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  • Why Your Next Trip Should Be To Panama? - Frobes
    Poised at the junction of North and South America, Panama possesses a laundry list of new attractions, hotspots and luxury hotels that are making it an up and coming travel destination—with the catalyst undoubtedly being the $5.25 billion Panama Canal expansion that’s underway and scheduled for completion in 2014. The aim is to allow a greater volume and size of ships to pass through the historic, 50-mile long waterway. The result? Panama City is transforming into an energetic, modern metropolis, with investors preparing for moneyed visitors by upping its luxury quotient.

    Donald Trump got in early on Panama’s growing popularity, opening Trump Ocean Club International Hotel & Tower in summer 2011, making it the first international venture for Trump Hotel Collection (and the tallest building in Latin America). The hotel is uniquely shaped like a tall ship’s sail, and rooms have floor-to-ceiling views of Panama City and the Pacific Ocean. Panamanian touches such as wood-carved headboards grace the 369 guest rooms, and luxe services abound, including wardrobe storage assistance (so frequent visitors don’t have to lug baggage back and forth) and a complimentary catamaran to Trump’s private Beach Club (an island with white sand beaches, a pool, cabanas, watersports and beach chair service). But it’s the 1,830-square-foot pool deck that really caught our attention—it has a gorgeous infinity-edge pool, alfresco seating at the poolside bar and restaurant and expansive ocean views.

    Waldorf Astoria’s The Panamera, the brand’s first in Latin America, is scheduled to open in June in Panama City’s fashionable Calle Uruguay neighborhood. Located less than 15 minutes from Marcos A. Gelabert International Airport and within walking distance of the massive Cinta Costera (the city’s version of Central Park), the luxury hotel will have a 2,500-square-foot spa, 130 guest rooms and an outdoor swimming pool. There will be a variety of restaurants, from the handcrafted sushi at Ginger Sushi Bar and Lounge to contemporary French-American at Brasserie Brillo. The Bungalo Terrace and Pool Bar will be the spot for poolside libations, and The Cristal Bar will serve as an elegant space for cocktails and mingling in the lobby.

    There’s much more to do than lounge poolside in Panama. The once dilapidated but charmingly historic neighborhood of Casco Viejo has undergone a sophisticated makeover in recent years. While you can still spot the colonial-era architecture prevalent throughout its streets, the area now houses some of the city’s best restaurants, bars, galleries and hotels. DiVino Enoteca is a swanky wine bar, with loads of varietals to choose from (watch for the classic, black-and-white movies playing silently in the background). At tapas restaurant Manolo Caracol, there is no menu—once seated, you’ll be given a variety of small plates with Spanish influences, such as Andalusian gazpacho with cucumber sorbet and spicy tuna sashimi.

    The Frank Gehry-designed BioMuseo is set to open in early 2013, and will focus on the country’s fascinating biodiversity and the importance of the isthmus—the narrow strip of land that makes Panama and its revenue-generating canal. And though the museum isn’t officially open yet, you can join the list of VIPs (Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Jane Goodall) and stop by the site for a sneak peek.
     

    Caroline Patek, Contributor
     
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Spray de Pimienta

 Cada vez que vas por lugares  públicos hoy en el día , ¿te sientes seguro? Es una pregunta que yo le haría . En la mayoría de los casos es probable que si elige los   lugares que frecuenta.  Pero como la vida es muy agitada, a veces tenemos que hacer algunos mandados, como comprar los víveres después de horas laborables, e imagínese trayendo los paquetes del supermercado hacia su auto a eso de las 9:00 p.m de la noche en un estacionamiento no muy iluminado, al llegar a su auto se percata de que quedan pocos carros, parece que todo el mundo se ha ido.  De repente se da cuenta que  tres extraños se dirigen hacia usted.  Van en dirección directa  hacia ti, comienza a subir la adrenalina, y se le pasan por la cabeza miles de situaciones en un segundo, se asusta y desearía llegar a su carro, cerrar las puertas y haber arrancado el carro y salir como un rayo.  En esta situación, si usted no es un especialista entrenado en artes marciales, le  apuesto a que un spray de pimienta la haría sentirse más seguro.  No es algo sacado de los cabellos, es una situación que ocurre a diario .
Gracias a Dios tenemos muchos dispositivos de defensa personal.  Tazers, pistolas paralizantes y spray pimienta Mace son los más populares. Para todas las mujeres de mi familia les enseñé a empezar a llevar a como defensa personal de las latas de spray de pimienta. Han aprendido a utilizarlos,  hemos  hecho prácticas con frecuencia en casa, esto no es sólo para tener la paz mental, sino porque cuando ocurre una situación extrema, mucha gente en ves de actuar,  se congele. Es evidente que esta sustancia se hizo para incapacitar al atacante durante unos segundos. Este spray de pimienta  ciega, incapacita, y en algunos casos provocar vómito para el agresor. La reacción es temporal, de manera que da tiempo a la víctima para escapar y no causa  daño permanente al agresor. Esta es una de las razones por la que muchas personas les gusta llevar spray de pimienta  en lugar de una pistola o un arma blanca que de manera equivocada puede ser utilizada contra la víctima. Estos dos tipos de armas causan daños irreversibles en el cuerpo humano.
Si usted planea usar un arma de autoconservación debería siempre estar  al alcance de la mano, es decir que esté accesible en el momento que lo necesite, porque si usted lo  pone en su cartera  y se tarda un minuto para conseguirlo, no sirve de nada.  Por eso hicimos la práctica con todas las mujeres de mi casa, para que tengan ese reflejo cuando ocurra una situación de peligro.  Hay una especie de correo que de velcro que se amarra en el brazo para llevar el spray pimienta. De todo lo que se ha escrito lo más importante es que se tenga al alcance cuando se necesita. 

Mace Pepper Spray 


Whenever you go to public places in this day, do you feel safe? It is a question I will ask you.  In the majority of cases you probably will if you are very choosy in the places you usually go.  But now day sometimes you need to do some errands, like when do in supermarket  at night after a workday and when strolling all your packages to your car in a parking not well illuminated.   As you are reaching your car you see there are only a few more cars, seem that almost everyone has left for the day.  In that moment you see three strangers into your direction.   They begin walking toward you, your adrenaline get high, you get frightened, your wish is to reach your car, get in start the vehicle and go away.  In this situation if you are not a trained martial arts specialist, I will bet that a Mace pepper spray would have made you feel safer at this situation..
Thanks God we have many devices for personal defense.. Tazers, stun guns, and Mace pepper spray are a the most popular ones.   For all the women in my  family  a  teach them to start carrying personal cans of pepper spray.   They learned to  use them, we had made practice frequently in house, this is not just to have peace-of-mind, because when you have an extreme situation, mostly people get freeze.  It is clear that this substance was made to incapacitate the attacker for a few seconds.   This pepper spray will blind, stunt, and in some cases cause vomit to the aggressor.   The reaction is temporary so that it gives the victim time to get away and it would not do permanent damage to the aggressor.  This is one of the reasons so many persons like to carry Mace pepper spray instead of a gun or an edged weapon that in a wrong way can be used against the victim.  This kind of weapons causes irreversible damage to the human body.
If you plan to use a weapon for self-preservation it should be at hand reach, that is accessible in the instant you need it, because if you put in the purse and it takes a  minute to get it, is of no use.  That is why I practice with all the women in my house.  They put them like a  Velcro band in their arm .   Of all I wrote this is the most important thing.

 
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