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For many, running a marathon is their ultimate athletic ambition, and taking on the challenge in New York is one memorable way to raise money for charity. With luck, you might even find yourself tackling the 26-mile course alongside someone famous: previous participants include Oprah Winfrey, Hillary Clinton and Sir Ranulph Fiennes, to name three. Over the last 31 years, the famous blue line marking the New York City Marathon route has seen brilliant performances, heartbreaking defeats, and more stories of individual triumph than any one person could ever hope to document.

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Winter Music Conference is the annual pow-wow of the electronic music industry, attracting cutting-edge artists, DJs, producers, video directors, retailers and audio manufacturers. It might be winter, but this is Miami, the setting is a beach, and you’re a world away from the fog and cold of Europe, New York and LA.
The conference last five days and includes seminars, demo workshops, DJ spin-offs and countless other events, culminating in a delirious final party, the Ultra Music Festival, at which 40,000 fans watch 200 of the best DJs in the world perform on 10 stages. Registration starts at US$395 – and if you’re worried this makes it seem that the music industry has gone too corporate, don’t: you can always put it on expenses.

A Glass Box Floating Above The Clouds Over Polanco Neighborhood Is The Showcase For The City’s Finest Events. Habita Was Mexico City’s First Design Hotel And Offers The Modern Traveler A Sanctuary For Respite And Relaxation: Your Own Habita, Surrounded By Emporio Armani, Fendi, Hermes, And Restaurants Of High Culinary Trends. Habita Offers Unparalleled Boutique Hotel Experience. The Thirty-two Luxurious Rooms And Four Junior Suites Outfitted With Every Amenity Imaginable, Including Custom Pieces By Ten Arquitectos, Eames Chairs, And Flat Screen Tv’s Indulges A Modern, Contemporary Design Aesthetic.

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This small 18-foot-high Kyaiktiyo or Golden Rock Pagoda is located in the jungle in Kyaikhto Township of Mon State near the Thai boarder town of Mae Sot on Kyaikhtiyo Hill at an elevation of 1100 metres above sea level.
When you see the Golden Rock you’ll forget that you’re covered in sweat, exhausted, and have just hiked 12-kilometers up a mountain – the sight is breathtaking. A giant golden boulder with a pagoda on top seems to do the impossible: defy gravity. It’s precariously perched on a small ledge extending from the top of an Eastern Yoma mountain, and appears ready to fall at any moment.

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The tradition of placing crucifixes on a hill at the Lithuanian border was founded as early as the 14th century to defy foreign insurgents, and continues today as a statement of cultural identity.
Although it’s a very old tradition, very few of the existing crosses date from earlier than 1985. The Hill of Crosses has a long history of being levelled by oppressors (including three times during the Soviet era when the crosses were burned and reduced to scrap and the land covered in sewage). The way the population of Lithuania continue to return and replaces the crosses on the hill is part of what makes this a sacred site for Catholics all over the world.

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Royal Solaris Los Cabos Resort, located on the beach along the Sea of Cortez, is built in a magnificent Mexican Californian style of construction, is a deluxe all inclusive resort, where a pre-established price lets you enjoy a great variety of services. Situated in San José del Cabo, Royal Solaris is a short 15 minutes travel time from Los Cabos International Airport and only 30 minutes travel time to downtown Cabo San Lucas.
Royal Solaris Los Cabos Deluxe All Incluxive Resort has been built to the highest of standards and offers lots or spacious, harmonious accommodations to provide the perfect retreat for a memorable holiday, vacation or successful business meeting or convention. The resort has 400 beautiful Mexican style decorated rooms with a modern touch, available in ocean view, and garden view, with connecting rooms available upon request and subject to availability at check in. Royal Solaris Los Cabos offers perfect accommodations for your great vacation, business meeting or convention.

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<The Holy City of Jerusalem, built in the 7th century, decorated with beautiful geometric and floral motifs, it is recognized by all three religions as the site of Abraham’s sacrifice. It consists of four ethnic and religious sections — the Armenian, Christian, Jewish, and Muslim Quarters. The Old City of Jerusalem is an approximately one square kilometer area of the modern day Israel city of Jerusalem. The Old City is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is visited by tourists from around the world.

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