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Hidden Gem on Juno - Private One Bedroom Apartment
Holiday apartment in Mooroobool
This self contained private apartment is ideally located 10 minutes to the city. It boasts full laundry facilities, kitchen and a private patio.
You will receive a reply to your request confirming pricing & availability prior to payment.
Please enter the check-in and check-out dates for your stay as well as the number of adults/children checking in. We will check the availability and confirm the total price including any applicable fees and taxes.
This self contained private apartment is ideally located 10 minutes to the city. It boasts full laundry facilities, kitchen and a private patio.
Apartment Features:
- Queen Bed
- Washing machine & dryer
- Bathroom
- Private patio
Please note that the apartment is located underneath a private residence.
Please note that there is strictly no access to the private residential portion of this property.
-- Minimum 5 Night Stay --
***Cleaning, Linen Hire, Booking Fee and Refundable Security Deposit ($300) will be automatically added to your booking total***
Credit card fees also apply, however direct deposit is also available.
Extra fees and charges will apply if you are checking out on weekends, public holidays and Christmas Day
- Laundry facilities
- Pets not allowed
- No smoking
- Kitchen
- Television
- Air conditioning
- Tea/Coffee Making Facilities
- Clothes dryer
- Microwave
- Patio
- Reverse cycle heating
- Washing machine
- Dishes and utensils
- Refrigerator
Terms & conditions
All bookings are accepted on the basis that you have read, understood and agree to abide, and be bound by, the following Terms and Conditions.
Please note; Keys will only be issued once you have agreed to the Terms and Conditions and paid all accommodation/booking fees.
Our office hours are Monday to Friday 8.30am – 5.00pm
We are closed on public holidays and weekends.
You are able to check in and out on these days however additional fees apply.
Check in time is between 2.00pm and 5.00pm Monday - Friday unless you have arranged otherwise with our office. (Late check in fees may apply)
Please note that all properties have a minimum 7 night stay policy unless otherwise stated on the listing.
Out of Hours Check Ins & Check Outs
Out of hours check in and check out fee's only apply if you are checking in or out, outside our operating hours.
Our office is open between 8:30 am – 5:00 pm, Monday to Friday.
5:00pm – 8:00pm = $33.00
8:00pm – 8:30am = $66.00
5:00pm – 8:00pm = $33.00
8:00pm – 8:30am = $66.00
5:00pm – 8:00pm = $33.00
8:00pm – 8:30am = $66.00
5:00pm – 8:00pm = $33.00
8:00pm – 8:30am = $66.00
5:00pm – 8:00pm = $33.00
8:00pm – 8:30am = $66.00
8:30am – 5:00pm = $33.00
5:00pm – 8:30am = $66.00
8:30am – 5:00pm = $33.00
5:00pm – 8:30am = $66.00
Public Holiday Check Ins and Check Outs
Public Holidays - $66.00
Christmas Day - $88.00
Please be aware that some accommodation offers a different rate for a weekly stay if the stay is under a 4 week period. These rates are supplied to us by the accommodation operators and are at their discretion.
All monies paid are non-refundable.
If there is an EXTREME circumstance as to why you need to cancel, a refund may be considered at the discretion of Rentals Short Term.
We will NOT accept the following reasons, including but not limited to:
•Change of travel plans
•Found alternate accommodation
•Property location isn't suitable
Under NO circumstances are the 1% credit card surcharge and $44.00 booking fee refunded.
Please ensure that you have researched the property prior to making your booking.
Property viewings are only offered on bookings of more than a two month period and are subject to availability.
All bookings must be paid in full prior to keys being given. The only exceptions to this will be based on the length of stay and are at the discretion of Rentals Short Term. Please be advised that a 1% surcharge applies to ALL MasterCard and Visa payments when entering into any transaction with Rentals Short Term.
Credit Card Fees are not refundable under any circumstances.
If you choose to vacate a property prior to your check out date, all funds paid will be non-refundable.
The client also agrees to be liable to all outstanding balances at the time of vacate.
Alternatively you may wish to pay by direct deposit or EFT. Please ensure your YBI number is used as a reference. If this reference is not used we cannot guarantee that this money will be receipted to your booking and may therefore cause delays at check in time.
Deposits are not transferable.
All extensions of bookings must be fully paid when the extension request is made. Extensions cannot be guaranteed and are subject to other bookings in place.
A Credit Card Authorisation Form is required for each and every booking and must be completed and returned along with a copy of your Photo ID prior to your check in.
Any cleans that are not a standard clean e.g. the property has been left extremely dirty will be charged at a further $35.00 per hour. This will be deducted from your Credit Card.
If during or after your stay an item is reported, constituting a charge, Rentals Short Term may put a hold for this amount on your credit card. The amount will then be completed and charged once an invoice has been issued. The difference where applicable will be released back into your account if these details have been provided; or
b) If a charge has been made and there is a balance owing it will be returned to a bank account if account details have been supplied following an inspection and subject to the further conditions in this agreement, provided the premises are left in the same condition as at the start of the booking and provided all cleaning invoices have been received.
Please be aware that rates are reviewed annually and new rates are then posted on the website which is then applicable from JULY 1 in any year.
New rates are applicable to ALL bookings beyond July 1.
Upon payment in full of your accommodation and Credit Card Authorisation Form and copy of Photo ID is received, keys (and remote controls if applicable) will be issued to you.
If you intend to arrive outside of office hours, you must make prior arrangements with our office. Please be aware that after hours check in and check out fees do apply. Please see Out of Hours Check Ins and Check Outs for more information.
All guests are responsible for the safekeeping of accommodation keys/remote controls and call fees are payable if a replacement key is required.
All keys/remote controls are to be returned. Any missing keys or remote controls will be replaced and the cost charged to your credit card.
If you lock your keys in the apartment out of hours, an agent may be available to attend. Please be aware that this will incur an after hours call out fee of $66.00. If an agent is unable to attend and a locksmith is required you will be charged the locksmith's costs.
All accommodation must only be used for private/residential use only and to accommodate the number of guests stated on your booking confirmation.
No functions or parties may be conducted at the property under any circumstances. Exceeding the stated number of guests will result in a termination of booking and you being required to vacate the property immediately without refund.
Charges for additional guests will be debited to your Credit Card without further notice. If the amount owing is above the amount held you hereby accept this liability.
If complaints are received and you are found not to have been respectful of neighbours you will be required to vacate the premises with no further notice or refund.
All premises (unless stated on website) are fully self-contained.
Personal requisites are not provided. It is expected that you will need to bring washing powder, detergents, soaps and toilet paper as well as any other cleaning items.
All accommodation bookings are accepted on the basis that all occupants treat the property with the same respect as their own home in accordance with these Terms and Conditions. A professional clean will be carried out on check out and the cost is included in your total booking amount. Mid-stay cleans & a change of linen are available upon request and do incur additional fees. If a property is found to be left in an unreasonable state at check out, there may be excess cleaning charges involved. This will be determined on a case to case basis and a member of our team will contact the guest to advise of the excess cleaning.
Tenants and/or visitors shall not park vehicles on the premises, except in specific designated areas. The tenants are responsible for the behaviour and actions of their visitors whilst on the premises.
Linen is available for hire. A standard package is provided which includes one set of sheets and pillowcases per bed, one blanket, and one towel per person. If further linen is required a second package is available for hire. The hiring rates are $44.00 per bedroom.
Additional charges or immediate termination may apply in the event of excessive noise, nuisance or disturbance caused to neighbouring properties during your occupancy. I/We hereby acknowledge and agree that the agent has the absolute and sole discretion to cancel my/our occupancy in the event that my/our actions or behaviour compromise the safety and /or quiet enjoyment of neighbouring properties or others. I/We hereby agree that I/we will be fully responsible and liable for payment of all charges incurred, irrespective of such cancellation, together with any financial loss suffered by the property owner and or/agent, to be debited from my security deposit or credit card without further notice.
Unless specifically stated as being pet friendly, no pets are allowed either onto the grounds of the property, nor inside the accommodation under any circumstances. Any pets found in accommodation properties will result in a termination of your booking and additional cleaning charges will be debited to your credit card or deducted from your security deposit. If your accommodation is designated Pet Friendly property, then you agree to be bound by the additional terms and conditions detailed in Doggie Do's and Don'ts below. If a pet is reported at the property without authority you will be charged a fee of $400.00 for fumigation of the property.
- All dog droppings must be removed from the premises prior to departure.
- Your pet must not under any circumstances be taken inside the premises
- The owner of the pet is liable for any damage caused to the premises or resulting loss suffered by the property owner.
- It is the occupiers responsibility to ensure their dog is suitably restrained within the within the yard of the premises.
- A barking or aggressive dog will not be tolerated under any circumstances and may result in the termination of your booking with no refund applicable.
If there is found to be any infringement relating to the above, Rentals Short Term has the right to request immediate vacation of the premises without refund.
Whilst you are in occupation, you are fully responsible for all breakages and damage caused to the property, its furniture fittings, or any consequent loss suffered by the Property Owner/Agent. Any such breakages, damage or loss must be reported IMMEDIATELY to the Agent and either replaced to the satisfaction of the Property Owner/Agent, or paid for prior to departure. Failure to comply with this condition will result in a debit of any such costs and expenses to your credit card or security deposit without further notice.
There is no smoking inside any of Rental Short Term's Properties. If there is evidence of such including a smoke odour you will be charged a fee of $400.00 to cover the cleaning of curtains, carpets and air-conditioning sterilization.
I/We agree to permit all repair and/or service personnel to enter the property for the purposes of conducting any repair, service or maintenance deemed necessary by the Property Owner/Agent. If repairs need to be carried out please contact us on (07) 4051 1422.
Please remember to take your personal property and belongings with you upon your departure as the Property Owner/Agent accept no responsibility whatsoever for any such items left behind. Where there are security doors you are advised to lock up when you are not in habitation.
Excessive electricity usage will be charged to your credit card up to 3 months after your stay. Once the bill is received, the electricity will be reviewed and if found to be excessive of a 'normal' rate of use the balance will be charged without further notice. Normal rate will be the average of 3 previous accounts or if one of those has also been of an excessive nature, the average of 3 at a similar rate. Please ensure all air-conditioners are turned off when not in the property.
Please be aware that our apartments and buildings are fitted with extremely sensitive smoke alarms.
Please ensure that all windows are open whilst cooking and there is sufficient ventilation. If the fire brigade is called to your apartment due to accidental/unwanted alarm activation, there is a $1100.00 charge which will be passed onto the occupying tenant.
I/We acknowledge that unless stated, telephone and internet access is not available to the accommodation.
If the accommodation is currently listed for sale, then I/we agree to permit the Agent to conduct inspections with prospective purchasers upon reasonable notice and a mutually convenient time.
For urgent after hours assistance please call 0428 442 322.
Please be aware that agents on call do attend appointments. If they are not available please leave a message and then will contact you back as soon as possible.
A call out fee may apply in these circumstances.
I/We hereby acknowledge and agree that the Property Owner and Agent will not be held responsible nor liable for:
•Any injury or loss suffered by the occupants, their invitees or guests whatsoever or howsoever caused whilst I/we are in occupancy of the accommodation due to my/our failure to comply with the Term and Conditions or House Rules;
•Any injury or loss suffered by the occupants, their invitees or guests whatsoever or howsoever caused due to negligence on my/our /their part.
•Any injury or loss suffered by the occupants, their invitees or guests whatsoever or howsoever caused as a result of insects or wildlife in or around the accommodation site. All occupants are to take specific care at all time and requested not to approach any wildlife under any circumstances.
•Any noise, disturbance or inconvenience caused as a result of renovation/building/road works being carried out in or near the vicinity of the accommodation
It is hereby agreed that the agent provides holiday accommodation booking services only for and on behalf of the property owner. Any property descriptions or advertising materials are to be viewed as a general guide only. The agent or its representatives will not be held responsible or liable for any deficiency in the holiday accommodation or its furniture/fittings.
We thank you for your patronage and hope you enjoy your stay.
Your card will be used for the security deposit that is payable on each booking. This security deposit is refundable within 7 days from your vacate date upon a vacate inspection when there is no damage, missing items or extra cleaning fees.
We participate in the Bad Book register. By making this booking you hereby agree that if you or any occupant covered by this booking, including any guests, breach our Terms and Conditions your Name, Phone Number and Email address along with details of the breach/breaches may be disclosed to the property landlord and/or other agents participating in the Bad Book register. We reserve the right to cancel a booking where a guest may be registered on Bad Books.
Peter - July, 2019
"We loved staying there as it was so homely." The unit was lovely and very comfortable. We loved that it was self contained, having a kitchen and lounge. Nice sized TV at a comfortable level for viewing. We found the location of the unit, was perfect as it wasn't far to travel where ever we ventured. Overall this was a fantastic unit and we will stay there again. It was all perfect!
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Local couple witnesses history during Pope Benedict's farewell
Cranberry Twp. couple home from Rome
When Pope Benedict XVI appeared at his apartment window overlooking St. Peter's Square for the final time, a local couple was there to watch history unfold.
Jack and Janine Cohen of Cranberry Township secured tickets seven months ago, never knowing they would witness the pope's final audience.
"We ended up sitting in the 11th row. We had seats. 200,000 other folks behind us," said Jack Cohen.
Janine Cohen told Channel 4 Action News she felt uplifted when she saw so many people expressing their faith.
"What I really liked about it was there were so many young people there, so many high school and college kids. They were praying and they were singing. Everybody just waited for the pope. They were so excited to see him and get his blessing," she said.
The Cohens have been married for 35 years. He's Jewish. She's Catholic. They've been encouraging one another in their separate faiths, and found a united message in the experience they shared in Rome.
"The longer we're married and celebrate our holidays together, we realize there's a lot more in common with our religions than most people think," said Janine Cohen.
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Ron Rhoades was kind enough to post a thoughtful comment to my Oct. 31 blog, "The Bonus Debate," about whether brokers should be forced to disclose their recruiting bonuses to clients. As usual, his position is well-reasoned and knowledgeable, but what isn't so usual is that I find myself on the other side of this particular issue. But before we get to that, let me first say that I have the greatest respect for Ron as one of the foremost thought leaders in the financial planning community, and that his untimely resignation as chairman of the NAPFA Board was both a loss to NAPFA and the profession. With that said, I have to admit that his thinking about broker bonuses leaves me a bit puzzled.
If you haven't had the pleasure of reading any of Ron Rhoades' work, the beauty of his writing is that he never leaves the reader in doubt of what he thinks or why he thinks it. His comment to my blog is no exception. His argument is broken down into a five-point logical format worthy of Aristotle:
1) Recruiting bonuses have to be paid out of some revenue stream;
2) That revenue has to be obtained from clients somehow;
3) That creates a conflict of interest;
4) All registered reps who provide personal investment advice are "highly likely" to be fiduciaries under state common law; and
5) Therefore: If a fiduciary status has attached, all material facts such as this conflict of interest must be disclosed.
Ron sums it up this way: "Hence, payment of a recruitment bonus, because it puts pressure on the firm and/or the advisory to promote certain proprietary or other [high-cost] products is a material conflict which must be disclosed."
In a fairness, it's a powerful argument: the payment of bonuses by brokerage firms does undoubtedly create pressure for brokerage firms to boost their revenues through the only available channel: their clients. But to my mind, its weakness is that it unfairly focuses on recruiting commissions as if they are the sole cause of as conflict arising out of a brokerage firm's need to maximize revenues generated by its clients.
In practice, broker bonuses are only one of myriad business expenses that create an incentive for brokers and their firms to increase client costs, including: Shark machines, secretaries, travel allowances, management perks, higher payouts, "conferences" in exotic locales and the rent on those glass and chrome high-rises which brokerage firms seem to prefer.
What's more, if the same anything-that-causes-revenue-pressure-should-be-disclosed-as-a-conflict standard were applied to RIAs, wouldn't owner/advisors of independent firms have to disclose the kind of company car they drive, their state-of-the-art office technology, and the salaries, bonuses and share of the profits that they and their employees and partners are paid each year? After all, don't all these costs put pressure on AUM fees to be higher than they might be? My point is that Rhoades' logic seems to create a major-league slippery slope down which few RIAs want to slide.
What I like most about Ron's position is that it highlights the conflict inherent in the brokerage advisory model: rather than both client and advisor agreeing on a fair AUM fee upfront (regardless of revenue pressures) as the advisors' sole compensation, brokerage clients are often subject to hidden or obscured costs and/or fees under the direct control of the broker or their firm.
This can create a material conflict of interest, which would have to be disclosed under a '40 Act fiduciary standard—which of course, is why SIFMA and NAIFA are so adamantly opposed to such a standard being applied to registered reps. Perhaps the most client-centered solution would be to separate sales functions from advisory functions: so that clients could choose whether to work with a fiduciary advisor, or a broker representing their brokerage firm.


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While living in New York City for almost 19 years, I could probably count the number of times I went to Shea Stadium on both hands (and maybe a couple of toes). And like Josh, I always enjoyed myself there -- especially on weekday afternoon games.
Steven Krasner (ProJo), on Jason Bay's first home run as a Red Sock:
He simply dropped the bat and started running in a nice professional trot around the bases. Bay didn't jettison his bat, stand at home plate and watch the ball's majestic flight. He didn't ... point to the sky ... It was refreshing to see.Why is Krasner using Bay's homer to criticize David Ortiz?
Paul SF asks: "Who is Jason Bay?" though from the post, the question should probably be "How Well Does Jason Bay Hit In Every Conceivable Situation?"
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The events in Japan over the last few weeks have affected everyone around the world, including Loren. She has turned energies and her talent and popularity in Japan to raise money with an original song called 'In Time (Hope for Healing)", that in just a few days has become a major hit. When asked about the song, Loren said, "I wrote 'In Time (Hope for Healing)' about rising above hardship and sadness, rebuilding our lives, and being even better for all we come through. I dedicate it to Japan's people, in solidarity with them during their healing process, and in belief that they can once again feel safe and whole."
'In Time (Hope for Healing)", which is currently only available on Amazon.JP as a download, donates all money directly to Red Cross Japan and is already the #1 download on the site after only a few days. Northwest-based Loren has visited Japan three times in the last seven months, most recently playing in support of her latest CD release 'After Dark" to sold-out audiences at the Cotton Club and the Blue Note. She records in Japan for JVC/Victor and in the United States for White Moon Productions distributed by Burnside Distribution. More information on Halie Loren, including an update on additional websites carrying the song, can be found at www.halieloren.com or by following her on Facebook or Twitter.


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The sustainability of drawing water from a source over time requires that the pumping solution is cost effective, offers trouble-free operation and is energy optimised. Grundfos has decades of experience developing controller and monitoring systems for pumping solutions and manufactures its own pump motors for all fluid types and flow requirements. This ensures a perfect match with hydraulics, motors, electrics, and all other mechanical components that make up a comprehensive pumping solution, ensuring the best possible efficiency point.
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A Wiccan Coven in the Blue Star tradition
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We come from a teaching tradition that focuses on worshiping the Gods. Many of Raven Stars members have an interest in Reiki - making for a high energy Coven.
We celebrate both full and new moons and the eight Sabbats of Samhain, Yule, Imbolc, Ostara, Beltane, Litha, Lughnasad, and Mabon. We also celebrate feast days for individual Gods.
Raven Star has become a coven where persons new to the Craft and new to the idea of a spiritual life often find their way. Thus, personal transformation and exploration, blossoming and changes are a regular part of the members' lives.
Most of the 13 members have children. While most Circles are geared for adults, many of the other activities involve the many kids.
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Right now I am homeschooling the two middle boys, 6th grade and kindergarten. I don't like "schedules" per se, but we do have a very specific "routine."
My oldest is in public highschool...when I hear him get in the shower in the morning I hop up and see him off to school. I hopefully get a few quiet moments before the 2yo gets up and use these to get laundry started, empty the dishwasher, decide about dinner, etc. Then the 3 boys at home will wake, eat and dress for the day.
We meet in the dining room to start our homeschool day by 8a.m. My 6th grader will start on reading, notetaking and other assignments he can accomplish on his own while I have one-on-one with the kindergartener and 2yo. They then get a break to play or do a craft while I "teach" any new material or administer tests to the 6th grader. We go back and forth like this all morning.
We break at noon for lunch. We eat and then the children get free time to explore and play outdoors while I clean the kitchen and get other chores tended to.
If we have any errands to run we do them in the afternoon. After that the baby naps, I sneak in some exercise and start dinner, and the older boys go to outside activities and lessons or play with friends.
While we don't do any formal lessons in the evenings, the 6th grader will spend time studying while dh or I read to the younger ones.
A look at our day
Describe your average homeschool day and give new homeschoolers an idea of what to expect!
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Clint Eastwood's wife has filed for divorce just days after reports surfaced suggesting she wouldn't be ending the marriage.
Dina Eastwood withdrew the legal documents she filed last month, when she requested a formal separation, but on Tuesday she filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences, according to TMZ.com.
In the documents, Dina is asking for full physical custody of her 16-year-old daughter Morgan, spousal support and legal fees.
The couple wed in 1996.


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Suites feature two double beds or one king-size bed. Suites include all of the Junior Suite amenities plus a spacious living room with one or two sofa beds.
The Mayan Suites are especially designed for couples and include all the amenities of the Standard plus they feature a king-size bed, private entrance from outside, large bathroom with hydro-massage bath, outside Mayan-style showers shower. Adults (18+) only. Large terrace or balcony. Mayan Suites are located in the Kantenah on the lake.
Dining at the Grand Palladium Kantenah is all about quality and variety. The resorts feature both á la carte dining options as well as buffet restaurants with show cooking and numerous bars situated throughout the properties. Guests will experience so many exciting selections to choose from. Included in your vacation: all meals, snacks, theme dinners, 24 hour food and beverage service, and unlimited drinks and so much more! Reservations are not required at the á la carte restaurants
Boasting 9 á la carte restaurants (Mexican, Japanese, Mediterranean, Steak House, Italian, Chinese, Brazilian, BBQ Grill & International cuisine) as well as 5 buffet restaurants with show cooking and 26 bars distributed throughout the complex, guests will find an exciting and delicious selection to choose from.
Buffet Kabah is air-conditioned and features show cooking and both an Italian and a Mexican cooking station.
Buffet Laguna is air-conditioned La Laguna features open-air dining overlooking the main pool. Specialties include an Italian Corner and show cooking.
Italian Cuisine
Asian specialties and Sushi Bar
Brazilian Restaurant
BBQ and Grill
Mediterranean selections
Japanese selections
International Steak House
Punta Emila á la carte dinner "Rice & Fish"
Lobby Bar Grand Palladium Kantenah Resort
Theater Bar EL TeatroGrand Palladium Kantenah Shows and Entertainment
Lecture Bar EL DevánInternational premium drinks Air conditioned
La Laguna Palapa Pool BarLocated next to the grand main pool
Swim up Pool Bar
Punta Emila Beach Bar Open 24-hours Snacks 24-hours
Sunset Boulevard Disco BarAir-conditioned Minors under 18 from 9:00 pm to 10:30 pm Adults from 11:00 pm to 2:00 am
Las Rocas BarLocated by the salt water pool
La Terraza Bar"The Royal Suites" pool
Two Bars in the Theme Restaurants Located in the á la Carte Restaurants
Sports Bar
The Grand Palladium complex features four fresh water swimming pools
The pride of the Grand Palladium Kantenah is the grand huge lagoon swimming pool which is 3,500 square yards and features 4 integrated Jacuzzis and a swim up pool bar.
Guests have use of two quiet pools. The quiet pools feature one (1) Jacuzzi in each.
Children's Pool
During the Day: Grand Palladium Kantenah Resort offers activities on the beach and in the pool. Children's show in the theater and mini-disco in the discotheque.
During the Evening: The Grand Palladium Kantenah Resort features different live shows nightly in the theater, disco with numerous styles of music in an air-conditioned environment.
Mini golf
Riffle and Archery range
2 Paddle Tennis Tables
2 Badminton Courts
Football Field (artificial turf)
Pro-Soccer Field (artificial turf)
Multi-purpose court (volleyball, basketball)
2 Volley Beach Courts
Included in the Grand Palladium Kantenah's all-inclusive program:
Sail Boats
Pedal Boats
Deep-sea fishing
Scuba Diving Courses
Windsurf Lessons
Sailing Lessons
Motorized Water Sports
With a daily program of sports activities and entertainment for all ages on the beach and at the pool, shows and games every night at the theater, and a complete activities program that includes: stretching, volleyball, aerobics, archery, salsa and merengue lessons, beach Olympics, water polo, water aerobics, darts, Spanish lessons, mini golf tournament, soccer, play station tournament, pool tournament, table tennis tournament, sand castle competition, treasure hunt, basketball tournament, karaoke and much, much . . . and much, much more, guests of all ages can find something they'll enjoy. The Mini-disco for kids, the Sunset Boulevard disco (ages 18+), and live music are also fun options to end a perfect day in the Caribbean
Daily activities on the beach and swimming pool, as well as different grand shows during the evening in the theater.
Children shows
Children discotheque
Note: Disco prohibited for minors under 18-years-of-age.
The Grand Palladium Kantenah in the Mayan Riviera is an ideal choice for a family. With connecting rooms especially designed for families, children's menus in the restaurants, ecological tours of the resort to learn about nature and culture of the area and arts and crafts, children of all ages will have plenty to choose from. The Baby Club (ages 1-3), Mini Club (ages 4 - 12) and Black and White Junior's Club (ages 13+) are great options for kids to have fun and interact with others their age from all over the world!
Raggs to Rock Palladium Hotel Group's Caribbean and Mexican All-inclusive Resorts
The first phase of the "Play at Palladium with Raggs" program will include the Raggs characters singing by the pool, dancing in the lobbies, posing for photos at the beach, reading stories at the mini club and more. Families will also be able to join the characters for private breakfasts and other events. A new full production Raggs live stage show called "Play at Palladium with Raggs" will debut November at the 750-1000 seat theaters at each Caribbean and Mexico resort. Raggs' new licensed products, including plush toys from Fiesta Toys and DVD will also be available in each resort's retail shop, along with books, T-shirts and accessories.
Raggs is a live action and animated musical preschool television series originally produced in 2006-2009 in Sydney, Australia, with additional U.S. production in English and Spanish in 2012. The rock n' roll story of five canine characters and their wisecracking pet cat is growing an international brand that includes DVDs, toys, books and touring. The Raggs Band has played over 4,000 live shows including appearances at the White House, multiple trips overseas to perform for military families and at performing arts centers on four continents.
The Grand Palladium Kantenah's Supervised Mini Club "El Ranchito" Hours of operation are 9:00 am until 5:00 pm and accepts children ages 4- to 12-years of age.
Indian Camp
Room for painting and crafts
Video and Games
Ecological tour within the resort to educate children on the culture, flowers and animals indigenous to the surrounding area.
Palladium Hotels & Resorts launched the Zentropia Spa & Wellness brand at its resorts in Mexico, the Dominican Republic, and Jamaica. Each spa facility captures the character and ambience of the resort. Signature rituals and treatments include Vichy showers with sea salts and peppermint, an antioxidant exfoliation with Mayan grapes or a ritual incorporating Mayan orchids and a couples' moonlight massage on the beach, complete with champagne or mimosas.
The Grand Palladium Kantenah features one of the largest and most complete Spas in the Mayan Riviera, The spa boasts a state-of-the-art gym, Jacuzzi, pool, sauna and steam baths for a total wellness experience. Indulge yourself with a luxurious massage or choose among the wide variety of other beauty treatments available (extra charge):
Gymnasium with lockers, dressing room and air conditioning
Dry and wet sauna
Vapor bath
Eco-meditative cold bath*
Relaxation area*
Couple's massages, etc.*
Unisex hair salon*
Facial and body Treatments*
Manicures and pedicures*
Wide range of therapies*
*additional charge
Open every day. Air-conditioned. Adults only area.
The state-of-the art air-conditioned fitness center offering guests a large gym with two areas:
One offering aerobics training
The gym facilities include:
Lockers and dressing rooms
Jacuzzi Steam bath
Quiet relaxation area
The four Grand Palladium Hotels are set on a lush beachfront property of spectacular tropical gardens. Take a stroll on the environmentally-friends trails and observe the impeccably maintained gardens, relax in your spacious and modern room, pamper yourself at the state-of-the-art spa, snorkel in the crystal blue water, dine on the decadent cuisine, watch a live show, or have a cocktail in one of the many bars. The options are endless for all ages!
Make your dream wedding or vow renewal ceremony a reality at the Grand Palladium Kantenah. Tropical and romantic, choose from special packages for all budgets. Celebrate your wedding with the ocean in the background at the spectacular beachfront gazebo or submerge yourself in exotic, natural surroundings on a private terrace surrounded by lush gardens. The new chapel is available for religious ceremonies for up to 100 guests. For additional information email: [email protected]
The Grand Palladium Kantenah boasts eleven spacious rooms fully equipped with all the necessary technology and services for any type of celebration, as well as 12 fully equipped Conference rooms and 1 luxury Convention Center for a capacity from 40 to 600 people. Meetings, Incentives, Events and Conventions in a refreshing and exotic environment.
A "flamingo pond" located in the front of the Kantenah and Kantenah lobbies.
A "crocodile habitat" feeding exhibition once a week.
Bridges and ecological walks built within the resort complex for guests to walk and view the palm groves, jungle, mangroves and spectacular gardens.
Spacious open air theater for daily shows and evening entertainment
A beautiful "Wedding Gazebo" located waterfront at the beach in addition to the magnificent wedding chapel
Conference rooms for business meetings
Internet café for a fee
Tour desks offering service, assistance and information for excursions and return confirmations of airport transportation.
Reverse Osmosis Water Treatment System
Backup power generation system for emergencies
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Unless you've spent the past half dozen years doing doctoral research among the Mud People of the Upper Amazon, you have taken note of the phenomenon called the sport-utility vehicle, the SUV to some, the sport-ute to others. You may even be an owner. If so, you are a member of one of the fastest growing clubs in the country. Virtually every manufacturer selling cars in the U.S. offers an SUV, and there are more coming.
But none of them, not even Jeep, can come close to the sales champ, the Ford Explorer. One of every four sport-utilities sold is an Explorer. Last year that meant 402,663 units, and that made the Explorer the third best selling vehicle in the country, trailing only a pair of pickup trucks.
With the addition of an excellent new overhead cam V6 engine this year, the Explorer's numbers are likely to get even better. The new V6, which has a single cam over each bank of cylinders, with two valves per cylinder, displaces 4.0 liters, produces 205 horsepower and 250 pound-feet of torque, delivered to the wheels via a new five-speed automatic transmission. The basic 4.0-liter overhead valve V6 and the four speed automatic are still available, as is a 5.0-liter V8.
A simple three-position dial on the instrument panel controls the four-wheel-drive system. The normal mode is Auto. This mode continually monitors and adjusts power to the front wheels to minimize slip. The 4x4 High mode electronically locks the transfer case in high gear, providing a 50/50 torque split between the front and rear wheels. This mode is primarily for off road and extreme winter conditions. The 4x4 Low mode switches the transfer case to the lower gear ranges for serious off-roading.
Explorer permutations are numerable. They start with a basic two-door, two-wheel-drive XL at $20,610, including destination, and stop with the four-door, 4WD Limited at $35,530. Our tester, a four-door 4WD XLT, equipped the way many are sold, sits in between the extremes at $29,635. Depending on certain option packages, the new V6 with the five-speed automatic can be added to the XLT for $425. The V8, with a trailer-towing package and four-speed automatic, tacks on an additional $1545.
Before there was Explorer, there was the Jeep Cherokee with its straight lines and sharp edges. The Explorer introduced softer lines and rounded edges and set the prevailing SUV style in the process. That look continues. The distinctive, and large, grille opening is flanked by wraparound headlights. There's a slot for air in the bumper, and an air scoop below.
The look suggests refined ruggedness, as well as strong family ties with the Ford truck family--which is precisely what the designers intended.
The hood slants steeply, which gives the Explorer an aggressive look--helped by the big Firestone ATX all-terrain radials on our tester, and bulging fender flares. The P235/75R15 tires are mounted on cast aluminum wheels.
The front suspension is independent, using Ford's short and long arm design. At the rear--a vestige of its truck heritage--is a two-leaf variable rate spring for each wheel, which accounts for the Explorer's ride characteristics, about which more in a moment.
There are disc brakes all around and ABS is standard, features that give the Explorer an edge over many of its competitors.
We liked the rear liftgate a lot. There is a simple T handle marked Gate on one side, Window on the other. Turn towards Gate and the top-hinged door rises easily and parks well up and out of the way. Turn the handle towards Window and the window can be raised by itself. Another feature we liked is an interior power lock/unlock button on top of the left rear wheel well that operates all the door locks. Privacy glass is part of the XLT package.
This is a sport-utility truck, don't forget, so there is some climbing to be done getting in. But entry height is not a serious problem. Shorter folks may find the optional running boards helpful.
The overall design of the interior is quite good, featuring the flowing shapes and soft-edged buttons and controls now favored by Ford. The various controls are king-size, making them easy to operate when the vehicle is moving, and we give the overall appearance of the instrument panels top marks. This is perhaps the best looking and most functional layout in the business.
Seating is also a big plus. The front buckets are covered in high-quality cloth with a subtle, subdued pattern which was a welcome relief from some of the throwback psychedelia we've run into lately. The seats were among the most supportive in this class, with aggressive thigh and side bolsters. Very comfortable.
The Explorer's other strong suit is best-in-class roominess. In fact, roominess is perhaps the key element in this vehicle's perennial popularity. Although some key competitors have launched updates since the Explorer's most recent redesign, the Explorer still rules in this important category.
You can treat an Explorer like a compact family sedan. It is, as mentioned, easy to get in and out of. Visibility all around is quite good in spite of the rather large B and C roof pillars. The driver enjoys that secure, command-of-the-road seating position that's helped to make sport-utilities and pickup trucks so popular.
However, the Explorer doesn't really feel like a truck on the road. Well, maybe a little--but only a little. While the ride is far from bouncy and sharp, it is more springy than any sedan, and the reason has to be those antique leaf springs in the rear. It is not offensive, but you will notice it. The suspension does do a good job absorbing road irregularities, though, and that's how it differs from trucks. Firm but comfortable, with a strong sense of control.
We were a little surprised at the level of wind noise in the 40-60 mph range in what otherwise is a solid, put-together vehicle.
Also, the new V6 becomes noticeably audible under hard acceleration. On the other hand, that's common for sport-utility vehicles, and the engine is smooth and quiet in normal operation.
We were very pleasantly surprised by the straight-line performance those 205 horses provided. This is, we reminded ourselves, a 4166-pound truck. Nevertheless, it launched with enthusiasm and maintained that enthusiasm to a degree that would calm any concerns about safe merging with traffic.
Although the Explorer has racked up virtually all of its huge sales numbers with the standard overhead valve engine, the overhead cam version is a whole order of magnitude better and we recommend it strongly.
At moderate speed on a favorite section of twisty bits, the Explorer was quite good: no lean in turns, the steering was exceptionally quick and precise, no wander in a straight line and on the narrow road did not give the impression it was about to shoulder on-coming traffic into the ditch. It simply does not drive large.
The Explorer continues to be the best-selling SUV in the country, even though it isn't necessarily the best SUV in the country, at least if real off-road use is a factor. Modest ground clearance and a long wheelbase limit its usefulness in rough country.
What seems to keep the Explorer on top is its roominess, solid reputation for durability, quality engineering, class-leading looks and its overall reputation as the leader. Those are the things that keep resale values up.
The new V6 engine is a sweetheart, and unless you must have the extra torque provided by the V8 for serious trailering, we can't advise spending the extra money.
The Explorer operates in a very populous realm, against some very able competition. And it's not the least expensive, by any means. But for the kind of all-around uses most families find for their sport-utilities, the Explorer's formula is still tough to beat.


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WASHINGTON—Congress should base decisions on the federal budget on whether they protect or threaten human life and dignity, whether they put the needs of the hungry, the homeless and the unemployed first, and whether they reflect the shared responsibility of government and other institutions to promote the common good of all, especially "workers and families who struggle to live in dignity in difficult economic times," said the two U.S. bishops who lead the justice and peace efforts of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB).
"In the past year, Congress and the Administration have taken significant action to reduce the federal deficit, while attempting to protect programs that serve poor and vulnerable people," wrote Bishop Stephen Blaire of Stockton, California, and Bishop Richard Pates of Des Moines, Iowa, in a March 6 letter. "Congress will continue to face difficult choices about how to allocate burdens and sacrifices and balance resources and needs. We fear the pressure to cut vital programs that protect the lives and dignity of the poor and vulnerable will increase. As Catholic bishops, we have tried to remind Congress that these choices are economic, political, and moral."
Bishop Blaire and Bishop Pates chair the USCCB Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development and the Committee on International Justice and Peace, respectively.
The bishops voiced support for moves to strengthen programs that help the poor and vulnerable, such as Pell Grants and improved workforce training and development. They also opposed moves negatively impacting poor families such as increasing the minimum rent that can be charged to families receiving housing assistance and a proposal to eliminate funding for the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program. The bishops also made the case for protecting programs that help the poor internationally.
"As pastors, we see every day the human consequences of budget choices. Our Catholic community defends the unborn, feeds the hungry, shelters the homeless, educates the young, and cares for the sick, both at home and abroad. We help poor families rise above crushing poverty, resettle refugees fleeing conflict and persecution, and reach out to communities devastated by wars, natural disasters and famines," the bishops wrote. "The moral measure of this budget debate is not which party wins or which powerful interests prevail, but rather how those who are jobless, hungry, homeless or poor are treated. Their voices are too often missing in these debates, but they have the most compelling moral claim on our consciences and our common resources."
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VENICE, Italy - Director Errol Morris spent 33 hours interviewing Donald Rumsfeld for his new documentary `'The Unknown Known." But Morris says the former U.S. defense secretary proved hard to fathom.
The director said Wednesday at the Venice Film Festival that he cannot tell if Rumsfeld, who narrates the film, was putting on a `'performance" or being himself.
`'The Unknown Known" is competing for the top Golden Lion award. Morris' `'The Fog of War" won an Oscar in 2003 for its look at Robert McNamara, secretary of defense during the escalation of the Vietnam War.
His latest documentary analyzes the U.S. decision to go to war in Afghanistan and Iraq. It includes clips from Pentagon news conferences as it offers an unflinching look at Rumsfeld's career through his own words.


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Penrose — It will be a joyous way to enjoy the Christmas season.
And at the same time, it's a way to help struggling families in the area.
This weekend, Praise Ablaze will present a "Christmas Quake" benefit concert for Loaves & Fishes Ministries at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the Cañon City Middle School, 1215 Main St.
"(We've taken) the story of Christmas and the birth of Christ and some of the traditional songs and we've put a little edge to them," said Steve Ricotta, band member. "They're a little more upbeat, more up tempo. You might say they have a rocking beat. Helping out (organizations) like Loaves & Fishes would be great to do."
"Presenting the narration, Dan McCarter will relate the Christmas story interspersed with the band performing various Christmas songs.
"We have a nice little light show and the concert," Ricotta said.In the past, the group participated in the benefit concert for Caleb Medley, who was injured at the Aurora theater this past summer. In keeping with its tradition of helping people in the community, the band decided to continue performing concerts for the Christmas season.
"There's people out there who could use a little help," Ricotta said. "We figured the best way to do this to go through an organization that helps people (in our county)."
Established four years ago, Praise Ablaze will feature Pastor Andrew Hill, bass; Ethan McCarter, drums; Jessica Herzing, vocals; Ronnie McFarland, keyboard; Ricotta, guitar and vocals.
"We all sing in a four-part harmony," said Ricotta.
In the meantime, Loaves & Fishes warehouse manager Traci Edens said the organization is working on the finishing touches for the Community Holiday Outreach campaign.
"We are still in need of some food for the Christmas food boxes," she said. "We have 1,112 total food boxes for Christmas."
Volunteers are needed to help assemble the food boxes at 11 a.m. Thursday and to deliver them at 8 a.m. Saturday at 241 Justice Center Road.
And the season's highlight is the Children's Toy House, which will be from 1-6 p.m. Monday at Evangelical Free Church at 3000 E. Main St."We're definitely in need of toys for the toy house," Edens said. "We usually have more this by now. We're just praying the Lord (will provide.)"
Those who would like to help may go to any of the participating banks, churches or businesses to pick up one or more ornaments with a boy or girl and their ages on the ornaments. Then participants may purchase toys and bring them back unwrapped to either the place they picked up the ornaments or to Loaves & Fishes."We have 1,169 kids signed up," Edens said. "We need to have the toys back before 1 p.m. Dec. 17."
Volunteers also are needed to help set up the toy house, as well as helping families with their selections and other ways.
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Notice of Court Orders Is Important in Death Penalty Cases
The representation of prisoners accused of capital crimes is unique in its difficulty — and in the consequences — when that representation is inadequate. Maples v. Thomas, which will be argued before the Supreme Court this fall, exposes some of the serious cracks in the system charged with representing indigent defendants in such cases.
Cato takes no position on the merits of the death penalty other than that the Constitution does not prohibit it and that our justice system is responsible for, at the very least, ensuring that prisoners receive fair notice of orders on which their lives depend. Both the courts and counsel failed Cory Maples here.
Maples was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death for killing two companions. After a series of state court appeals which affirmed his conviction, Maples filed a petition for post‐conviction relief, which was ultimately dismissed.
Maples never received notice of this deadline‐triggering order because his pro bono lawyers left their big‐firm jobs and a court clerk did nothing when the letter containing the order was consequently returned unopened. Because Maples did not receive notice of the deadline, he did not timely file an appeal and his claims were procedurally defaulted. The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of Maples's subsequent federal habeas petition because Maples "cannot establish cause for his default because there is no right to post‐conviction counsel."
Cato has now joined The Constitution Project to file an amicus brief supporting Maples and arguing that the Supreme Court should excuse his default because the state failed to notify him of an order that could result in his death. Moreover, if the default is not excused, the state's inaction will deny Maples his constitutional right of meaningful access to the courts.
The Eleventh Circuit relied on the rule that because "there is no constitutional right to an attorney in state post‐conviction proceedings, a petitioner cannot claim constitutionally ineffective counsel in such proceedings." But Maples's habeas claim does not involve the ineffectiveness of his post‐conviction counsel; his underlying claim is that his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance. Indeed, his post‐conviction counsel provided no assistance whatsoever when it was time to appeal.
Finally, there is cause to excuse Maples's default because this case is ultimately governed by principles of equity and basic fairness. Few if any reasonable observers would conclude that it is fair or equitable to put a man to death without allowing the least consideration of appellate claims that could save his life simply because his lawyers left their jobs, a firm mailroom returned letters to them unopened, and the court clerk's office did nothing when it discovered that crucial notice was never received.
Again, the case is Maples v. Thomas and you can read Cato's brief here.


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During his short but noteworthy career, Shane Lavalette has examined distinct regions of the world, illuminating their respective character without succumbing to powerful clichés. At the age of only 25, Lavalette has photographed the west coast of Ireland, a small town in northern India and his native New England. You won't find any pubs, elephants or lush shots of fall foliage in these collections. Instead, Lavalette combines portraits of ordinary people with pointed images of each area's commerce, culture and the immediate countryside to create a portrait of a place as it might be seen by a local, but through the eyes of a wandering explorer.
In 2010, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, which for decades has been the leading art museum in the South, commissioned Lavalette to produce a new collection of photographs for their Picturing the South series. "Having grown up in the Northeast, it was primarily through traditional music–old time Blues, gospel, etc.–that I formed a relationship with the South," Lavalette says of his project. "The region's rich musical history became the natural entry point for my work."
As in his previous projects, Lavalette steered clear of standard images of the American South: willows and oak trees wilting in the humid heat; cotton fields and mountain trails. Nor was Lavalette interested in shooting a documentary about Southern music today. Instead he turned to "the relationship between traditional music and the contemporary landscape through a more poetic lens."
There are scenes of nature, but not the sweeping landscapes often seen in the South. Lavalette shot ripples on a pond, where the towering pines are only visible in the reflection on the water. There's the graffiti-strewn interior of an old café, with a poster so covered in marker scribbles that it's nearly unrecognizable. Lavalette shows the collision of modern life and nature in the form of an empty parking lot beside the rusted wall of a warehouse, where kudzu has begun to encroach upon the asphalt.
Music has always permeated the consciousness of the South. The home of blues, gospel, bluegrass and countless combinations of those styles, the South is a region rich with musical heritage, a perfect gateway into understanding the region's history and its culture today. "Moved by the themes and stories past down in songs," Lavalette says, "I let the music itself carry the pictures."
Shane Lavalette is a New-York-based photographer. More of his work can be seen here. The exhibition Picturing the South is on view at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta from June 9 through Sept. 2, 2012.


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Each week we run the box office numbers through our proprietary formula that tabulates receipts, the film's budget, the number of screens and critical response to see not just who made the most money, but who's leading the PopcornBiz Championship Series.
Last week "The Avengers" shattered the box office record for best opening weekend, this week they shattered the record for best second weekend, taking in more than $100 million, beating "Avatar"'s old record by almost $28 million. It was a performance so dominant that Earth's mightiest heroes rendered box office titan Johnny Depp and his new film, "Dark Shadows," little more than an afterthought. Let's take a look at the top 10 films, via Box Office Mojo:
1. Marvel's The Avengers - $103,163,000
2. Dark Shadows - $28,805,000
3. Think Like a Man - $6,300,000
4. The Hunger Games - $4,400,000
5. The Lucky One - $4,055,000
6. The Pirates! Band of Misfits - $3,200,000
7. The Five-Year Engagement - $3,100,000
8. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel - $2,650,000
9. Chimpanzee - $1,624,000
10. Girl in Progress - $1,350,000
U.S. & World
The day's top national and international news.
In just 19 days since it debuted overseas, "The Avengers" has made more than $1 billion globally, including $373 million domestically, poised to pass "Hunger Games" on Monday or Tuesday as the highest grossing film of the year.
Running the numbers--weeks in release, critical acclaim, budget, number of screens--through our proprietary formula, "The Avengers" haul looks no less impressive, as the film racked up a PBCS score more than seven times its nearest competition:
1. Marvel's The Avengers - 1428
2. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel - 183
3. Think Like a Man - 171
4. The Hunger Games - 44
5. Dark Shadows - 35
6. The Five-Year Engagement - 14
7. The Pirates! Band of Misfits - 12
8. Chimpanzee - 10
9. The Lucky One - 9
10. Girl in Progress - 4
But life at the top is likely over for "The Avengers", as "Battleship" is rolling into theaters this coming weekend. The film has been doing crazy business overseas, and features two of America's favorite things: aliens and jingoism. Throw in some special effects and an insanely good-looking cast, and a $100 million opening weekend seems entirely possible.


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Biographical directory, TN General Assembly, 1796-1969 (Cheatham County, Preliminary #4). Nashville, TSLA, 1968. 47 pp.
Brehm, H.C. Along the Harpeth. Nashville, Mini-Histories, 1993. 82 pp.
Cheatham County High School. Laureate (yearbook). var. eds.
Dalton, Robert E. "Montgomery Bell & the Narrows of Harpeth." THQ 35 (1976), pp. 3-28.
Dining in & around Cheatham County. Compiled by the Cheatham County Business & Professional Women's Club. Olathe, KS, Cookbook Pub., Inc., 1991. 101 pp.
Flood insurance study: Cheatham County, TN, unincorporated areas. Washington, D.C., FEMA, 1980. 21 pp.
Goodspeed's history of TN (Cheatham County, pp. 947-974, 1358-1388). Goodspeed, 1886.
Harpeth gleanings. v.1, 1981-. (quarterly). Bellevue-Harpeth Historical Society.
McCall, James G. Corn production practices in Cheatham County. (typescript; a special problem in lieu of a thesis in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science, UT) 1965. 21 pp.
McCall, James G. Swine production & marketing practices in Cheatham County. (typescript; a special problem in lieu of a thesis in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science, UT) 1965. 19 pp.
Nashville MSA, 1980-1987: an economic analysis. Nashville, TN Dept. Emp. Sec., 1988. 55 pp.
Peacock, Charles K. "Mound bottom pictoglyph." TN Arch. 5 (1949), pp. 8-9.
TN Dept. Transportation [county maps] issued periodically.
US Geol. Survey [topographic maps] issued periodically. Quadrangles: Henrietta, Pleasant View, Springfield South, Cumberland Furnace, Cheatham Dam, Ashland City, Forest Grove, Harpeth Valley, Lillamay, Scottsboro, White Bluff, Kingston Springs.
Flood insurance study: town of Ashland City, TN, Cheatham County. Washington, D.C., FEMA, 1980. 13 pp.
Williams, Eleanor S. Henrietta heritage: a TN Homecoming '86 pilot community; home of Pat Head Summitt, Olympic medallist. Henrietta Volunteer Fire Dept. Ladies' Auxiliary, 1988. 22 pp.
Flood insurance study: city of Kingston Springs, TN, Cheatham County. Washington, D.C., FEMA, 1980. 13 pp.
Flood insurance study: city of Pegram, TN, Cheatham County. Washington, D.C., FEMA, 1980. 14 pp.
Batson, Nancy W. Petway times & faces. N.p., the author, 198-. 285 pp.
Walker, Mary E. Pleasant View & environs: Cheatham & Robertson County, TN, 1787-1981. Pleasant View, the author, 1982. 164 pp.
History of Thomasville & vicinity. Thomasville, Homecoming '86 Committee, 1986. 18 pp.


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|Safe Haskell
This module provides the tutorial for Control.Frame.
Restricted Monads
Frames extend
Pipes with two new features:
- Folding input and intercepting upstream termination
- Guaranteeing prompt and deterministic finalization
However, these extra features comes with some added complexity: restricted monads, also known as indexed monads. Restricted monads sound scarier than they are, so I'll demonstrate that if you are comfortable using monads, then you'll be comfortable using restricted monads.
Let's translate the
take' function from the
Pipes tutorial into a
Frame to see what changes when we use restricted monads:
{-# LANGUAGE RebindableSyntax #-} import Control.Frame import Control.IMonad.Do import Control.IMonad.Trans import Prelude hiding (Monad(..)) take' :: Int -> Frame a IO (M a) C () take' n = do replicateMR_ n $ do x <- await yield x close liftU $ putStrLn "You shall not pass!"
This time I included all imports and highlighted the new
extension. The new imports belong to the
Control.IMonad hierarchy from
index-core package, which provides the core restricted monad
Yet, you almost wouldn't even know you were using an restricted monad just
by looking at the code. This is because
index-core can rebind
notation to use restricted monads instead of ordinary extensions. Three
things make this possible:
- The
RebindableSyntaxextension, which allows libraries to override
dosyntax (among other things)
- The
Control.IMonad.Domodule which exports the new bindings for
- Hiding
Monadfrom the Prelude so that it does not conflict with the bindings from
However, you are not obligated to rebind
do notation to use
Frames. You
can choose to keep ordinary
do notation and desugar the restricted monad
by hand. Just import
Control.IMonad instead, drop the
extension, and don't hide
Monad. Then you can desugar
take' manually
using the restricted monad operators:
import Control.Frame import Control.IMonad import Control.IMonad.Trans take' :: Int -> Frame a IO (M a) C () take' n = (replicateMR_ n $ await !>= \x -> yield x) !>= \_ -> close !>= \_ -> liftU $ putStrLn "You shall not pass!"
However, for this tutorial I will use the
do notation, since it's prettier
and easier to use.
You'll also notice functions that resemble the ones in
except with an '
R' suffix on the end of them, like
Most functions in
Control.Monad have a restricted counterpart provided by
Control.IMonad.Restrict (which is in turn re-exported by
Control.IMonad), such as
foreverR, and
Also, every time you lift an operation from the base monad, you must use
liftU instead of
Frames are "restricted monad transformers",
and they would normally lift a base restricted monad using
liftI, but
they can also lift ordinary monads, too, using
liftU (mnemonic: "lift"
an ordinary monad and 'U'pgrade it to a restricted monad).
Type Signatures
Frame type constructor also looks a bit different, too:
Frame a IO (M a) C ()
Let's dissect that to understand how
Frames work:
| Output | Base monad | Initial Input | Final Input | Return Value Frame a IO (M a) C ()
Frames differ from
Pipes in that their input end indexes the beginning
and end of the operation. Our
take' function starts off with an open
input end (
M a), and ends with a closed input end (
take' finishes with a closed input end because it called the
function, which seals off and finalizes upstream. You can see that the
close primitive changes the index just by looking at its type:
close :: Monad m => Frame b m (M a) C ()
close instruction begins with an open input end (
M a) and finishes
with a closed input end (
C). If you tried to call
close twice, you'd
get a type error:
-- wrong! do close close
This prevents you from accidentally finalizing upstream twice.
close is the only primitive that changes the index, and there is no way to
reopen the input once you have closed it.
close also forbids you from
awaiting input from upstream after you have already closed it. If you
try, you will get a type error
-- wrong! do close await
This prevents you from requesting input from a finalized pipe. In fact,
once you
close your input end, every upstream
Frame disappears
completely. You couldn't get input from upstream anyway, even if you
somehow allowed
await statements after
You can check out
await's type signature to see why it won't type-check
await :: Monad m => Frame b m (M a) (M a) a
await must begin with the input end open (
M a) and it leaves the input
end open when done (
M a). However, you can still use a
yield anywhere:
yield :: Monad m => b -> Frame b m i i ()
yield will work whether or not the input end is open, and it leaves the
input end in the same state once
yield is done.
Prompt Finalization
Frame must close its input end exactly one time before you can
compose it with other
Frames. The only exception is if a
Frame never
-- This type-checks because foreverR is polymorphic in the final index printer :: (Show b) => Frame Void IO (M b) C r printer = foreverR $ do a <- await liftU $ print a
However, when a
Frame no longer needs input then you should
close it as
early as possible. The earlier you
close upstream, the more promptly
upstream gets finalized.
If you write a stand-alone producer from start to finish, you can be sure it will never need upstream, so you can close it immediately:
-- I'm keeping fromList's input end polymorphic for a later example fromList :: (M.Monad m) => [b] -> Frame b m (M a) C () fromList xs = do close mapMR_ yield xs
However, if
fromList were a library function, you would remove the
statement as you cannot guarantee that your user won't want to
await after
fromList. Or, the user might want to call
fromList twice within the
Frame, and having two close statements would lead to a type error.
Therefore, a good rule of thumb when writing library code for
Frames is to
always let the user decide when to
close the
Frame unless you are
writing a stand-alone
So for right now, I will leave the
close in
fromList for simplicity and
treat it as a stand-alone
Frame. Also, it will come in handy for a later
Composition works just like
Pipes, except you use the (
<-<) composition
operator instead of (
stack :: Stack IO () stack = printer <-< take' 3 <-< fromList [1..]
Frame equivalent to
Pipeline is a
Stack (mnemonic: call stack;
also the name
Frame refers to a call stack frame):
type Stack m r = Frame Void m (M ()) C r
Similarly, you use
runFrame instead of
runPipe to convert the
back to the base monad:
runFrame stack1 2 3 You shall not pass!
However, let's carefully inspect the type of composition:
(<-<) :: Monad m => Frame c m (M b) C r -> Frame b m (M a) C r -> Frame c m (M a) C r
Each argument
Frame must begin in an open state and end in a closed state.
This means that each
Frame in a
Stack must call
close exactly once
before it may be used.
runFrame has the exact same restriction:
runFrame :: Monad m => Stack m r -> m r runFrame ~ Monad m => Frame Void m (M ()) C r -> m r
Composition specifically requires the user to define when to finalize
upstream and does not assume this occurs at the end of the
Frame. This
doesn't pose a problem for stand-alone
Frames, since they will know when
they no longer need input, but smaller library components designed to be
assembled into larger
Frames should let the user decide at the very last
moment where to
close the
Pipe. There is no way to know ahead of time
where the
close should be until the complete
Frame has been assembled.
Frames in hand, we can now write a safe
read' function:
readFile' :: Handle -> Frame Text IO C C () readFile' h = do eof <- liftU $ hIsEOF h whenR (not eof) $ do s <- liftU $ hGetLine h yield s readFile' h read' :: FilePath -> Frame Text IO C C () read' file = do liftU $ putStrLn "Opening file..." h <- liftU $ openFile file ReadMode -- The following requires "import qualified Control.Monad as M" finallyD (putStrLn "Closing file ..." M.>> hClose h) $ readFile' h
finallyD function registers a block-level finalizer that executes if a
Pipe terminates or if the block completes normally. The more
finallyF function will call the finalizer if any
Usually you would always want to use
finallyF, but because of some type
limitations you can only use
finallyD after a
Frame is closed. A future
release of this library will fix this and merge
finallyD into
So that means that for everything beginning before a
close statement, use
finallyF, otherwise use
Similarly, you can use the
catchF /
catchD counterparts to the
"finally" functions. The "catch" functions run the finalizer only if
Frame terminates before the block is done, but not if the block
terminates normally.
We don't
close the
read' function because it's not a stand-alone
Frame. We want to be able to concatenate multiple
read's together
within the same
Frame, like so:
files = do close read' "file1.txt" read' "file2.txt"
So let's assume those two files have the following contents:
Line 1 Line 2 Line 3
We can now check to see if our
files producer works:
runFrame $ printer <-< filesOpening file... "Line1" "Line2" "Line3" Closing file ... Opening file... "A" "B" "C" Closing file ...
More importantly, files are never opened if they aren't demanded and they are always properly finalized if the consumer terminates early:
runFrame $ printer <-< take' 2 <-< filesOpening file... "Line1" "Line2" Closing file ... You shall not pass!
So we get lazy, deterministic, and prompt resource management. Nice!
Frames can actually do more than just manage finalization! Using
Frames, we can now correctly implement folds like
toList in a way that
is truly compositional:
toList :: (M.Monad m) => Frame b m (M a) (M a) [a] toList = do a' <- awaitF case a' of Nothing -> return [] Just a -> do as <- toList return (a:as)
We used one new function this time:
awaitF. This is like
await except
that it returns a
Nothing if upstream terminates before
yielding back a
value. This allows you to intercept upstream termination and do some
cleanup, and in our case we use it to end the fold.
You only receive a
Nothing once when you use
awaitF. Any attempt to
request more input after you receive the first
Nothing will terminate the
Frame using the upstream return value. In fact,
await is built
on top of
await = do a' <- awaitF case a' of Nothing -> await Just a -> return a
If it gets a
Nothing, it just ignores it and
awaits again, choosing to
not do any cleanup.
Now let's make sure our
toList function works. I didn't make
toList a
Frame, so we will have to include a
close statement to
complete it before composing it:
p1 = do xs <- toList close return (Just xs) p2 xs = do fromList xs return Nothing -- Remember: they need the same return type
runFrame $ p1 <-< p2 [1..10]Just [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10]
Lazy resource management has one important disadvantage: we can't free the resource until downstream no longer needs input. Many libraries duplicate their code to provide Lazy and Strict versions, allowing the user to decide if they want:
- Lazy input, which conserves memory, but holds onto the resource until downstream is done processing it
- Strict input, which loads everything into memory, but can then immediately dispose of the resource before the input is processed
What if there were a way to seamlessly switch between those semantics or even choose something in between? Well, it turns out we can!
First, we can combine
fromList and
toList into something even cooler:
strict :: (M.Monad m) => Frame a m (M a) C () strict = do xs <- toList fromList xs
As the name suggests, the
strict function is strict in its input.
strict loads the entire input into memory, finalizes upstream, then
proceeds to hand the input off to downstream. We can prove this just by
using it:
runFrame $ printer <-< strict <-< files> Opening file... > Closing file ... > Opening file... > Closing file ... > "Line1" > "Line2" > "Line3" > "A" > "B" > "C"
Both files were disposed of immediately, at the expense of using more memory.
But what if we want something in between strictness and laziness? Maybe something like this:
runFrame $ printer <-< strict <-< take' 2 <-< filesOpening file... Closing file ... You shall not pass! "Line1" "Line2"
Now we have the best of both worlds. We can pick and choose how much of
our source to strictly load into memory. In the above example, we specified
that we wanted to be strict only in the first two lines of our input, and as
a result the third line of "
file1.txt" is never read and "
is never even opened!
Now we have a way to seamlessly slide anywhere on the spectrum between
laziness and strictness, and it's all implemented entirely within Haskell
in a way that is elegant and intuitive without the use of artificial and
seq annotations.
Frame implementation exposes all internals, yet this does not
compromise safety or invariants in any way. The library's implementation is
"correct-by-construction", meaning that you can extend it with your own
features if you so choose, and you never have to worry about accidentally
breaking any laws, such as the associativity of composition.
This has the following important practical benefits for finalization and folds:
- Finalizers never get duplicated or dropped
- Folds can be performed anywhere within the
Stack, not just at the most downstream
Frame, as the
strictexample illustrates.
- You can reason about each
Frames finalization behavior completely independently of other
Composition elegantly handles every single corner case. This directly
follows from strictly enforcing the
Category laws, because categories have
no corners!


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Funchal Express
Dinner at the Design Center Nini Andrade Silva
Arrival in Funchal: just down from the Ferry (from Porto Santo), I am facing the entrance of the Design Centre Nini Andrade Silva, located at the end of the dock (photo 1 of the photo-montage above). I'd visited the building with the interior designer Nini Andrade Silva, during the work. What a surprise to now discover the different spaces with her iconic design furnitures and items! Awesome!
I really like the outdoor café (first photo of the post and photo below) and the black and white graphic restaurant with a 360 degree view, of the ocean and Funchal (photo-montage above). The atmosphere is really nice with a tasty cuisine and friendly team. My only downside: I look like a scarecrow after my long outdoors day in Porto Santo, plus the ferry over for more than two hours (lol)!
And my camera has no more battery, bad! Fortunately I Bob (Marley) saved me! There is live music in one of the spaces (videos below) and I feel more relaxed. An island without Bob is no longer an island, right?
Breakfast at the Meliá
Oops, It's Public Holiday!
Slow wake-up and breakfast at the Meliá Madeira Mare. I planned checking out cool shops of local designers for you (and me!). But everything is closed. So I comfortably lay near the swimming pool facing the ocean. Then I will have a lunch at The Vine and a guided tour of the historical center of Funchal.
Lunch at the Uva Restaurant
The Return
I go to The Vine, another hotel designed by Nini Andrade Silva. I'll end up to know all of them at least in Portugal (lol)! During the Festival do Atlantico, I had dinner at the excellent Uva Restaurant & Wine Bar (with a French chef) and then we watched the beautiful fireworks on the terrace.
Once more, the restaurant kept its promises. Great lunch! The food looks like paintings! Everything is delicious and the service is impeccable. I really enjoy the soothing views of the city and harbor. It feels good. The Vine and the Design Centre Nini Andrade Silva, are my two favorite places in Funchal!
The Walk in the Historical Center
More and Less Two Hours
before leaving the city to the Cristiano Ronaldo airport. So I joined one of the guides of History Tellers (an initiative of the University of Madeira Students' Union (AAUMa). They offer "circuits through the history of Madeira". In addition to learn about Madeira, you will help students struggling financially.
I've already visited the historical center. But I have fun to rediscover it with a "documented eye". Last time, I didn't notice some doors and facades cafés in (or near) Santa Maria street, like the ones below. Pictured right: the famous Rainha do Fado,Amália Rodrigues. To read my previous articles on Funchal and Madeira, click HERE.
Photos: © Mademoiselle Le K – Tous droits réservés.
Visit Madeira, Visit Portugal, Design Centre Nini Andrade, The Vine, Meliá Madeira Mare & History Tellers
Related posts: HOTEL REVIEWS & DESTINATIONS
Many thanks to Visit Madeira and Visit Portugal for this beautiful invitation. Thanks also to the teams of the Design Centre Nini Andrade Silva, The Vine Hotel and Meliá Madeira Mare. As always these are my opinions.


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The 2013 NCAA Division II Winter Championship Festival video has been selected to receive a National Telly Award. The Division II Festival in Birmingham, Ala. in March 2013 hosted the national championships in men's and women's swimming and diving, men's and women's indoor track and field, and wrestling.
Division II is the only NCAA division that conducts "National Championships Festivals," an Olympic-style event in which a number of national championships are held at a single site over a period of several days.
"The festival is unique to Division II and is an opportunity to showcase the outstanding characteristics of Division II schools, student-athletes and coaches," said Terri Steeb Gronau, NCAA vice president of Division II. "The video clearly demonstrated the high level of competition and excellence in Division II sports, and it's a thrill to be recognized by the Telly Awards."
The award-winning video captured the excitement of the opening ceremonies, competitions and community engagement activities that were attended by more than 1,100 Division II student-athletes throughout the week. The video was produced and completed in time for presentation during the Closing Ceremonies held at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex attended by the student-athletes, coaches, administrators, Birmingham officials and other invited guests.
"We have truly enjoyed producing videos of Division II's Championship Festivals as well as other projects that help tell their amazing story," said Chris Wertz, senior producer, Creative Street Media Group. "We are honored that The Telly Awards has recognized that effort, which has been ongoing since 2006."
Celebrating 35 years, the Annual Telly Awards are judged by industry professionals and past awards winners. The Telly Awards receives more than 13,000 entries annually from the finest ad agencies, production companies, TV stations, cable companies, interactive agencies and corporations in the world. Being selected for recognition amongst these thousands of entries is a remarkable achievement.
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The NCAA is a membership-led nonprofit association of colleges and universities committed to supporting academic and athletic opportunities for more than 460,000 student-athletes at more than 1,000 member colleges and universities. Each year, more than 54,000 student-athletes compete in NCAA championships in Divisions I, II and III sports. Visit www.ncaa.org and www.ncaa.com for more details about the Association, its goals and members and corporate partnerships that help support programs for student-athletes. The NCAA is proud to have the following elite companies as official Corporate Champions—AT&T, Capital One and Coca-Cola—and the following elite companies as official Corporate Partners—Allstate, Amazon (Kindle), Buffalo Wild Wings, Buick, Burger King, Enterprise, Infiniti, LG, Lowe's, Nabisco, Northwestern Mutual, Reese's (Hershey's), Unilever and UPS.
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