dragon for the first time. This romance seems to be filled with energy from a Viagra ad that helps lovers. Jon, of course, has no idea what this means, until he gets the reveal we all got last season. Sam tells Jon his real parents are Lyanna Stark and Rhaegar Targaryen. He is the rightful heir to the throne. What Jon will do with this information, however, is unclear.
There's a bit of drama unfolding down South too. Cersei is less than impressed when Euron delivers 20000 men, 2000 horses and no elephants. However, Euron's charisma wins her around. She also asks Bronn to assassinate her two brothers, Tyrion and Jaime, in a move that absolutely nobody expects to work.
All in all, 'Winterfell' was as good as we might've expected from an episode that had so much ground to cover. There were some emotional reunions, there were epic moments, there was nudity (thanks for that), there was horror, and there were laughs aplenty. The show definitely hasn't lost its ability to make decent in-jokes, nor frighten. It feels like we are building to something epic, and Game of Thrones is slowly but surely manoeuvring its players together.
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Montreal Impact (francouzsky: Impact de Montréal) byl kanadský fotbalový klub z Montréalu. Klub byl založen v roce 1992. Montreal Impact zanikl na konci roku 2011, na jeho tradici navázal nově založený tým Montreal Impact v Major League Soccer. Původní tým Montrealu sedmkrát vyhrál Voyagers Cup, trofej pro nejlepší kanadský tým, z toho jednou v soutěži Canadian Championship.

Historie
Montreal Impact byl založen v roce 1992 rodinou Saputových, majitelů týmu Montreal Supra. V prvních letech existence patřil mezi přední týmy APSL, resp. A-League, která z APSL vzešla, v roce 1994 získal první titul. V letech 1995, 1996 a 1997 vždy vyhrál základní část, do finále se ovšem neprobojoval. Druhého titulu se Impact dočkal až v roce 2004. Kde se Impactu velmi dařilo byl kanadský šampionát, v letech 2002–2007 šestkrát v řadě vyhráli Voyagers Cup, v roce 2008 přidali v Canadian Championship sedmý kanadský titul. Osmý titul už ale nepřidali, na šampionátu skončili na posledním místě. Před posledním zápasem, kdy již bylo jasné, že Impact nemůžou v turnaji zvítězit, se trenér Marc Dos Santos rozhodl šetřit klíčové hráče, což mělo za následek porážku 1:6 od úhlavního rivala Impact, Toronta. Toronto pro zisk titulu potřebovalo vítězství o 4 góly a díky tomuto výsledku o skóre zvítězilo a získalo místo v Lize mistrů CONCACAF 2009/10. V květnu 2009 bylo vedením Major League Soccer oznámeno, že nový tým bude právě z Montréalu a tým naváže na tradici a jméno týmu z nižší ligy. V listopadu 2009 Impact oznámil odchod z USL First Division a společně s dalšími týmy stál za vznikem North American Soccer League. Po roce 2011 tým zanikl a jeho následovník Montreal Impact vstoupil do Major League Soccer.

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The Prince of Wales
Master Treasurer, you have done me a great honour this evening by making me a Master of the Bench of the Middle Temple.
I am aware that my family has had long association with the Inns of Court, but it is a particular pleasure for me to be following in the footsteps of my great grandmother, The Late Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother - who served as Treasurer of the Middle Temple in 1949 - and my mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, who was called to the Bench of the Middle Temple on 26th October, 1988. I suppose I could say that I come from an old legal family.
I am told that it is customary for a new Bencher to say something about himself. On her Call to the Bench, my mother told you that her husband was in public service and that they had two small boys. Well, I am one of those small boys.
Since then, following school, a gap year in Chile, and Africa, University at St Andrews and a short 'pupillage' in the City, I have had the privilege of serving in the Household Cavalry and, as a look-see, as an officer in the Royal Navy. To complete the three-card trick, I am now in the RAF, training to be an operational Search and Rescue pilot.
On the charities side my particular interests lie in trying to do what I can to help the disadvantaged in our society – particularly young people - in overcoming the challenges confronting them, and to realise their potential.
I am also very interested in initiatives aimed at creating sustainable development in the light of climate change. Finally, both my brother, Harry, and I are intent on supporting in any way we can the outstanding men and women of our Armed Forces, especially those injured in the wars that we, as a Nation, send them away to fight.
On a lighter note, I play football, rugby and water polo, but particularly pride myself in being a quite magnificent armchair centre back at football and flanker at rugby…and now you have made me a barrister – I promise not to practice! Except for the odd speeding ticket!
Thank you, Master Treasurer, for inviting me to join the company of this great Inn of Court, with its illustrious history, its excellent continuing support for and training of students, and its promotion of the highest professional standards.
It is a reflection of that history and the continuing vitality of the Inn that Master Reader, who presented me to you for Call to the Bench tonight, is herself the granddaughter of the great Irish advocate, Sergeant Sullivan, who, as Treasurer of the Middle Temple, called my great grandmother to the Bench in December 1944.
On this special evening for me, I very much look forward to furthering my mother's commitment to Middle Temple.
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May those who died rest in peace and may we, each and every one of us, thank God for someone who made many, many people happy.
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Located on the Big Cypress Bayou between Jefferson and Uncertain, Texas, explore some of the most mystical paddling our state has to offer with this 2.9-mile loop trail.
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Put-in and Take-out: Backwater Jack's RV Park
GPS Coordinates (DD): 32.71136, -94.22906
Driving Directions to Access Site:
Backwater Jack's R.V. Park, 621 Longs Camp Rd. Karnack,TX 75661, 903-679-3427
From Marshall, TX: Take Hwy 43 north for 14.7 miles; turn left onto FM 134 West and travel 3.5 miles; turn Right on Longs Camp Rd, CR 2403, travel to the end of the road (less than 1 mile).
From Jefferson, TX: at the State Hwy 59 and State Hwy 49 intersection at the traffic light, turn east onto State Hwy 49. Travel 0.4 miles and turn right onto FM 134 East, travel about 1.2 miles to the flashing red light and turn left staying on FM 134 East. Travel for about 8 miles. Turn left onto Longs Camp Road, CR 2403, travel to the end of the road (less than 1 mile).
Distance from nearest major cities:
Austin - 296 miles
Dallas - 170 miles
Fort Worth - 205 miles
Houston - 237 miles
Karnack – 5 miles
Texarkana - 60 miles
Tyler – 60 miles
Waco - 220 miles
Trail Description and Landmarks
Trail Length: ~2.9 miles roundtrip
Float Time: ~1.5-3 hours (depending on time spent on the bayou, water level, and wind speed)
Trail Markers: Each Caddo/Big Cypress Bayou Paddling Trail is marked with unique reflective arrow signs attached to trees and posts to guide paddlers. This trail's marker is a white arrow (shown right).
This route is just off Big Cypress Bayou. You first wind through a tight, narrow, and twisting water trail, which opens into large hidden pond of tall, moss-draped bald cypress surroundings; and then delves back into a hidden pocket trail for just a little more exploring. In the still, swampy waters you might flush a heron or startle a fish, but you will never forget the view. The charm of this trail is seclusion. Even though you are a stroke or two off the main river, it seems as if you have floated through time. One of the local favorites, and great for the beginner who wants to see Caddo. This trail is worth every stroke.
Caddo Lake consists of both river (Big Cypress Bayou) and backwater swamp. Lake-of-the-Pines is the nearest water control structure on the Bayou and is just upriver of Jefferson, Texas, a short distance west of Caddo Lake. The Bayou is very popular and will have seasonally heavy motorboat traffic. The backwater swamp also experiences motorboat traffic under the right water level conditions, and water levels are highly variable in the swamp. Also be aware that hunting is permitted on surrounding property which includes duck hunting in the winter months. Swimming in the swamp is not recommended.
Find information on additional paddling trails along Big Cypress Bayou and Caddo Lake.
Fisherman can find bass, crappie, and numerous species of panfish. It is also fun to fish for bowfin and pickerel. Ask at any Caddo Lake bait shops what is on the fishes' menu.
The bald cypress swamp and bottomland hardwood forests will surround paddlers with diverse flora and fauna which includes approximately 189 species of trees and shrubs, 75 grasses, 42 woody vines, and 47 animals. You will likely hear and see green and gray tree frogs, bullfrogs, spring peepers, narrow-mouth toads, cricket frogs. More than 200 bird species inhabit this area, including Wood Ducks, Hooded Mergansers, Mallards, Blue-winged Teal, cormorants, Anhingas, Barred Owls, nesting Northern Parulas, Yellow-throated Vireos, Acadian Flycatchers, Pine Warblers, Black-and-white Warblers, Prothonatary Warblers, Pileated Woodpeckers, Red-shouldered Hawks, Mississippi Kites, Great Blue Herons, Great Egrets, Snowy Egrets, Little Blue Herons, late summer Wood Storks, and Roseate Spoonbills. Over 90 fish and reptiles can be seen including many turtles (sliders, stinkpots, and softshells), snakes (such as various non-venomous watersnakes, ribbon snakes, and cottonmouths), and an occasional alligator. There are 47 species of mammals known to be found on Caddo lake including beaver, nutria, mink, white-tailed deer, feral hogs and lots of squirrels. Paddlers can't miss the tall, Spanish moss-draped bald cypress trees, persimmon, and water elm. Paddlers will float through spatterdock, American lotus, Cabomba, and if their timing is right, American featherfoil and carnivorous bladderworts floating in the still water of the lake.
Respect private property by not trespassing or littering and keeping noise levels down. This river and lake are classified as navigable, which permits public use of the streambed and, if necessary, the banks to portage any hazard. Any other use of private river banks without permission of the landowner can be considered trespassing. Under Texas Penal Code (§30.05), criminal trespass occurs when one enters property after receiving notice not to enter. Notice includes verbal notice, a fence, sign(s), purple paint on posts or trees, or the visible presence of crops grown for human consumption.
For more information please see the Paddling Events calendar.
Backwater Jack's R.V. Park
Located right on the banks of the beautiful Big Cypress Bayou between Karnack and Historic Jefferson on Highway 134, visitors can enjoy RVing (all sites are full hook-ups) and rustic tent camping, boating, canoeing, fishing, and wildlife and bird watching. We have canoes to rent, firewood, ice, and a boat ramp. Clean and modern bathhouses and a game room. Coming soon: Cabins!!! Boat ramp fee for non guest is $3.00.
www.backwaterjacksrv.com, 903-679-3427
Historic Jefferson
Historic town located only seven miles from Backwater Jacks RV - worth the drive. It has numerous antique stores, restaurants, and even an Old General Store.
Jefferson Visitor Center, 903-665-7220.
Visit our county seat with a population of about 24,000. Experience the Fire Ant Festival in October and the Festival of Lights which runs from November through January 1st. Downtown Marshall has many shops for visitors and locals.
Marshall Convention & Visitors Bureau, 903-702-7777.
Big Pines Lodge Restaurant
Stop in to a local institution that has been around several decades. Although we lost the original building in a fire a couple of years ago, you can still get some of the best fried catfish, hush puppies, and coleslaw on the bayou at their new establishment. Highly recommended.
River Bend Restaurant
Pop in to one of our newer bayou restaurants where you can try some alligator or catfish with all the "fixins".
Caddo Lake State Park
Thick bald cypress and a tangle of aquatic plants thrive in the waters at Caddo Lake State Park, which consists of 484 acres on Caddo Lake down the bayou from Backwater Jack's. Because the vegetation is so lush, much of the lake is really a maze of sloughs, bayous, and ponds. Activities enjoyed by visitors include camping, hiking, canoe and kayaking, picnicking, nature study, and fishing.
www.tpwd.state.tx.us/state-parks/caddo-lake, 903-679-3351.
Caddo Lake Wildlife Management Area
The Caddo Lake WMA has 8,005 acres in Marion and Harrison Counties. On the Caddo Lake WMA visitors will see bottomland hardwood forests, upland pine-oak-hickory forests, and mature hardwood forests. Visitors will also see flooded bald cypress forests and a very diverse collection of aquatic vegetation. WMAs are entry by permit only and Caddo Lake WMA offers primitive overnight camping, hunting, fishing, hiking, bird watching, photography, canoeing, and kayaking. www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/hunt/wma/find_a_wma/list/?id=104, 903-679-9817.
Caddo Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Caddo Lake National Wildlife Refuge contains some of the best examples of mature flooded bald cypress forest in the United States and includes cypress tress nearly 400 years old. Nature and wildlife can be viewed on the Refuge from hiking, biking and equestrian trails, and an auto driving route. The Refuge also has hunting opportunities. www.fws.gov/refuge/caddo_lake/, 903-679-9144.
This trail was made possible through a partnership between Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Backwater Jack's R.V. Park, Greater Caddo Lake Association, Cypress Basin Chapter-Texas Master Naturalist, Friends of Caddo Lake National Wildlife Refuge, and TPWD-Caddo Lake Wildlife Management Area.
Shuttles & Rentals
Backwater Jack's R.V. Park
621 Longs Camp Rd., Karnack, TX 75661
903-679-3427, canoe rentals
www.backwaterjacksrv.com
Johnson's Ranch Marina
On Caddo Lake - 5131 East Cypress Drive, Uncertain, TX 75661
903-789-3213 or 903-789-3268, canoe rentals
www.johnsonsranch.net
Crip's Camp
325 Goose Prairie Drive, Uncertain, Texas 75661
www.cripscamp.com
East Texas Sonar
3200 N. Eastman Road, Longview, TX 75605
www.easttexassonar.com
Riverbend Outfitters, LLC
903-926-0203, customized kayak and canoe rentals with delivery, shuttle, and/or guide services available
www.riverbendoutfitters.com
Austin Canoe and Kayak
Rent kayaks, canoes, and standup paddleboards by the day to take anywhere you want, when you want. Locations in Austin, Houston and the San Marcos/New Braunfels area. For more information, visit http://www.austinkayak.com/rentals.php
REI (Recreational Equipment, Inc.)
Rent kayaks, canoes, paddles, and PFDs (personal flotation devices) 7 days a week at your nearest REI co-op.
For the closest Texas store, visit http://www.rei.com/FindStores?state=TX&radius=900
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A Stanford Stadion egy labdarúgó-stadion a Stanford Egyetem területén, Kaliforniában. A Stanford Cardinal otthona és 2011-től az MLS-ben szereplő San Jose Earthquakes is itt játssza a mérkőzésit alkalomadtán. Eredetileg 1921-ben nyitották meg  férőhellyel, a későbbiekben -re nőtt a befogadóképesség. 2005-ben lebontották és újra felépült egy  fős stadion, amit 2006. szeptember 16-án nyitottak meg.

Az 1984. évi nyári olimpiai játékok egyik meghatározó helyszíne volt. Hat csoportmérkőzésnek, két negyeddöntőnek és egy negyeddöntőnek adott otthont. Az 1994-es labdarúgó-világbajnokságon hat mérkőzést rendeztek a stadionban. Az 1999-es női labdarúgó-világbajnokságon itt játszották az egyik elődöntőt.

Események

1984. évi nyári olimpiai játékok

1994-es labdarúgó-világbajnokság

1999-es női labdarúgó-világbajnokság

Galéria

* h. – hosszabbításban
*b.u. – büntetők után

Források

Amerikaifutball-stadionok
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Conventional thinking might lead one to believe that higher gas prices would lead to slower new car sales. But UBS's Colin Langan acknowledges that this may not be the case.
Since new cars and trucks are roughly 17-20% more gas efficient than the average vehicle, in order to save on gas prices consumers may opt to purchase a new car.
Langan notes that it is important to distinguish between pulling forward demand and incremental demand, explaining that the increase in new car sales would not be incremental.
While they do not feel this will lead to a long term increase in demand levels, they do agree that buyers may accelerate their purchases as gas prices rise.


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// Licensed to The .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
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using System;
using System.Threading;
using Kerberos.NET.Configuration;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
using static Kerberos.NET.Entities.KerberosConstants;

namespace Kerberos.NET.Server
{
    /// <summary>
    /// The server parameters that dictate low-level behavior of each request
    /// </summary>
    public class KdcServerOptions
    {
        private Krb5Config config;

        /// <summary>
        /// The configuration that dictates how the KDC will operate.
        /// </summary>
        public Krb5Config Configuration
        {
            get => this.config ??= Krb5Config.Kdc();
            set => this.config = value;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// The log factory for the KDC and depedent components.
        /// </summary>
        public ILoggerFactory Log { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// The global server cancellation token. This will trigger all threads to stop.
        /// </summary>
        public CancellationTokenSource Cancellation { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// The realm that will be used if a realm name is required before the pipeline has processed a message.
        /// </summary>
        public string DefaultRealm { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Indicates whether the server should emit debug logs or enable debugger features.
        /// </summary>
        public bool IsDebug { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// The function that translates an incoming realm to that realms <see cref="IRealmService" />
        /// </summary>
        public Func<string, IRealmService> RealmLocator { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// The function that generates the next logged transaction Id for each request.
        /// </summary>
        public Func<Guid> NextScopeId { get; set; } = GetRequestActivityId;
    }
}

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fighters / Marines / military
VMFAT-101 Visiting Long Beach Airport
by contributor · September 12, 2015
The sound of military jets could be heard all over the city of Long Beach, California during the Labor Day weekend. The source of that sound was Marine Flight Attack Training Squadron VMFAT-101 know as "The Sharpshooters" based at MCAS Miramar, California.
SharpShooter Background, excerpt from Marine Corps Website
Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 101 (VMFAT-101), the Sharpshooters were commissioned at Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, Calif. Jan. 3, 1969, as part of Marine Combat Crew Readiness Training Group 10, 3d Marine Aircraft Wing. The squadron trained naval aviators and naval flight officers in the employment of the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II. VMFAT-101 flew its first training sortie Feb. 20, 1969, and completed its first class of fighter aircrew by August of that year. During the summer of 1970, VMFAT-101 moved to Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz. In 1972 the Sharpshooters earned their first Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Aviation Safety Award for Excellence in aviation safety after compiling over 18,300 mishap free flight hours.
In July 1974 VMFAT-101 absorbed the assets of VMFAT-201 from MCAS Cherry Point, N.C. and became the largest fixed wing tactical jet squadron and the sole remaining F-4 training squadron in the Marine Corps. The Sharpshooters earned the 1976 CNO Aviation Safety Award, as well as the Commanding General Fleet Marine Forces Pacific Aviation Safety Award in 1978 and 1979 while it amassed over 30,000 mishap-free flight hours. The Sharpshooters continued to train aircrews in the venerable Phantom II and in 1983 earned the coveted Marine Corps Aviation Association Robert M. Hanson Award as the finest fighter squadron in Marine aviation. May 20, 1987, VMFAT-101 trained its last F-4 replacement aircrew; during July the squadron flew its remaining 10 F-4 aircraft to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., for permanent storage. During the 18 years VMFAT-101 flew the Phantom, the Sharpshooters amassed over 125,000 flight hours training Marine and Navy aircrews for the fleet.
Sept. 29, 1987, VMFAT-101 returned to MCAS El Toro to prepare for duty as the third F/A-18 Fleet Replacement Squadron (FRS). March 31, 1988, MCCRTG-10 deactivated and VMFAT-101 joined Marine Aircraft Group 11. By October of that year, the Sharpshooters owned 21 F/A-18s, had trained 25 qualified instructor pilots and were ready to begin training new Hornet pilots. By May 1989 VMFAT-101 graduated 23 new F/A-18 pilots and accumulated over 11,000 mishap free Hornet flight hours. In December 1989 the squadron entered its sixth year mishap/injury free.
Jan. 10, 1990, VMFAT-101 accepted its first two seat F/A-18D Hornet and began training aircrew for the transition into the Hornet. June 1990 the Sharpshooters had graduated over 150 Hornet aircrew, amassed over 28,000 F/A-18 A, B, C and D which originated from Lot VI to Lot XII. August 27, 1990, Lt.Col. "Cajun" Tullos flew the squadron's 50,000 mishap-free flight hour. The Sharpshooters routinely deployed to MCAS Yuma Ariz., and MCAS Miramar Calif., for fighter weapons training detachments as well as every West Coast Aircraft Carrier for carrier qualifications.
Training At Long Beach Municipal Airport
VMFAT-101 had six FA-18C and D model fighter jets and seven student Marine aviators that needed to complete important basic air combat instruction before they were scheduled to start their aircraft carrier qualifications in October. Due to the Labor Day holiday and the closure of MCAS Miramar's runways over the long weekend, VMFAT-101s only option was to base out of Long Beach Municipal Airport and conduct the required training from a civilian airport that was open and operational.
The Sharpshooters' home for the next three days was the Signature/Aeroplex FOB located at 3333 East Spring Street on the southwest side of Long Beach Airport. Signature/Aeroplex was one of only two facilities at Long Beach Airport that could support the requirements of VMFAT-101. The squadron flies three simulated air to air engagements each day 80 – 100 miles off the coast of Long Beach in a training area known as Warning Area 291. The squadron uses non-operational ordinance so no live weapons are on the aircraft as they take off and land at Long Beach Airport.
On Saturday Sept. 5th, Signature/Aeroplex ramp was opened to the public from 2:00pm – 4:00pm. As Public Relations Manager Cindy Goodfellow for Signature/Aeroplex stated to the assembled crowd "Come and meet the noise", referring to the six FA-18C sitting on the ramp. After a brief overview statement by Major John Vaquerano USMC about the reasons for VMFAT-101 invading the peace and quiet of the surrounding area during the Labor Day weekend, the Marines invited the hundreds of local area residences on the ramp for them to look at and watch four FA-18 fighter aircraft spool up their engines, watch the ground crews perform the safety checks on the aircraft, then watch them taxi out and take off in typical two by two military formation from runway 30. The sights and sounds were impressive and left many people with a great sense of pride. Those in attendance, that may have had some complaints about the noise generated from the aircraft, were no longer complaining. The meet and greet sponsored by the VMFAT-101, Long Beach Airport, EAA Chapter 7 and Signature/Aeroplex was a great success. Many young families that showed up with their small children in tow were grateful that Signature/Aeroplex opened their ramp to the public.
Future Training at Long Beach
The meet and greet was an important investment in community outreach, something that the United States Marine Corps excels in doing. This investment will likely go a long way in building local support for military aircraft operations at Long Beach since more visits by Marine Flight Attack Training Squadron VMFAT-101 and other military squadrons will likely be needed as future training requirements dictate.
Story by Scott Plummer
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Emma Frank Shares New Video From Sophomore Album 'Come Back'
"New album 'Come Back' finds Emma Frank once more burrowing within herself, uncovering fresh revelations in the process." – Clash Magazine
"Incredibly talented" – Brightest Young Things
"a folk, jazz indie offering, drenched with emotions, which are hard to fathom and embrace." – Come Here Floyd
"'Come Back' is a beautifully-written collection of tracks that speak so honestly and frankly about past experiences of love and loss..." – Fortitude Magazine
"Her honesty is heartwarming and pure… with an ease that is only achieved by Frank's strong sense of melodic direction and open lyricism." – Atwood Magazine
Brooklyn-based folk artist Emma Frank celebrates the release of her sophomore album Come Back with a new video for "Before You Go Away," as well as an album release show at The Knitting Factory tomorrow evening (September 6th). Additional tour dates are listed below.
Initially accounting a breakdown in communication with her father, "Before You Go Away" began as an ode to a dysfunctional relationship but ended as a helping hand to finding strength in weakness. Emma says, "I wrote this song, initially, to my father. Our communication was really breaking down, and I had trouble talking to him without getting upset at something he said." Once in the studio, Emma realized, "I needed to come back to the moment, come back to the light. I needed to let joy and light in, and to let those negative voices go."
Emma has a sound so multifaceted it intertwines folk, R&B, and even jazz to create shifting tempos and winding melodies that are poignant, propelling and all-engulfing. She introduced Come Back with striking track "I Thought," along with a stunning video directed by visual artist Ayo Tsalithaba filmed in the suburbs of Toronto. She followed that with a gorgeously sparse cover of Wilco's "Either Way."
Throughout Come Back, Emma taunts with ideas of love, lust, self-doubt, commitment and sadness to relinquish the most intimate corners of her mind with her listeners. Emma's songs are journeys of self-discovery, framed by insightful lyrics and her warm, gossamer voice that songwriter Leif Vollebekk described as "like leather on silk."
Born and raised outside of Boston, Emma moved to Montreal in 2006 to study literature at McGill University. While there, she began performing regularly, releasing two critically acclaimed albums under her own name on the Montreal-based label, The 270 Sessions, and performing vocals and brass with art-pop ensembles She's Got a Habit and Malcolm Sailor's Songs. After coming to New York in August of 2015 to perform in Franky Rousseau and Dominic Mekky's chamber opera April, Emma decided to move to Brooklyn. It's there that she penned the songs on Ocean Av and Come Back.
Emma Frank Tour Dates:
Fri, Sept 6 Brooklyn, NY @ The Knitting Factory (Album Release Show)
Mon, Sept 14 Paris, France @ Ducs des Lombards
Sun, Sept 15 London, England @Kansas Smitty's
Tue, Sept 17 Berlin, Germany @ Quasimodo
Sun, Oct 6 Cambridge, MA @ Club Passim
Tue, Oct 8 Burlington, VT @ The Lamp Shop
Wed, Oct 9 Montreal, QC @ Café Resonance
Fri, Oct 11 Wakefield, QC @ Black Sheep Inn
Sat, Oct 12 Toronto, ON @ Burdock Music Hall
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Human Trafficking by the Numbers: The Initial Benchmark of Prevalence and Economic Impact for Texas
by Bruce Kellison; John Nehme; Laurie Cook Heffron; Matt Kammer-Kerwick; Melissa Irene Maldonado Torres; Nicole Levy Nale; Noël Busch-Armendariz
Prevalence Highlights
Currently, there are approximately 79,000 minor and youth victims of sex trafficking in Texas.
Currently, there are approximately 234,000 workers who are victims of labor trafficking in Texas.
Currently, there arean estimated 313,000 victims of human trafficking in Texas.
Cost Highlights
Minor and youth sex trafficking costs the state of Texas approximately $6.6 billion. Traffickers exploit approximately $600 million from victims of labor trafficking in Texas.
Though human trafficking is widespread in geographically large states with large urban centers like Texas, the true scope of this hidden crime is largely unconfirmed as data on human trafficking are difficult to ascertain. Existing data gathered in anti-trafficking efforts focus almost exclusively on identified victims, shedding light on only a fraction of the problem. The first phase of the Statewide Human Trafficking Mapping Project of Texas focused on providing empiricallygrounded data as a benchmark about the extent of human trafficking across the state. The following three primary research questions guided our data collection efforts, which included queries of existing databases, interviews, focus groups, and web-based surveys.
1.What is the prevalence of human trafficking in Texas?
2.What is the economic impact of human trafficking in Texas?
3.What is our understanding of human trafficking in Texas?
The findings in this report were derived using a multi-methods approach to quantify the prevalence and economic impact of human trafficking in Texas. Higher-than-average risk industry and community segments were chosen for sex and labor markets. We defined community segments asgroups of people considered to be at higher-than-average risk of trafficking because of risk indicators found in trafficking cases (e.g. homelessness). More specifically, rather than attempting to establish prevalence of trafficking among the 27.4 million people living in Texas, for the purposes of demonstrating our methodology, establishing some benchmarks on human trafficking prevalence and economic impact estimates, and providing a concrete example of our planned activities moving forward, victimization rates were applied to a select few community segments that are at higher-than-average risk of trafficking.The methodology has addressed the critical industry and community segments to accurately estimate prevalencewhile reducing overlap between the chosen segments.
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The University of Texas at Austin, School of Social Work, Institute on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
Copyright 2016 The University of Texas at Austin, School of Social Work, Institute on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
North America / United States (Southwestern) / Texas
Title: Human Trafficking by the Numbers: The Initial Benchmark of Prevalence and Economic Impact for Texas
Authors Bruce Kellison , John Nehme , Laurie Cook Heffron , Matt Kammer-Kerwick , Melissa Irene Maldonado Torres , Nicole Levy Nale , Noël Busch-Armendariz
Copyright holder(s) The University of Texas at Austin, School of Social Work, Institute on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
Geographical Focus North America / United States (Southwestern) / Texas
Keywords human trafficking , austin school , work institute , violence and sexual , victims
URL: https://birdsandbees.issuelab.org/resource/human-trafficking-by-the-numbers-the-initial-benchmark-of-prevalence-and-economic-impact-for-texas.html


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10Clouds with three new Clutch awards!
Marta KlepkaHead of Growth
Christmas came early this year. Three new trophies from Clutch just arrived at 10Clouds, which is a great confirmation of our commitment this year - and a wonderful prospect for the incoming year 2023!
10Clouds at 22nd in 1000 Global Companies 2022 by Clutch
It's a thrill to announce that we have received the 2022 Clutch award for the Top 1000 Global Companies - being seated at the astonishing 22nd place! Clutch is the world's leading independent reviews platform which helps connect corporate clients with the right service providers. Their annual awards cycle is widely expected.
The Clutch 1000 is a step up from the usual Clutch awards, wherein they rank and list the best 1000 companies globally. The only way to get one of these is if a business affects many people consistently over a long time. For a business to be named a 2022 Clutch 1000 leader, they need to do an outstanding job for clients to give genuine reviews that can pass a strict confirmation process.
"In short, we're on cloud.. ten! Being recognized by Clutch as one of the global top 1000 companies and scoring the 22nd place in it wildly reaffirms us. It says we can provide the best experience to our customers on a level that the biggest B2B review site in the world views as a benchmark. If that's what others think we do, then, well - we will continue doing just that." - said Maciej Cielecki, CEO at 10Clouds.
"10Clouds has managed the project well and communicated clearly via Slack and Google Meet. They've assigned a strong, responsive team to our project." – Executive, Music Company
Clutch 2022 awards - 10Clouds among B2B Leaders in Consulting and Web development
If that didn't feel like enough, we have been placed at the 9th position in the B2B consultancy ranking of Clutch 2022 Leading Global Developers and IT Services Providers for 2022. Consultancy, especially in the blockchain and fintech sectors, is one of our building blocks, so it is especially important to us that Clutch noticed the values we bring to our clients.
On top of that, we have been recognized in an area especially important to us from the point of view of design. 10Clouds scored the 5th position in the Clutch 2022 Leading Global Top Global Business Services Providers in Web Development category.
We take web development very seriously and walk clients through every step of the way. We assess projects, analyze the competition, and provide advice on the technology stack, architecture, features, and post-launch improvements. With our expertise in web application development, clients' products can become a successful revenue generator.
We'd like to take this opportunity to thank all of our clients and partners who helped make this happen. We are incredibly thankful to our clients who took the time to leave us a review on our profile on Clutch! Without your trust and support, we wouldn't be celebrating this milestone now.
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