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Summer vacation, minus the sticker shock
My mother's relatives are having a family reunion in Puerto Rico next month. Being a typical procrastinator, I waited until the last minute, assuming my husband and I would have no problem getting a cheap fare and hotel room during the Caribbean's typical off-season.Boy, was I wrong.
The cheapest airfare I could find online was $750 per person. And no beachfront hotel in San Juan had a room below $130, a far cry from summers past when resorts offered double-digit rates in July and August, with a free pia colada thrown in. Now I have to consider the possibility of camping out at my grandfather's house, where the guest room has one of those lumpy sofa beds with a bar that runs right across my back.
Either that, or spend the summer in my current residence of Fresno, located right in the heart of the triple-digit furnace of California's Central Valley.
CANOE -- SLAM! Sports - Columnists - Kernaghan: For 42 years, it's been quite a ride
So long. After 42 years spent in press boxes, locker rooms, sidelines and anywhere else athletes gather, I've decided to quit writing a daily column while I'm ahead.But not so fast, Skippy. After a bit of a break, I'm going to sneak back in under the guise of a freelancer writing a column a week.
It's been some ride and my cups runneth over. World Cups, Stanley Cups, Grey Cups, Memorial Cups, Vanier Cups and Allan Cups weave into Olympic Games, Super Bowls, World Series and all manner of championships and trophies on grass, artificial turf, asphalt, ice, snow, water and canvas.
After thousands of competitions and millions of type-written words, one seeks a phrase, a word, to encapsule it.
The word is truth.
For all its occasional foibles, the essence of sport is truth.
Plane of Sibir Airlines makes emergency landing in Simferopol
An A-310 plane of the Sibir Airlines (Siberia), which was flying from Domodedovo (Moscow) to Antalya (Turkey) made an emergency landing at the Simferopol Airport. The plane landed on Sunday at 9.45 p m for breakdown of one of the plane's engines.Passengers of the plane were departed to Domodedovo with an another plane on Monday 5.30 a m. There were 243 passengers on board..
Laing touts The Bahamas' success during speech at African summit
Speaking at the 12th Annual Nigerian Economic Summit in Abuja, former Minister of Economic Development Zhivargo Laing touted The Bahamas' success in international trade and suggested the way forward for Nigeria's government.Mr. Laing along with His Excellency Olusegun Obasanjo, president of Nigeria, the president of the National Assembly and many others addressed this year's summit held June 7 - 9.
Hailing from a small independent country, Mr. Laing boasted of The Bahamas' trade accomplishments, adding that The Bahamas is one of the most successful small developing countries in the world.
That, he says, is because The Bahamas has embraced international trade; however, the former economic minister quickly added that many Bahamian people view formal participation in regional and international free trade arrangements with some trepidation.
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The Lua Cheia, Portland OR: The Lua Cheia (Pronounced Lou-a-shay-ya) is a 35-foot Carver Motoryacht with a single level floorplan and spacious flybridge.