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The first offline exhibition in the framework of CYFEST-13, the International Media Art Festival, this year taking place in New York, Moscow, and St. Petersburg, will open at GROUND Solyanka Moscow on the 12th of July 2021 and will run until the 22nd of August 2021. The exhibition «Two Things» is organized with the Marina Gisich Gallery and features audio-visual installations by Vladimir Rannev and Marina Alekseeva.
The final project of the CYFEST-13 will take place in St. Petersburg in November 2021.
The audio-visual installation «THE WHOLE SHEBANG»
Marina Alekseeva has always been interested in the social structures of contemporary society, which the artist has explored through the prism of the physical and material environment of human habitation. A new joint project with Vladimir Rannev reflects back on a series of Alekseeva’s lightboxes from the 2000s that recreated miniature versions of the interiors of various religious buildings, from a cathedral to a mosque and an Orthodox church. The subject under examination in the total installation «The Whole Shebang» is the main temple of the modern human — their home, filled to the brim with devices and gadgets.
At first glance, it may seem that the content of Marina Alekseeva and Vladimir Rannev’s project is limited to environmental issues, which are an important focus of the contemporary art scene. As you first approach it, «All Inclusive» really does look like a call to consider the consequences of household waste, an anti-manifesto against overproduction and consumerist society. Technology, designed to facilitate and improve everyday life, has taken on such a large role that it is gradually displacing humans, excluding us as irrelevant and turning into a closed, autonomous ecosystem. At the beginning of the XXI century, we are predicting the imminent rise of the machines, without realizing that in fact it has already happened long ago.
The «The Whole Shebang» project was conceived a little more than a year ago, in a completely different reality, as they say. It was the year 2020 and the time of lockdown when humanity was actually locked in at home, and space and time collapsed into the experience of domestic life. It filled the work of Marina Alekseeva and Vladimir Rannev with new overtones that made it existential and even tragic.
«The flesh of the installation is formed by a technique that visually creates the impression of mad technogenic bustle, the “demonic life”. The audio is an ecstatic “symphony of comfort”. Before us is an army battered by struggles with consumer greed.» — Vladimir Rannev
The audio-visual installation «WE CAN DO IT AGAIN»
«All wars start with people being prepared to fight, and by making them prepared with militarist slogans, hate propaganda and manipulation of their insecurities and fears. This means that wars do not start with gunshots, but with words. The audio-visual installation “We can do it again” is our reaction to the rhetoric of hostility that is prevalent in the Russian media space, and which we find utterly abhorrent.» — V. Rannev, M. Alexeeva
MARINA ALEXEEVA – renowned Russian artist who works with video and multimedia, winner of numerous prizes in the field of contemporary art and scenography, whose works are held at prestigious collections around the world: from the Multimedia Art Museum to the private collection of Sir Elton John and David Furnish.
VLADIMIR RANNEV – composer, graduate of the St. Petersburg Conservatory and the Cologne University of Music, winner of numerous Russian and international prizes. His music has been performed in Russia, Austria, the UK, Germany, the USA, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Japan, Poland, France and Ukraine. Sheet music of his works are published by Donemus (the Netherlands).
SAVE THE DATE: 12th of July to the 22nd of August 2021
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Bariatric & Metabollic
What is Bariatric Surgery ? What is Weight Loss Surgery for Obesity ?
Bariatric surgery (or weight loss surgery) includes a variety of procedures performed on people who have obesity. Bariatric surgery helps you to lose weight by making changes to your digestive system.Most of the surgeries are now done laparoscopically through tiny incisions.
Bariatric surgery is probably the most effective intervention for weight loss we have in health care.
Some types of bariatric surgeries like Sleeve Gastrectomy make your stomach smaller, allowing you to eat and drink less at one time and making you feel full sooner.
Other bariatric surgeries like Roux en Y gastric Bypass, Mini Gastric Bypass ( MGB )also change your small intestine —the part of your body that absorbs calories and nutrients from foods and beverages.
Bariatric surgery may be an option if you have severe obesity and have not been able to lose weight or keep from gaining back any weight you lost using other methods such as lifestyle treatment or medications.
Bariatric surgery also may be an option if you have serious health problems, such as Type 2 diabetes , Sleep Apnea, Osteoarthritis , Cardiovascular(Heart) problems & many others like PCOD, Infertility, related to obesity.
Bariatric surgery can resolve / improve many of the medical conditions linked to obesity, especially type 2 diabetes. Long-term studies show the procedures cause significant long-term loss of weight, recovery from diabetes, improvement in cardiovascular risk factors, and a mortality reduction from 40% to 23%
Bariatric surgery, regardless of the method used, is also much safer nowadays than it was even a decade ago.
The harsh reality is that the fatter you are, the slimmer your chances of having a normal life and good health.

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The Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority, in partnership with Murray Darling Basin Authority, Office of Environment and Heritage, Parks Victoria and Yorta Yorta Aboriginal Corporation, is holding a research conference to bring together a broad range of researchers who have been involved with research and monitoring projects in the Barmah-Millewa Forests.
The primary audience for the conference will be researchers and natural resource managers from various agencies that are responsible for the management of the area.
Attendance is free with meals included during the day. Accommodation and the conference dinner costs are to be met directly by attendees.
This two-day event will be held at the Park Lake Shepparton from Tuesday 30th April to Wednesday 1st May 2013. More information here.


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Celebrating 20 years of Sweatdrop Studios and creating independent art and comics; Sparkling Drop and Shimmering Drop showcase a variety of members and works from 2001-2021! This special deal includes both books and a ...
Celebrating 20 years of Sweatdrop Studios and creating independent art and comics; Sparkling Drop showcases a variety of members and works from 2001-2009! A Message to You - Keds Absent - Hwei VK UK - Niki ...
Sweatdrop Studios presents you with a collection of tales adapted from stories well-loved and time-tested. Contained within these pages you'll find fables from near and far; some will shock, some will surprise and some ...
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Drop Dead Monstrous features seven new comics about all sorts of monsters - from the close-to-home monsters you might find in your back yard, to exotic monsters from fairy tales, from the other side of the world, and ...

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3. Maj (official name: Treći Maj Brodogradilište d.d.; "Third May Shipyard") is a shipyard in Croatia, located in Rijeka. It builds mainly oil tankers, bulk cargo ships, and container ships. It also sometimes builds smaller passenger ferries or yachts. It employs approximately 2,850 workers, and is the largest shipyard in Croatia.
The first docks were erected in 1892 as an affiliate to the German Howaldtswerke from Kiel. After their rent expired in 1902, it had low activity until 1905 when three businessmen from Budapest resumed the operation, now under the name Danubius, renamed in 1911 to Ganz & co. Danubius. The activity grew throughout the 1910s. In 1920, it passed to Italian possession, and the name was changed once again, to Cantieri Navali Quarnero.
During World War II, the shipyard was completely destroyed, and had to be rebuilt. After the war it went under the name Kvarnersko Brodogradilište, and in 1948 it was renamed 3. Maj ("3 May"), in memory of 3 May 1945 when Rijeka (then part of Italy and called Fiume) was freed from Axis occupation.
- 3.Maj official website (in Croatian)

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Director of Marketing and Content at StarTimes David Malisa, has unveiled the eagerly awaited fifth season of the Hello Mr. Rights show, designed to assist young individuals in discovering their life partners.
During the recent launch event in Dar es Salaam, Mr Malisa highlighted the show’s success, noting that since its inception, it has played a pivotal role in helping young people find compatible life partners.
He mentioned the increasing interest, with many young individuals expressing a desire to participate in the show.
“The show has captured the interest not only of the youth but also of celebrities who have applied to be part of it,” stated Malisa.
The show is aired on St Bongo Channel through StarTimes, Hello Mr. Rights continues to be a popular platform for individuals seeking meaningful connections.


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There is a wide range of situations in life that cause resentment . Some of them are minor issues, such as your partner leaving the room in a mess looking for their favorite shirt at the last minute. You choose not to say anything to him, but the next day, when he tells you that you should add less spice to dinner, you explode.
They are things that can be dealt with in the moment but, when overlooked, they sour and later come out in the form of reproaches . What happens is that you do not use communication tools adequately to express what you do not like.
To do this, you must change some attitudes that will allow you to be clear without offending, not saying yes to everything and not simply exploiting.
Tricks to avoid resentment
Here are some guidelines that are worth taking into account so that you are able to communicate clearly, without anger and without guilt. They are very simple tips that it is important to apply in all areas of life to avoid frustration and resentment.
When you want to communicate something that costs you, such as asking for a raise in salary or telling your partner something that you dislike, it is important that you be as specific and clear as possible.
The scheme to follow is as follows: tell what has happened, how you have felt, the consequences it has had, and what is the solution you propose.
It is important to avoid sulking because the people around you have not been able to read your mind and know what you are thinking and feeling. You need to be able to speak your mind to solve the problem , not to complain about how bad things have gone.
Flee from victimhood
Of course, it is important to flee from victimhood. Phrases like “I sank because of what you told me” or “I can’t bear you treating me like this any longer” are useless. The language should be neutral with phrases like “I don’t feel good when this happens.”
Do not accuse
When expressing what you feel it is essential that you avoid accusing the receiver of the message in any way. “I feel disappointed” is so much more effective than “I can’t bear to have you fail me more times.” You should focus on communicating what you know , that is, your feelings, avoiding assuming what you cannot know, the feelings, thoughts and emotions of the other.
Explain, don’t judge
The message should revolve around the explanation, avoiding at all times judging the other person . In case you have to talk to a subordinate about a wrong job, it is much more effective to point out that “the job is wrong because it is incomplete and such a thing is missing” than to say “this is worthless.”
When transmitting a message, what is said is as important as how it is said. The tone should be very safe, but medium ; neither too high nor too low.
If the message is delivered in a high tone it can give a feeling of authority, while in a low tone it can indicate a lack of security.
You should avoid repeating expressions like “sorry” or “please” numerous times. They should only be used when the situation requires it, not when you are stating your position on a certain issue. The best thing is that you reserve them for those moments, avoiding justifying yourself excessively.
Do not generalize
Phrases like “you always” or “you never” significantly deteriorate relationships. You should focus solely on what happened and the topic of conversation in question , trying to find the best solution.
Don’t back down
Surely you have started the conversation with a certain objective: to achieve a change , which can range from minor issues such as that the roommate is more orderly, to more important issues such as your superior entrusting you with other types of tasks than them. that you have been playing until now.
In a conversation it is as important to speak as to listen. Thus, it is essential that you listen to the reasons that the other person gives you, understand their motives and seek agreements without giving up your goal.
When you think a lot about a certain issue, it is possible to forget the final conclusion. It is recommended that before ending the conversation, you make a summary of the agreements you have reached.
Communication is not just about words. It is also formed by the gestures, the tone of the voice and the posture of the body; These factors convey both ideas and feelings, so they play a very important role.
Below we indicate which are the most common gestures of the three main attitudes. If you want to get your message across without being intimidating, it’s best to be assertive.
- Passive: in general, you do not look into the eyes of your interlocutor, your tone of voice is low, which makes understanding difficult, gestures are hesitant and shows a crouched posture.
- Aggressive: her gaze is inquisitive, she speaks in a high and defiant tone of voice, and she adopts a static posture. The moment he gestures, he does so in a tense way, often accusing the interlocutor.
- Assertive: look directly in the eye, but without intimacy. Speak clearly and in a medium but firm tone of voice. His gestures are harmonious and his body posture is relaxed and natural.
Learn to say “no”
Do not refuse to take on more work than you have to do so that your superiors do not believe that you are an edge and unproductive person or not expressing your feelings when a person sneaks into the supermarket line has consequences.
It is normal that you feel that you lose control of these types of situations, which can lead to two types of situations. The first consists of accumulating anger towards the other , who does not know what is happening to you because you have not communicated it. Hence, you explode for any trifle and lose your reason for the forms.
And the second, much quieter, is that your self-esteem is gradually undermining , thinking that people abuse you because you are unable to defend yourself or because you are not worth enough. If you do not break that vicious circle, the situation will repeat itself over and over again since your attitude is a clear invitation for the rest to step out of line.
By applying these strategies to all areas of life, you will surely be able to talk to others, without accepting their impositions and without losing your temper. That is one of the true keys to success and happiness.
Hello Readers, I am Nikki Bella a Psychology student. I have always been concerned about human behavior and the mental processes that lead us to act and think the way we do. My collaboration as an editor in the psychology area of Well Being Pole has allowed me to investigate further and expand my knowledge in the field of mental health; I have also acquired great knowledge about physical health and well-being, two fundamental bases that are directly related and are part of all mental health.

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Laxmi Narayan Jewellery has been part of the Indian civilization since ancient history. Ornaments made of gold, silver, copper, ivory, pottery and beads have been discovered in civilizations as ancient as the Harappa and Mohanjodaro. This art has been perfected with modern styles and further materials used. Besides gold and other metal jewellery, stones, conch shells, wood, plant seeds etc. are used. Ethnic patterns, with intricate motifs are much in demand for their absorbing styles.
Laxmi Narayan Jewellery, offers you a wide variety and exquisite range of gold & silver jewellery dexterously created by experienced artisans. We have an astonishing collection of Bangles, Bracelets, Necklaces, Nagas and Nakshi.The exclusive and very vibrant patterns and designs makes us the most preferred shop for jewellery. Its craftsmanship is the benchmark that others try to achieve.


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At 6 am, we’re lucky if we have the energy to reach for a cup of coffee. Mornings may be rough for some of us, but hold off on sleeping in: There are perks to waking up with the sun. (And we have some tips to make it easier, too!).
The old “I’m just too tired” complaint may be more than a sorry excuse for waking up late. Research suggests there are biological differences between early larks, who wake up at the same time every morning and feel most active around 9 am, and night owls, who get more sh!t done once the sun goes down. One survey found more than half of Americans fall into the morning category, saying they’re at their “personal best” from 5 am to 12 pm. And it may get easier to greet the day at dawn as we get older, thanks to body clock changes as we age.
It turns out the early bird may get more than the worm. According to self-reports from college students, those who wake up earlier feel more optimistic and proactive than those who rise later. Other studies have found morning larks tend to be harder working and conscientious than night owls. (Still, it’s not clear whether waking up early actually makes someone more productive or optimistic.) And perhaps the secret to a 4.0 isn’t only hitting the books: Another study of university undergraduates found those who said they function better in the morning received higher grades than those who preferred the evening. That’s possibly because morning risers are more likely to get to class on time or to forgo late-night partying. Researchers also suggest memory may improve during sleep, so getting to bed earlier in preparation for a morning alarm could help those exam notes soak in.
Being a morning person may actually be good for our health, too. When UK researchers questioned adults about their sleep habits, they found people who stay under the covers on the weekdays until 9 am are more likely to be stressed, overweight, and depressed than those who get up at 7 am. Another study found teenagers who went to bed and woke up late were less inclined to hit the gym and more likely to be overweight than those who went to bed and woke up early. Talk about waking up on the wrong side of the bed. (Again, remember it’s not clear that waking up early causes stress, depression, or weight gain.)
But night owls aren’t totally out of luck. One study found evening lovers are more productive than morning people are at night. Still, being a morning person may be more advantageous for most people’s work schedules and routines, since the workday typically starts around 9 am and the office is (usually!) not open at midnight. Regardless of the situation, there are ways to reset the body clock and happily greet the day:
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Marcus Aurelius Updated: 21st Century Meditations On Living Life
(as of Mar 29,2021 07:23:59 UTC – Details)
William “Widge” Baldridge
HOW TO LIVE LIFE MORE ENJOYABLY
“Marcus Aurelius Updated: 21st Century Meditations On Living Life” has the same goal as the 2nd century book, “Meditations”, by the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius: to help us think about key areas of our lives in a practical way to increase our enjoyment of life.
A collection of essays on:
- life principles
Plus insights into love, forgiveness, pursuit of happiness, free will, destiny, and the meaning of life.
“Marcus Aurelius Updated” is written for: Anyone actively pursuing happiness, regardless of their religious or cultural beliefs.
What you will discover: Tips, answers, and food for thought — expressed in plain English with consistent think-ing as the common denominator.
Read it and walk away with ideas that will help you today.
Get your copy by clicking one of the BUY NOW buttons at the top.
Kelvin Chin is a public speaker, author, and meditation teacher, and the Executive Director and Founder of TurningWithin.org and the Overcoming the Fear of Death Foundation. He has helped people live more effective lives since the 1970s.
“Kelvin’s books are a light in the darkness. His ability to explain complicated subjects is amazing. Thank you for sharing your wisdom and being of service!”
For more information on Kelvin’s books, essays and videos: www.KelvinChin.org

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Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2013-2014 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2013-2014 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
It was discovered that polkit didn't allow applications to use the
pkcheck tool in a way which prevented a race condition in the UID
lookup. A local attacker could use this flaw to possibly escalate
Update the affected policykit-1 package.
Risk factor :
High / CVSS Base Score : 7.2
CVSS Temporal Score : 6.3
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vmw and ctxs are out of favor by investors. 87 seems to be next support for vmw, and 70 for ctxs, so this means both stocks will keep going south.I dont own any of this stocks, but tried to buy ctxs on weakness, and got burned. Recovered my money shorting ctxs, buy markets are bullish and I feel frustrated with ctxs. I do believe there is potential for profits in this stocks (long), but so far shorts are the winners. Should I keep my faith on this stocks ?
I do see that VMWW has been moving down, although the volumes have been low, not sure why though.. COnsidering EMC has a buy rating to 40+ I just think it is temporary, and can be frustrating.. if mkt keeps going -ve do see vmw going further down.. two weeks ago i would have said this should have been at 96+ by now..

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A part of the Elephant group and in my view better value. We had decent Lao food at a fair price on the main "drag". A good evening restaurant choice.
This place does not look promising from the outside but go in and all the way at the back is a really lovely garden area with pretty water features. Food was above standard for L Prabang and there is an extensive menu of Asian dishes plus some Western classics. I had penne amatriciana and it was excellent.
This was a good find and surprised us as it is on the main touristy street. However, don't let that put you off - it is well worth a visit. We stayed in Luang Prabang for a week and this is one of 3 places I would recommend to people. They have really good set menus and the food we... More
We had a small lunch after visiting Phousi Hill. We had spring rolls for starter- crispy n delicious. We had fried noodle n fried rice which is a decent lunch. It was tastefull, and nicely presented. Everything go well with Beerlao. End it Lao coffee and lunch is over. And of course I'm writing using their Wifi.
Coconut Garden (not to be confused with Coconut Restaurant which is across the street, just a few steps away) is along the main (tourist) road in Luang Prabang. But don't let that deter you from eating here. They offer good Lao cuisine (Western, too - but that's not what we came to Southeast Asia to eat). Through a deceptively humble... More
This is a really delightful café/restaurant right in the center of town. I believe it is run by the people who started “The Three Nagas” and L’Elephant so they have an excellent pedigree. There are three eating areas. An open air café style space right off the street, and upstairs restaurant with tree and roof-top views and an elegant garden... More
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Details: Currently ongoing. Also known as Shokei Sareta Kenja wa Lich ni Tensei Shite Shinryaku Sensou wo Hajimaru and 処刑された賢者はリッチに転生して侵略戦争を始める.
I’m enjoying this story so far, but it is very similar to the Overlord manga/anime.
The story is about a mage and a hero in a fantasy world. After defeating the demon lord, the two are executed on false charges. The mage is so distraught by what happens that he vows revenge and revives as a lich. Now this mage seeks revenge on the human world and world peace by being the greatest evil in the world and uniting humanity against himself.
Overlord was an isekai story where a protagonist was transported into the fantasy world of a video game he played. Once there, he became the big bad villain of that world and the story followed his villainy. This comic is not isekai as it starts and continues in a fantasy world with no connection to the real world. However, it does have a lot of the tropes of an isekai story as the protagonist is overpowered and defeats everyone.
Like Overlord, our protagonist is a villain and goes around doing evil stuff. He kills lots of people and takes over kingdoms and raises an evil monster army. Unlike Overlord, this is mostly a revenge story, at least as far as I’ve gotten into the plot. The protagonist wants revenge for the execution of the hero, his close friend and maybe romantic partner. So you get a combination of isekai tropes, anti-hero tropes, and revenge story tropes.
The art is fine.
Overall, it’s an enjoyable story that plays off multiple genres. Accordingly, it feels slightly new, but is mostly familiar narratively.


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We are so pleased to announce that from Monday, 27th July some of our exercise and movement classes have started again.
Please see below for our timetable for w/c 3rd August.
We expect further classes to be added over the coming weeks and will keep you informed as the timetable gets updated.
If you would like to attend one (or more) of the classes your place must be booked in advance, as only 5 places are available in each class.
We look forward to welcoming you back!

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Wolf Pack (連破 Renpa?, "Chain Break") is a base arte in the Tales series, thus far exclusive to Moses Sandor from Tales of Legendia.
Arte Description and History
Moses throws a succession of spears at his target.
- ↑ Tales Series Translation FAQ by KusanagiLord02 GameFAQs (2006-11-05) Retrieved on 2008-07-24.
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Maligne Lake is a glacial lake in Jasper that is just a 45-minute drive from the town of Jasper along the stunning Maligne Lake Rd. It is one of the most serene lakes in all of the Canadian Rockies and is prized for its astounding natural splendor.
It’s well worth a visit for anyone visiting the Canadian Rockies, and is a must-stop if you’re in Jasper for a few days. Here’s everything you need to know about traveling to Maligne Lake and Spirit Island.
All You Need to Know About Maligne Lake
Maligne Lake is a premier destination in the Canadian Rockies for scenic beauty. It’s the largest natural lake in the Canadian Rockies and a must for any visitor to Jasper National Park.
Its serene natural beauty and picturesque views are prized around the world. The grandeur of the lake as countless glaciers run off into the lake below from the Hall of Gods is beyond compare. On a sunny day, the waters of Maligne Lake sparkle a dazzling cerulean blue.
Maligne Lake stretches from the boat docks for 22km past the famous Spirit Island to the base of the Coronet Glacier. Spirit Island is a small peninsula island that sits 14 kilometers from the docks at Home Bay.
The small island is now world-famous for its resplendent scene that is treasured around the world. It feels more like the landscape of a dream than reality.
What Wildlife Can You See at Maligne Lake?
An expansive forest of pine and spruce trees flank Maligne Lake. It makes for a wonderful habitat for many wildlife including mule deer, wolves, elk, caribou, bears, moose, and mountain sheep.
The waters also draw in birdlife that includes Bald Eagles, Osprey, and Golden Eagles. That being said, don’t come expecting to see any or all of that wildlife — especially wolves or caribou.
Why is Maligne Lake so Blue/Emerald?
The blue waters of Maligne Lake vary as the water moves from the inflow to the outflow of the lake. This is due to the glacier sediment deposited at the lake’s start in a box canyon.
Melting glaciers run into the lake and deposit rock flour which in turn refracts the sunlight and produces the signature color. As the water flows out of the lake the rock flour settles and causes a shift in color from one end of the lake to the other. If you take a cruise on Maligne Lake you may notice that the further south on the lake you travel, the closer you get to glaciers, the more the lake shows off an emerald color.
There are a plethora of things to do around Maligne Lake all year round. In the summer, visitors can hike, canoe, fish, or hop on a tour boat. While the winter months are great for cross country skiing.
The gorgeous blue waters of Maligne Lake make look very tempting for a swim, but the glacier-fed lake remains cold for swimming year-round. While we haven’t taken a dip in Maligne we’ve been in many Jasper and Banff lakes and can attest to their temperature that at most reach a few degrees above freezing.
Even the drive to Maligne Lake is eye-watering as you drive from Athabasca Valley through Maligne Valley. From the townsite of Jasper it is roughly 45km and passes the worthwhile stops of Maligne Canyon and Medicine Lake, both are fed from the outflow of Maligne Lake.
There is no notable outflow from Medicine Lake as the water travels through underground caves before reemerging in dramatic fashion in Maligne Canyon.
Spirit Island Jasper Information
Spirit Island is a small island that sits along the lakeshore of Maligne Lake in Alberta, Canada. It’s prized for its spectacular landscape and photos of the picturesque island circle around the globe for its idealistic landscape.
The island is surrounded by emerald blue glacier waters and flanked by staggering mountains that form a box canyon referred to as the “Hall of Gods.”
Most interesting enough is the vast majority of the year it is not an island as it is connected to the lakeshore. Spirit Island is a spiritual place for the Stoney Nakoda First Nation. Mountains are considered the physical representations of ancestors, and since the island is surrounded by the same mountain range it is immensely treasured.
How to Reach Spirit Island
On a Tour
There are only two ways to reach Spirit Island and they are both by boat. The vast majority of visitors to Spirit Island will visit the popular cruise tour with the Pursuit Collective. The boat ride is around 30 minutes and provides amazing views of the lake along with some history from a tour guide.
The other way to reach Spirit Island is by personal watercraft such as a canoe or kayak. No internal combustion engines are allowed, but small electric trolling motors are permitted. Paddling can take up to 4-5 hours each way and is recommended for those with paddling experience.
Paddlers can choose from three campsites along the lakeshore to camp with the closest campsite at Fisherman’s Bay. These campsites require advance reservation and are very hard to get as they are extremely popular, especially Fisherman’s Bay in the summer. If you don’t have your own canoe or kayak to get to Spirit Island, you can rent one with Wild Current Outfitters.
Please don’t walk on Spirit Island as it holds significant cultural value for the Stoney Nakoda First Nation. The cruises do not allow any walking on the island but there is a nearby overlook for visitors to appreciate the breathtaking scenery and capture photos of the iconic location.
Maligne Lake Cruise
One of the most popular activities on Maligne Lake is to hop on a Maligne Lake boat tour run by the Pursuit Collective. The hour and a half panoramic cruise heads to Spirit Island 14 km up the lake. It’s around a half-hour to the island where guests get 15 minutes off of the boat for photos before the return journey.
You’re guaranteed spectacular mountain vistas while you cruise across the cerulean water. You can buy individual tickets for the Maligne Lake Cruise, but for the best deal consider purchasing the Banff Jasper Collective’s Banff Explorer Pass that includes the Banff Gondola and the Icefields Experience.
We enjoyed Pursuit’s Classic Cruise tour to Spirit Island, but honestly felt very rushed with only 15 minutes on the island. Their Premium Cruise gives at extra 15 minutes of time on Spirit Island.
Advanced Purchase Pricing (CAD):
The Maligne Lake cruises run from 2024 dates: May 31* – October 13th.
- Classic Cruise – $82/adult and $53.50/child
- Premium Cruise – Cruise9/adult and $70.85/child
- Pursuit Rewards Cruise (for Alberta locals): $66.00/adult and $42.90/child
- Age 5 & Under – Free if sharing a seat with adult (but they still require a ticket)
- Kids Go Free Early Bird! Receive one free child ticket for each paying adult on the 9 AM and 9:15 AM Classic Cruise.
- Pursuit Pass Jasper (Columbia Icefield Adventure – including Skywalk and Maligne Lake Cruise)$160.00/adult and $104/ child
Maligne Lake Camping
There are three campsites located on Maligne Lake. To get to them you will have to paddle yourself and your camping gear in. Though if you manage to score a campsite on one of these backcountry Jasper campgrounds in the summer consider yourself lucky, as they are very competitive.
- Hidden Cove (4 camping sites): This is 4 km from the parking area and is great for novice paddlers and families who want to spend the night on Maligne Lake.
- Fisherman’s Bay (8 camping sites): 13 km from the parking area. This is the closest campsite to Spirit Island. At 13 km it will likely take you a majority of the day to paddle here.
- Coronet Creek (8 camping sites): 21.3 km from the parking area at the Southern end of Maligne Lake. Camp here and wake up to amazing views of Coronet Glacier.
When is the Best Time to Photograph Spirit Island
Pursuit claims that the best time to photograph Maligne Lake is in the later afternoon as it gives you the best even light on Spirit Island. They even used to run a “Through the Lens” cruise three times a week, giving a 60 minute stop on Spirit Island guided by a photographer. *This is no longer offered*
While this may be the best time to photograph Spirit Island to the average visitor, the truly best time to photograph Spirit Island is at sunrise. This means you’ll need to be camping at one of the nearby campsites to catch the beauty of the first rays hitting the Hall of Gods.
Nevertheless, if you can’t score a camping reservation and paddle 14 km in for a photograph, we totally get it! Then the first cruise available in the morning, typically around 9am, or the last one of the day, are the best options.
The History of Maligne Lake
Maligne Lake’s original Indigenous name was “Chaba Imne” (Beaver Lake) who lived in Jasper. During the summer months, the Indigenous community frequently visited the lake for food gathering and hunting activities.
Known as the “Lake of Deep Waters” and the “Lake of Healing,” Chaba Imne held profound spiritual importance. Even today, First Nations individuals continue to visit the picturesque Spirit Island.
Mary Schäffer was a wealthy Quaker and artist from Philadelphia and was inspired to explore the Rockies in search of Chaba Imne after hearing about its beauty and wonders from the Stoney Nakoda First Nation people. She received a map in 1907 from Samson Beaver, an Indigenous guide and settler. Mary set out on an expedition from Banff and reached the lake and valley. She reached the lake in 1908 and explored the valley extensively.
Her writings and paintings about the lake are what would, in turn, bring more tourists to the area in the coming years. Mary was so taken by Maligne Lake’s natural beauty and said that “if Lake Louise is a pearl, Maligne is the entire pearl necklace.”
Boating on Maligne Lake
The original boathouse built by Donald Philips in 1928 rents a number of canoes, kayaks, and rowboats. Taking a paddle on Maligne Lake is a wonderful activity to enjoy on a warm summer day. You can rent boats by the hour or the full day to make the most out of the backcountry offerings along the lakeshore.
Boats are reservable online and it’s best to arrive 30 minutes ahead of your scheduled time so you can sign waivers, get ready, and go over safety briefings. Boat rentals operate rain or shine so remember to take a look at the weather forecast before booking.
Pets are allowed on the boat rentals, though please prepare for them accordingly. The water is very cold, usually around 10 degrees Celsius in mid-summer. While humans are provided a PFD from the boathouse staff, pets are not.
Visitors can use their personal non-motorized watercraft on Maligne Lake.
- Location: Maligne Lake Boathouse
- Canoe Cost: $80 hour / $160 day
- Single Kayak Cost: $65 hour / $130 day
- Double Kayak Cost: $80 hour / $160 day
- Pedal Boat: $100 +$50 additional hour
- Rowboat: $75 hour / $200 day
- Large Rowboat: $100 / $225 day
- Season: June to October
The Boathouse 2023 Operating Hours Are:
June 9 – June 23: Daily, 10 AM – 5 PM
June 24 – September 4: 9 AM – 5 PM
September 5 – October 1: 10 AM – 5 PM
When Is The Best Time To Visit Maligne Lake?
The best time to visit Lake Maligne and Spirit Island is from mid-June to late October. This is the timeframe that Maligne Lake has thawed from the winter and boat cruises are operational.
However, the winter months are still worthy of a visit because of the gorgeous drive and cross-country ski trails around.
Fishing on Maligne Lake
You’re permitted to fish on Maligne Lake on your own. To fish in the park you are required to have a National Park Pass, fishing permit, and be aware of current regulations. This means you know fishing limits and can identify the various fish within the park. No live bait fishing is allowed in the park.
Kids under the age of 16 are allowed to fish on their accompanied pass, but their catch is included within the permit holders’ daily limit. For the most up to date fishing information please reference Park Canada’s website as it changes seasonally.
Fishing permit price:
- Daily – $12.75
- Annual – $ 44.25
Things to do at Maligne Lake
I’ve already mentioned this above, but the most popular thing to do at Maligne Lake is enjoy a boat cruise to Spirit Island.
Kayak/Canoe/Stand Up Paddle
The Maligne Lake Boathouse rents out water devices so you can get out on the water during the summer!
Walk the Mary Schaffer Loop Trail
This is an easy 3.2 trail with only 82 meters of elevation gain near Maligne Lake. It will loop you through some beautiful forests and starts and ends at Maligne Lake. It’s a great winter activity! This is the busiest trail near Maligne Lake so try to get on the trail early morning or late evening.
Walk the Moose Lake Loop
This is a similar trail at only 2.7 km, but has slightly more gain at 109 meters. The trail starts at Maligne Lake and gets you to the quiet Moose Lake!
Opal Hills Loop Trail
If you want a longer and more demanding hike near Maligne Lake, check out Opal Hills. At 7.9 km and 520 meters of gain, it’s rated as a hard hike. You’ll find it’s not traveled so often and will likely only pass a few other groups on the trail. It’s fantastic as a winter snowshoe, but also in the summer when you can get to the lake viewpoint.
Bald Hills Loop
At 15km and 780 meters of gain this a longer day hike option near Maligne Lake. It’s quite steep and demanding at points so make sure you pack the right gear and enough water. Your effort for this hike will be rewarded at the end with absolutely amazing views.
How to Get to Maligne Lake?
Maligne Lake is roughly 45km from the Town of Jasper. To get there, get on the Yellowhead Hwy and take a right on Maligne Lake Rd and continue on this pretty much the whole way till you get to Maligne Lake.
If you have the time, I suggest stopping at Maligne Canyon, as it’s a great beginner-friendly Jasper hike. And definitely don’t miss Medicine Lake on your way in. Keep your eyes out for moose, sheep, and elk – Maligne Lake Road is one of the most well-known places to see wildlife in the park!
You’ll know you’ve reached Maligne Lake when you get to the end of the road. There are multiple big parking areas to park at, as well as outhouses, and a whole dining and cafe area to enjoy the sunshine and views.
Maligne Lake FAQ
Is there food offered at Maligne Lake?
Yes! The Lake House Café has both Grab and Go food as well as hot food service. There’s also the Waffle Hut, which is pretty self-explanatory for the type of food they serve, and The View Restaurant. All of these dining options only operate from June to October.
How long is the Maligne Lake Boat Tour?
The duration of the Maligne Lake Cruise is around 1.5 hours, with a premium cruise taking 2 hours, excluding the loading time. It’s advisable to arrive 30 minutes before your scheduled departure. That way you can park, check in, and get your tickets.
Is the Maligne Lake Cruise wheelchair accessible?
Their facilities are accessible to standard wheelchairs in most cases. However, they have a limited supply of accessible boats, so it’s best to contact them before booking your tour at +1.888.900.6272.
Is the Maligne Lake Cruise pet-friendly?
It’s best to leave your furry friends at home as they are not permitted on the Maligne Lake Cruise, but pets are allowed (leashed) at Maligne Lake.
Is the Maligne Lake Cruise kid-friendly?
Yes! The whole Maligne Lake and Spirit Island experience is kid friendly, though strollers are not permitted on the boat.
Will you get wet on the Maligne Lake Cruise?
It’s pretty unlikely you will get wet unless it is raining. Still, the boats are covered, guests are allowed to step outside whenever they wish.
Where to Stay in Jasper National Park
One of the best places to stay in Jasper is the Fairmont Park Lodge. We enjoyed one of their Lakeview rooms for three nights and had a fantastic time. The Fairmont sits right on Lake Beauvert, which in my opinion, is one of the most stunning lakes I have seen in Jasper.
The Fairmont is comfortable and spread out. It’s not your standard hotel, but instead, there are plenty of individual cabins, so you can easily keep your distance from other guests. There’s a heated pool to enjoy in the winter and summer. They also have a boathouse where you can rent kayaks, canoes, and paddleboards.
There are a few restaurants on-site, which are all delicious! Make sure to try Orso Trattoria for a nice night out.
Other Fantastic Places to Stay in Jasper
Our Top Recommended Jasper Tours
- Athabasca Falls: Class 2 White Water Rafting Adventure: Action packed adventure for the whole family.
- Canadian Rockies: Scenic Helicopter Tour: Located away from Jasper towards Nordegg, but worth the stop when checking out Abraham Lake or driving the Icefields Parkway.
- Maligne Valley Wildlife Watching & Boat Tour: Animals and boating- two for one!
- Jasper SkyTram: Roundtrip Flight: One of the top things to do in Jasper.
- Evening or Morning Wildlife Search: If you want to see wildlife, adventure out with a knowledgeable guide.
- Jasper: Columbia Icefield Skywalk: Best to do when driving from Banff to Jasper.
- Maligne Lake Cruise With Guide: Experiencing Maligne Lake is one of the top things to do in Jasper.
- From Jasper With Love Theatre Show: The best thing to do in the evening with a nightcap in hand.
Hopefully, this will help you experience Maligne Lake and Spirit Island to the fullest!
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- Get to Banff or Canmore Without a Car: The Banff Airporter provides fantastic service that will connect you right from YYC to the town of Banff or Canmore.
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CHART SPOTLIGHT. Expect the second single off Chris Brown’s latest album F.A.M.E. to receive renewed interest as “Look at Me Now” picks up a BET Award in the Collaboration category. Issued in February, the track manage to top the US R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Rap Songs charts. The track has also been covered by Canadian pop singer Justin Bieber. His partners Lil Wayne is currently charting with J-Lo and Enrique Iglesias while Busta Rhymes is featured on tracks with Tïesto and Tech N9ne.
WelcheMusic recently covered Brown’s Australian hit “Beautiful People” which has broken internationally.
Read more about Chris Brown and Lil Wayne:
- Chris Brown Climbs Aussie Chart with Benassi
- Chris Brown Makes It Three
- Enrique Iglesias Finally Bows Video for Dirty Dancer


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An information-packed 90 minutes with Peter Barry Chowka! Follow Peter on Twitter: (@PChowka).
In 1988, four Mexican military troops with automatic weapons ‘invaded’ San Diego. I was there.
Lloyd Marcus’s article – Thursday, May 2, 2019 – “Ignorance, Fear and LGBTQ”
Pete Buttigieg TIME cover story May 13, 2019
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Dagmar Geisler , bestselling author and child development expert, has been writing non-fiction books that help with children's emotional development for over 25 years. She deals with difficult topics such as child protection and abuse in a sensitive and child-friendly manner , thereby helping parents and children to talk about it.
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When Tyler Gage, co-founder and co-chief executive officer of Runa LLC, left California for South America, he was not planning to build a beverage company. “I originally went down to study indigenous languages in the Amazon,” he explains. “I had a professor in school who worked with these tribes in the Amazon, and I went with him primarily to do linguistic research.”
While working with these Amazonian tribes, Gage experienced his first taste of guayusa, a brewed beverage produced from the leaves of a caffeinated Amazonian holly tree ilex guayusa. “The whole community, particularly the hunters, gets up at 3 in the morning, and they boil these huge clay pots full of guayusa,” he describes. “They sit around the fire, drink guayusa, tell stories, interpret dreams, and do the whole routine. They brewed it like tea, so they would harvest leaves in these big pots and drink it like tea.”
However, guayusa is not technically tea; it’s a member of the holly family, Gage says. As a different species, guayusa has a higher caffeine content than tea — with the brewed format offering about as much caffeine as espresso — and twice the antioxidant content of green tea, according to the company. “So, the combination is what we call balanced, clean energy from the mix of antioxidants and caffeine,” Gage says.
Guayusa also differs from tea in terms of flavor, Gage says. “The leaf doesn’t have any tannins, so it’s not astringent like green or black tea,” he says. “It’s got a super smooth flavor, and that’s a really big point of difference, because we can create unsweetened, zero-calorie products with no sugar.”
From his Amazonian experience with the brewed beverage, the idea for the Brooklyn, N.Y.-based company and its flagship Fair Trade, organic Runa guayusa beverage was born. Gage partnered with his long-time friend Dan MacCombie to start a guayusa beverage company that would support indigenous farming communities in the Amazon.
“Our mission is to improve livelihoods for Amazonian farmers, and we do that by being a successful company,” Gage says. Runa purchases its more than $120,000 worth of guayusa leaves directly from more than 2,000 farming families in Ecuador. This economic partnership, in turn, supports a sustainable farming initiative that preserves the rainforest instead of cutting down trees for harvesting, he explains. Through its spin-off nonprofit organization, The Runa Foundation, the team also conducts experiments to find new crops and new species that the farmers can grow sustainably. It also helps create better livelihoods for the farming communities by supporting the creation of farmer cooperatives and providing funds to help the Ecuadorian communities invest in their own development. The company plans to expand its economical and social efforts into Peru, he adds.
This social mission, along with Runa’s Fair Trade and organic characteristics and health benefits, resonates with young, professional consumers, who have become the brand’s target audience. In addition, because Runa is a functional beverage that provides caffeine, it can serve as an alternative to other caffeinated products, Gage says. “The main times that people are drinking Runa is from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.,” he says. “People might not want a third cup of coffee [at that time, and] they aren’t necessarily going to drink a mainstream energy drink at work. They want something that’s refreshing [and] healthy to get them through the rest of the day.”
The company and the brand’s name, Runa, also speak to this aspect of clean, refreshing energy. In the indigenous Kichwa language, which is spoken by Amazonian tribes in Ecuador, “Runa” has approximately 20 different meanings, Gage explains. The simplest meaning is “a fully alive person,” or a human who embodies the life force of a human being and is full of life, energy, awareness and passion, he says. The energy provided by Runa beverages fuels the lives of consumers to enable them to create, study and work, according to the brand’s website.
Runa offers two products in different packaging formats and flavors. Runa energy drinks come packaged in cans, whereas Runa tea is available in ready-to-drink (RTD) glass bottles, boxes of tea bags, and loose-leaf tea tins. With this portfolio, the company earns a few million dollars in sales each year, with the RTD teas being the most popular format, Gage says.
The brand’s distribution is primarily focused on the natural channel, par-ticularly on the East and West coasts, Gage says. Runa products are available in almost every region that Whole Foods Market covers, with the brand recently gaining approval to launch in Midwest stores next spring, he says. In total, the functional beverages are available in more than 4,000 locations across the country, including grocery and specialty retailers, local co-ops, and collegiate and corporate foodservice venues. Additionally, the company is pursuing some direct-store-distribution opportunities in New England to help the product gain further distribution in the region.
Looking to the future, the Runa team is prepared to invest its time and resources in helping the company grow and, in turn, support Amazonian communities. “Our way of doing business is something that we care a lot about,” Gage says. “Obviously, Runa is our passion, and we love guayusa, but if we can make our business work, in many ways, it means so much more just for this movement of responsible business and really creating an impact on more communities through business.”


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On February 5, 1993, President Clinton signed the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993.1 The Family and Medical Leave Act requires employers of 50 or more employees to provide eligible employees up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave for their own serious illness, the birth or adoption of a child, or the care of a seriously ill child, spouse, or parent.
The law takes effect six (6) months from its February 5, 1993 signing for employers without collective bargaining agreements. For employers with union contracts, the Act becomes effective either on the date the contract expires or one (1) year after the date of enactment, whichever is earlier. The enactment of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 was actually the culmination of efforts over a number of years to enact a family leave bill.
The key definition contained in the law is the term "eligible employee." The definition states that eligible employees are those who have been employed for at least twelve (12) months by a given employer, and who have provided at least 1,250 hours of service during the twelve (12) months before leave is requested.2 Excluded from the definition of "eligible employee" are those who work for a employer who employs fewer than fifty (50) people within a seventy-five (75) mile radius of the employees' work site. Thus, many small employers are excluded from the Act's coverage.
An eligible employee is entitled to 12 unpaid work weeks of leave during any twelve (12) month period for three (3) reasons:
A serious health condition is defined under the Act as an illness, injury, impairment or physical or mental condition that requires inpatient care or continuous treatment by a health care provider.4 Leave may be taken for birth or placement of a child only within twelve (12) months of that birth or placement.5
Employers may require workers to take any paid sick leave or annual leave as part of the twelve (12) week leave provided by the law.6
Employees taking leave are entitled to receive health benefits while they are on unpaid leave under the same terms and conditions as when they were on the job.7 In addition, employers must guarantee employees the right to return to their previous or an equivalent position with no loss of benefits at the end of the leave.8 There are certain exceptions for highly paid employees.9
The Act also addresses employee requests for intermittent or reduced leave for family reasons. A reduced leave schedule means any leave schedule that reduces the employee's usual hours in a workday or workweek. Leave to care for a newborn or newly adopted baby on a reduced or intermittent basis is allowed only if the employer and employee agree to the arrangement. Employees may take health-related intermittent leave as a matter of right.
The Family and Medical Leave Act has enforcement provisions patterned after the Fair Labor Standards Act.10 The law allows civil suits by employees and also allows the Secretary of Labor to sue for damages on behalf of employees whose employers have violated the Act.11 Employers who violate the law are liable to any eligible employee affected for monetary damages as well as for appropriate equitable relief, such as re-employment or promotion.12 An employee may sue for equitable relief or damages, including liquidated damages, in any federal or state court, unless the Labor Secretary files an action on that employee's behalf.13 Employees may recover attorneys' fees and costs.14 Actions must be brought within two years of the last event constituting the alleged violation, or within three years if the violation is willful.15
The Act requires employers to maintain compliance records and post an approved summary of the law. The Department of Labor issues regulations implementing the Act which employers should continue to monitor.
Covered employers should review their policies and practices to ensure they are consistent and comply with the requirements of the new law. Managers and supervisors should be given training on applying the laws and a record keeping system should be established. By taking these measures, employers should minimize the potential problems associated with the new act.
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Donna Tartt’s Pulizter Prize-winning tome “The Goldfinch” was a blockbuster bestseller and the toast of book clubs in 2013. The film adaptation should have been a slam dunk, with director John Crowley, fresh off the acclaimed “Brooklyn,” legendary cinematographer Roger Deakins, and screenwriter Peter Straughan adapting Tartt’s novel. And yet, the movie is simpering and dull, devoid of tension, an overwrought and uninvolving film that is both a personal drama and a crime mystery, but also neither of those things, and nearly, nothing at all.
The non-linear and twisty script is wrapped up with coincidence and reveals, though there is precious little in the way of emotional connection or character building. Absolutely none of the assumptions that we, as the audience, are supposed to make about our main character are earned. Straughan’s script is endless rug-pulling simply for the sake of it, which is ultimately irritating and distancing from the characters, whom we are able to appraise with only mild interest. They’re fine to spend two-and-a-half hours with, but not particularly interesting company either.
It’s the story of the tragic life of Theo Decker, played by Oakes Fegley and Ansel Elgort. When he’s 13 (Fegley), Theo survives a bombing at The Met that kills his mother. This is the event to which we return again and again, searching for answers, as Theo blames himself. It’s also the source of his dark secret. In the aftermath of the bombing, he has come into possession of a famous Dutch painting, The Goldfinch by Carel Fabritius. Theo stashes it away, hiding it from his ad hoc foster family and from his degenerate addict father (Luke Wilson), who whisks him away from New York City to a Las Vegas suburb on the edge of the desert.
Crowley and Deakins create a warm and richly-rendered world. New York is crisp and cozy, filled with tweed coats, glowing wood, candlelight and fine art. But the story there is frustratingly coy, the scenes flabby with excess time, air and heft.
There’s a good movie in the middle of “The Goldfinch,” in Vegas, where the danger feels real, and Fegley gets to dig in and show his chops. Finn Wolfhard shows up as teenage Ukrainian delinquent Boris, and no one shoots the desert like Deakins. Compared to the darkness on display in this part of the film, and the edginess that Fegley gets to demonstrate while Theo learns the rough stuff about life from his father and father’s girlfriend, Xandra (Sarah Paulson), Elgort’s stuffy and utterly soft portrayal of grown Theo, pulling mild antique scams back in New York, is a snooze.
“The Goldfinch” is both too long and too short; dull to watch but scanty on the details about logistics, character, and just how anything of note actually occurs. The mystery of the film is something to be endured, rather than solved. But the real mystery is our leading man. We never know who Theo is as an adult, or if we’re on his side, or why we should care. If the end is a redemption, how are we supposed to offer forgiveness if we never faulted, or even knew him at all in the first place?

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BACKGROUND/ EARLY YEARS• He went to a company called ‘Satellite’ and he had a couple of super- low budget videos where he had his ﬁrst video, with the Chainsaw Kittens. He went to their house in Oklahoma and slept on their ﬂoor. He shot them in a club and walking around town.• Six months later he went to Chicago where he met the band Wax and employees of the production company ‘H-Gun’. Jonze then directed a video for Wax, which he claims to be his ‘ﬁrst real video’.• The video cost $10,000 to make.
SUCCESSES- Beastie Boys, The Breeders, Daft Punk, Fatboy Slim, Weezer- Since 2007, he has been the creative director at VBS.tv an online television network supplied by Vice and funded by MTV.- Most recently, Jonze directed Where the Wild Things Are, which opened in the United States on October 16th 2009. It was arguably his most anticipated ﬁlm to date, the product of an almost decade long collaboration with author Maurice Sendak. The ﬁlm received generally favorable reviews and appeared on many critics’ end-of-the-year top ten lists.- In 2010, he made a 28 minute short titled Scenes from the Suburbs, inspired by the Arcade Fire’s album “The Suburbs”- The short premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival June 27th 2011.- Jonze is good friends with Bjork and frequently works with her.- He also directed the music video for “Otis” the second single from Jay- Z and Kanye’s Watch The Throne in 2011.
DO THEY HAVE A DISTINCTIVE STYLE?• He likes to incorporate humour into his work.• He likes to include a lot of performance within his music video.• His mindset before he started out was that a video was just the band perform and cut in with other footage.• His visuals match the lyrics.• He is always conventional to what ever genre he is doing. E.g. when he directs hip-hop videos they contain everything we associate with that genre.
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Delhi Government to set isolation facilities at four private hospitals
Delhi Government, on Wednesday, announced to set isolation facilities at four private hospitals for those who traveled from or transited through the UK between November 25 and December 24 and tested positive for a new strain of coronavirus. The list includes Max Smart, Saket; Batra Hospital, Tughlakabad Institutional Area; Fortis, Vasant Kunj, and Sir Ganga Ram City Hospital.
According to the Standard Operating Procedure, state governments should ensure that all passengers traveling from or transiting through UK airports and disembarking in India are subjected to RT-PCR test on arrival. In case of a positive sample, a spike gene-based RT-PCR test should also be performed. Passengers testing positive should be isolated in a separate unit authorized by the respective state health authority.
All positive samples should be sent to either the National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune, or another appropriate lab for genomic sequencing. If sequencing is consistent with the current SARS-CoV-2 genome in circulation, the ongoing treatment, including home isolation must continue. However, if genomic sequencing indicates the presence of the new variant, then the patient will continue to remain in a separate isolation unit.
Worryingly, World Health Organisation has said that the new strain has a 70 percent higher rate of transmission and may already be present in several countries. However, it is "unlikely that a couple of mutations" can affect the immune system's response to an existing vaccine. Denmark, Netherlands, Australia, Italy, Sweden, France, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Canada, Japan, Lebanon, and Singapore have so far reported it.


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MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine Airlines Employees Association (PALEA) gears up for protests from 3 to 8 p.m. today amid the looming implementation of the flag carrier's outsourcing program tomorrow, October 1.
PALEA and its supporters will march from the Our Lady of the Airways Parish and Chapel Road up to the In-flight Center along MIAA Road.
"The easiest thing to do is not to implement it because we are still questioning it (the implementation of the outsourcing plan). Igalang nila yung karapatan naming kwestyunin yung desisyon (ng Labor department). Allow us to go back to work and bring back the normalcy of PAL operations," said PALEA Secretary General Bong Palad on ANC's "Headstart."
In a bid to ease the tension, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Francis Tolentino said he will meet with PALEA members before their protest action. He, however, added they are prepared for any eventuality and will work to ensure PAL's continued operations.
"They promised us that they will police their own ranks," Tolentino said on "The World Tonight" on Thursday.
"Police officers will be exercising maximum tolerance. We have made certain arrangements with PAL and management to ensure that passengers holding tickets will be able to enter the premises of the airport and take their flights because we can't discount any possible contingency that may arise."
It is the last day on the job for some 2,400 workers although PALEA continues to question the plan's implementation amid their pending protest case before the Court of Appeals.
"We're after security of tenure. Hindi lang para sa amin ito, lumalaban kami para sa iba. Pag natalo kami, lahat ng kompanya maga-outsource, magko-contractual na," added PALEA Board Member Gina Licayan.
30% joined outsourcing firms
Out of some 2,400 PAL employees, PAL President Jaime Bautista said 30% have joined service providers, adding they have tapped other service providers to provide the manpower, with management volunteers to help run airport operations.
PALEA Secretary General Bong Palad said PAL had illegally implemented the outsourcing plan as early as September 19 and terminated their services on September 27. But Bautista denied the allegation.
"We were forced to implement it partially because the employees went on strike, and we need to implement it so we can continue serving the public," Bautista said.
"I did not give them a letter terminating all of them. I gave them a memo telling them they will be on leave with pay until September 30 this year," Bautista added.
No decoding of computers
Bautista said there was no truth to claims PAL management had decoded the computers to keep PAL employees from running operations.
"We won't decode computers because we know the need to serve passengers. Bakit naman namin gagawin yon e gusto naming ipagpatuloy yung serbisyo."
PALEA is facing the threat of criminal charges for holding a work stoppage this week, which caused the cancellation of over a hundred flights and accounted for an estimated $10 million in lost revenue for the flag carrier.
Outsourcing needed to survive
Bautista admits they have no choice but to implement the outsourcing plan for the survival of the company.
"We have contingency plans and know it will result to some inconvenience to pasengers but we need this for the survival of the company," said PAL President Jaime Bautista.
Bautista said only a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) can keep them from implementing the outsourcing plan.
"Dapat kumuha sila ng TRO. Kung meron we will not implement outsourcing," he said.
Palad and Licayan now appeal to government to intervene in the labor dispute and stop the implementation of the outsourcing plan.
Palad said the Department of Labor and Employment contacted them for conciliatory meetings.
He also urged PAL to allow the legal battle to run its course, saying they would be ready to bring their fight all the way up to the Supreme Court.


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It was a cold start this morning, but it was worth it.
We both agreed we should go out today in the bright sunshine and under a blue sky. I defrosted the car again, but this time we both bundled into it and drove down to Auchinstarry and had a walk along the footpath almost as far as Twechar. A few other folk were also out taking advantage of the cold dry morning. The canal didn’t look as if it had thawed out this year. Lots of boulders and tree branches sitting on the ice were testament to that. I know the branches could have been floating down the canal, but I doubt they would have been that high out of the water. The boulders and stones? That’s a different story. That ice hadn’t melted for ages, maybe since the last ice age, or at least since about December last year. The path too was icy and we had to tread carefully. It’s a rough tarmac path and usually it gives good grip, but it felt like the ice had melted there and just as it was beginning to flow, the temperature had dropped again and it was frozen in place. Possibly it was black ice which is always more difficult to see than the usual frost.
We turned just before Twechar because the path narrows at that stretch and there isn’t so much to see. Scamp wasn’t impressed. I think she wanted to carry on to Kirkintilloch, but I suspected a roadblock or a path block with fifty Kirky polis waiting for us as we passed Twechar and attempted to enter East Dunbartonshire without reasonable cause. The polis would all start arguing about who would get to write the On The Spot fine and who would pocket the money. We’d have to be quiet as we sneaked away while the argument grew more and more heated. The Twechar polis would then be brought in and they in turn would challenge the Kirkintilloch polis with forming an unruly mob and breaking Covid-19 rules. That’s why we turned back. Nothing to do with the lack of photo opportunities or that I was getting cold.
The walk back was just as scenic as the walk there and I was pretty sure I’d one, if not two candidates for PoD in the bag. Passed more folk out walking in the sunshine, everyone making sure they were keeping a decent social distance. It was Scamp who noticed that the stretches of the canal that were in the sun were still frozen solid while the ice in the areas in the shade looked a lot thinner. We didn’t come to any sensible reason why. Answers on a postcard please if you have knowledge of this anomaly.
I did think of going back out again after lunch (poached egg on toast), to try out an idea for a photo, but decided I’d keep my idea until tomorrow, when more ice and possibly snow is forecast to descend.
With some time on my hands I finished off the Toilet Calendar which is finished and hanging in the little room. Both of us are pleased with it. It’s got twelve photos, six from each of us of sunny climes.
Dinner tonight was Fish and Cabbage Risotto. Sounds mingin’, I know but it’s quite delicious.
Tomorrow we have our second visit from Barbara ready to administer another test and ask more searching questions. This time we will be ready with answers without looking blankly at each other, saying “Um? … Ah? … I’m not sure.” Possibly a walk in the morning again, but this time closer to home.

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Brower History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
The ancient German region called the Rhineland is where Brower was first used as a hereditary surname. While Germans initially used on a single name, they later adopted surnames to alleviate confusion with others of the same name. As the population grew and people traveled more, the confusion rose, and so did surname use. Many German surnames were derived from the type of work done by the original bearer of the surname. Brower is an occupational name for a person who made and sold ale or beer.
Early Origins of the Brower family
The surname Brower was first found in the Rhineland and Baden, where the name could be considered to make a great early contribution to the feudal society which became the backbone of early development of Europe. The name became prominent in local affairs and branched into many houses which played important roles in the savage tribal and national conflicts, each group seeking power and status in an ever changing territorial profile.
Early History of the Brower family
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Brower research. Another 147 words (10 lines of text) covering the years 1726, 1829, 1842, and 1895 are included under the topic Early Brower History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Brower Spelling Variations
Many cultural groups lived in the German states in medieval times. Each had its own dialect and traditions, and unique variations of popular names. Low German, which is similar to contemporary Dutch, was spoken in Westphalia. German names are characterized by additions such as regional suffixes and phrases that tell something about the origin or background of its original bearer. Further contributing to the variation in German names was the fact that there were no spelling rules in medieval times: scribes recorded names according to their sound. The recorded spelling variations of Brower include Brauer, Braur, Brauere, Braure, Brauerre, Braeuer (Silesia and Hessen), Brauers (Rhineland), Breuer, Braeuers, Braeur, Braeurer, Breyer, Breier, Brower (East Friesland), Browers and many more.
Early Notables of the Brower family (pre 1700)
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In the United States, the name Brower is the 2,247th most popular surname with an estimated 14,922 people with that name.
Brower migration to the United States +
Between the 17th and 20th centuries, hundreds of thousands of Europeans came to North America, and many Rhinelanders were among them. They had many various reasons for making the choice: to escape poverty and persecution, for adventure, and for the opportunity to own their own land. Ellis Island, one of the main American immigration centers, saw many settlers as they moved on to the states of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Texas, Illinois, California, and New York. In Canada, they found homes in Ontario, and on the great plains of the Midwestern provinces. The Brower were among of the early German families that came to North America:
Brower Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
- Adam Brower, who arrived in New York, NY in 1642
Brower Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
- Nickell Brower, aged 54, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1738
- Johan Peter Brower, aged 18, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1738
- Johannes Brower, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1743
- Christian Brower, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1743
- Henry Brower, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1765
Brower Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
- Thomas Brower, aged 24, who landed in New York in 1812
- Geerde Brower, aged 32, who landed in New York, NY in 1847
Contemporary Notables of the name Brower (post 1700) +
- David Ross Brower (1912-2000), American environmentalist, founder of the Sierra Club Foundation (1960) and Friends of the Earth (1969)
- Edward Andrew "Ned" Brower (b. 1978), American drummer and vocalist
- James "Jim" Robert Brower (b. 1972), American former Major League Baseball pitcher
- Frank Willard Brower (1893-1960), American Major League Baseball outfielder
- Charles Hendrickson Brower (1901-1984), American advertising executive, copywriter, and author
- John Morehead Brower (1845-1913), U.S. Representative from North Carolina
- Jacob V Brower (1844-1905), American archeologist, who discovered aboriginal artifacts in Minnesota
- C. D. Brower, American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1924
- Burney Eslie Brower (1880-1956), American Republican politician, Member of Michigan State House of Representatives from Jackson County 1st District, 1917-20; Member of Michigan State Senate 21st District, 1921-26
- Albert W. Brower, American politician, Socialist Labor Candidate for Presidential Elector for New York, 1900; Candidate for New York State Senate 28th District, 1922; Candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 26th District, 1928, 1930, 1932
- ... (Another 20 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)
Related Stories +
- ^ https://namecensus.com/most_common_surnames.htm
- ^ Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
- ^ The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, February 11) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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Wyclef Jean ft. Claudette Ortiz of City High – Two Wrongs (composed and produced by Wyclef Jean and Jerry “Wonder” Duplessis
This song immediately brings me back to my junior year of high school when I would be bumping this incredibly loud out my sweet ride. Putting aside all alleged controversy, I still love Wyclef and really anyone who represents their culture through an American channel. “They say two wrongs don’t make it right”, but I beg to differ on this one. “Two Wrongs” is an awesome composition, particularly for the summer. Sometimes when an album is released or I discover it, the music becomes attached to a season or even just the weather. I’m not sure if Frank would have loved Wyclef as much as we do, however I’ve heard he did enjoy The Fugees.
As a lover of the television show Intervention, I sort of get a kick out of the fact that we have a song featuring one of the sober members of City High. If you never saw the episode where the pianist and singer is highlighted as a severe alcoholic, then try and find it. It’s both sad and almost like an episode of Behind The Music.
I’ll always scoop up Haitian artists while crate digging, because authentic Haitian vinyl is hard to find.
– Mr. Richard
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Azimut Grande Trideck Is A Class Above The Rest
Distinguished by its sea view terrace overlooking the water, Azimut’s Grande Trideck has wowed boat show audiences from Cannes and Monaco to Fort Lauderdale, while the first sale in Asia has already been confirmed.
Never a day of rest for the Azimut Grande Trideck — from its world premiere at the Cannes Yachting Festival in September to the Monaco Yacht Show later that month, the new 38m flagship from the Italian builder concluded its showcase at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show in America at the end of October.
While yacht lovers in Europe and Asia got to catch a glimpse of this new beauté, it won’t be long before Asia gets it to see the yacht. The first unit in the region is set to arrive in Singapore in 2023 following a sale to an existing Azimut owner who’s upgrading from a smaller Grande. Among the Trideck’s double-digit global sales, the Singapore order was secured by Marine Italia, which also represents the brand in Hong Kong, Macau, Guangdong province and Taiwan.
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“A key feature of the Trideck is how the design team have focused their attention equally on both the interior and exterior spaces,” says Paul Grange, COO of Marine Italia and co-founder of the Hong Kong-headquartered company with Thomas Woo.
“The interior layout provides clients with great flexibility to have luxury private dining rooms, comfortable saloons and entertainment rooms according to their preference.
“As an example, it can have up to six en-suite cabins, but the Trideck for Singapore will feature a custom interior layout with four guest cabins, with the other spaces used for the family’s requirements.”
Grande’s increasing appeal
The Trideck marks the regional dealer’s third superyacht sale for Singapore this year, following a Grande 32 Metri and a Benetti Oasis 40M in collaboration with Benetti Asia.
They’re just one part of a strong run of sales by a company announced in September as Azimut’s second-most successful dealer over the past year, behind only US giant MarineMax.
Grange estimates there are about 30 Grande superyachts in Greater China and Southeast Asia, with over half of those in Hong Kong where new models delivered over the past year range from the 25 Metri to two units of the 35 Metri, the brand’s former flagship.
Although the 35 Metri has a fourth ‘level’ that’s effectively an aft extension of the flybridge’s hard top, the Trideck is a true tri-deck design. In fact, the builder promotes it as a ‘Three Decks + One’ due to the signature sea view terrace at the aft end of the main deck.
With an overall length of 125ft 5in, the Trideck is 10ft 7in longer than the Grande 35 Metri and features an exterior by Alberto Mancini, who designed the Grande S10 launched in 2019 and has effectively succeeded the late Stefano Righini who had collaborated with Azimut since the late 1980s.
The Trideck has an 8m (26ft 2in) beam and a sub-300GT volume, but feels bigger due to some clever design work. For example, the voids in the bulwarks either side of the beach club not only provide window-like views but also prevent the area being considered as internal volume.
Once the transom folds out, the full-height beach club offers over 320sqft of space, which includes a day head, an enclosed wet bar, an outdoor shower and lockers for water toys such as scuba diving gear and Seabobs. There’s further storage below, via a deck hatch.
The beach club is sheltered by the similarly sized sea view terrace, arguably the yacht’s most distinguishing feature. Up five starboard steps from the main deck, it offers a lofty platform that overlooks the water on three sides and has an enormous C-shaped sofa that offers a variety of sea views.
As well as sheltering the beach club, the sea view terrace also disguises the private patio outside the saloon doors.
The clever design, which Mancini used on the Grande S10, ensures privacy from prying eyes on the docks while moored stern-to, and on the Trideck the patio is big enough to fit a large, foldable table for eight. This area also benefits from bulwark cut-throughs that are covered by plexiglass to provide wind shelter.
Azimut describes it as a private patio because the main alfresco dining area is aft on the upper deck. And what an area it is, with a huge table set lengthways that’s wide enough to sit two people at one end and can extend to fit 12. There’s also a bar to port and a corner sofa by the stairs up to the sun deck.
The sun deck is a gorgeous area, dressed on hull one with three sun loungers aft, as well as gym equipment. The covered central area features a circular lounge with two curved, facing sofas and a cabinet housing a TV that can rise and rotate. Forward is a tall bar with stools offering great panoramic views, including overlooking the forward barbecue.
Flexible interiors on the Trideck
With Grande sales driving an increasing amount of the company’s business, the Trideck was developed to satisfy demand for larger yachts, yet it was also designed to appeal to a newer, less traditional generation of owners — or clients who simply want more choice in how their yacht is configured.
Achille Salvagni has designed the interiors of all the current Grande models, but the Trideck is the first without a formal dining area on the main deck, based on the feedback that most clients typically eat outdoors unless the weather prevents them from doing so.
Instead, the main saloon is classic Salvagni, with a huge J-shaped sofa, two coffee tables and two circular chairs, all custom designed and offering plenty of space to walk through or around the lounge, enjoying the full-height windows.
Salvagni is renowned for his curved furniture and lamps, and use of light, pastel colours, although the latter is offset by glossy dark-mahogany cupboards on each side. Rounded and oblong shapes and cut-outs decorate the ceiling.
With your eyes glued to the furniture and views, you can even miss a trick or two coming in. For starters, there’s a wide mahogany bar tucked inside the sliding door at the entrance, positioned to serve both the indoor and outdoor areas.
However, less expected is the enormous 72-inch TV that slides out of the aft starboard corner and turns the saloon into a roomy media hub.
The starboard hallway for guests leads past the galley to the full-beam master suite, which starts with a dressing area with cupboards on two sides, while a seemingly floating curved desk and two chairs sit below the large window.
The bed is set on the port side and faces forward to the bathroom, where the sliding mirrored door housing the TV is flanked by stunning drawers that Salvagni designed to replicate the shape of samurai armour.
Salvagni designed the bathroom for the door to remain open, when possible, as it offers an attractive view of a beautiful round tub that gives a spa-like ambience and sits beside the shower to port side.
This sense of a wellness area is deepened by textured Cardoso stone for the flooring and a smooth version for the twin-sink countertop.
The guest hallway also houses the stairway that links to both the lower and upper decks but also allows Salvagni to show off some of his most beautiful design work, playing right into his love of curves and organic shapes.
The lower deck has two aft VIP cabins featuring the Samurai-themed drawers and two guest cabins, all with en-suite bathrooms.
The Trideck represents a new generation of megayachts
Although there are side decks on the main deck, there are none on the upper deck, which means the upper lounge is almost full-beam. The standard layout includes a large semi-circular sofa and a rounded coffee table on the port side, plus chairs, table and retractable TV to starboard.
When desired, the lounge doubles as the indoor dining room, with the table elevated and expanded with the addition of extra leaves. Azimut does offer owners the option of having a formal dining area in this room — as it does in the main saloon — although most owners have chosen the standard upper-lounge layout.
Forward is the ‘sixth cabin’ in the six-cabin version, the room featuring elegant leather cases hanging below the port window. However, owners can also choose to use this space as a combination of both a captain’s cabin and an upper pantry that’s connected by stairs to the main galley below.
“The Trideck’s innovative layout and flow create a seamless luxury environment, but also offers plenty of separate spaces for owners and guests to enjoy the yacht the way they want to,” Grange says.
The impressive pilothouse has side doors that lead to the foredeck, which is a gorgeous outdoor area centred around a circular jacuzzi surrounded by flexible seating and sunpads, providing an infinity view over a forward seating and sunbathing area protected by a low screen.
As well as enjoyable outdoor spaces and stylish indoor areas, the Trideck offers an eco-friendly ‘hotel mode’ as an option, with lithium ion battery packs able to power onboard systems for up to four hours during the day or up to eight hours at night, when demands are reduced.
The Trideck also offers impressive performance for a yacht of this size. As well as extensive use of carbon-fibre in the superstructure helping to reduce weight, the 125-footer features the second generation of the ‘D2P’, the displacement-to-planing hull with wave piercer initially developed for the Grande 35 Metri in collaboration with P.L. Ausonio Naval Architecture.
Improvements have been significant because despite being over 3m longer and 30 tonnes heavier than the 35 Metri, the Trideck has significantly less consumption up to 15 knots and similar economy for faster speeds.
Fitted with either 2,400mhp or 2,600mhp MTU engines, the new hull offers two ‘peaks’ for fuel efficiency, one at displacement speed and one at fast cruising, so satisfying demands for both types of navigation.
“One of the key features of Azimut Grande is that it offers superyacht levels of comfort and volume but still with full planing performance. In the case of the Trideck, that’s speeds up to 24 knots,” Grange says.
“However, for long-range cruising at slower speeds, she can still offer a range of nearly 2,000nm, which shows the efficiency and versatility of the design – equally at home as a fast weekend cruiser or as a long-range luxury cruiser.” As with many aspects of the Trideck, the choice is yours.
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Set 100 metres from Picasso Museum, Apartamentos Marques De La Merced offers apartments in Málaga’s centre. Featuring free WiFi, the property is 15 minutes’ walk from La Malagueta Beach.
The historic building maintains its original style including sloping ceilings with exposed wooden beams, marble staircases and chandeliers. Each heated apartment is individually decorated and has a living room with a flat-screen TV. A microwave and washing machine are included in the kitchen. The bathroom comes with a shower.
The area offers a large variety of bars and restaurants, where guests can enjoy the traditional tapas. The shopping street Marqués de Larios is 5 minutes’ walk away.
Guests can visit Málaga Cathedral in 5 minutes on foot. A bus stop with connection to Málaga’s Train Station can be found 200 metres from the apartments.
Malaga Airport (AGP)
Federico Garcia Lorca Granada-Jaen Airport (GRX)
Malaga Maria Zambrano Train Station
Malaga Aeropuerto Train Station
Hospital or clinic
Hospital F.A.C. Dr. Pascual
Mercado Central de Atarazanas
Super Chino Grocery Store
Distances shown are straight-line distances on the map. Actual travel distances may vary.
What they offer
Free Wi-Fi in all rooms!
Wi-Fi in public areas
Services and conveniences
For the kids
Property's guest policies
Children and extra beds
Minimum age of guests is: 0 year(s).
When booking more than 5 rooms, different policies and additional supplements may apply.
Extra beds are dependent on the room you choose. Please ask the property for more details.
Some helpful facts
Check-in from: 15:00
Check-in until: 00:00
Check-out from: 01:00
Check-out until: 12:00
Number of rooms : 11
Reception is open from 13:00 to 19:00.
After booking you will receive an email from the property with payment and key pick-up instructions.
Please note that check-in after 19:00 is possible. Please contact the property to receive a code to access the safe with your keys.
Please note that the cleaning is done on the second day of the stay.
Please note that the private parking is located 100 metres from the property. A second parking area is available 150 metres away, and costs EUR 17 per day.
Please note that any outstanding amounts are payable in cash upon arrival.


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You cast River Phoenix as a wayward kid- a kind of bad-boy-trying-to-turn-good in James Wright.
While actor Christian Slater portrayed the role of Mark Hunter, the teenager in question, Mathis was given the part of Nora Diniro, a fellow student who is the first to realize his true identity.
Born into a family of actors, the blonde knew from a young age that acting was something that she wanted to pursue. When she was still a toddler, her parents separated and divorced; she was subsequently raised wholly by her mother.
While she appeared in a handful of commercials during her youth, it wasn’t until she was sixteen that she made her debut in the the television series, the last of which earned her a Saturn Award for the category of “Best Supporting Actress on Television”. After living in the city of Brooklyn for the early years of her childhood, they moved to Los Angeles when she was five years old.
As he looked at me sheepishly, he said, "They have no idea it's me." Then it dawned on me the boy they were screaming for (River! I spoke with director Peter Bogdanovich about the making of his film and those last horrible days after Phoenix died.
Nicki Richesin: In 1993, you directed an incredibly charming film with River Phoenix and then relatively unknown stars Sandra Bullock and Dermot Mulroney.