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1) Egypt and Turkey – Bloomberg
It's amazing how fickle Egypt's government can be when it drops an old friend.
Egypt's new government has made it clear it is not prepared to cooperate with Turkey, an ally and donor of the Muslim Brotherhood. Tensions have grown between the two countries since the army toppled Islamist president Mohammed Morsi and Turkey is suffering for it, with exports dropping as much as 30% since July 3, the day of the coup.
The Federation of the Egyptian Chambers of Commerce this week announced they will suspend all official trade relations with the Turkey after Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan described Morsi's ouster as an "unacceptable military coup".
But with the volume of trade between the two countries estimated at about $5 billion, excluding tourism and joint investment projects, Egypt will also end up paying a price for its bad diplomacy.
2) With Brotherhood out, old order shapes Egypt's future – Reuters
Not so much an economic story, but one that alludes to the growing influence of Egypt's "old guard", symbolically represented by the release of Hosni Mubarak.
The evidence is clear: the army has marshalled support from Egyptians as the country becomes exhausted by two and a half years of turmoil. Investigations against the January 25 killings and politically corrupt individuals during the Mubarak era have been put on hold. Censorship is back, with propaganda infiltrating most TV channels and even some state-run newspapers calling the January 25 revolution a "setback".
This story makes very clear that Egypt has turned a worrying corner in the quest for democracy and therefore equality, which is really what the revolution was all about.
3) Apache – Wall Street Journal
The oil and gas company, Apache has agreed to sell 33% of its Egypt business to China's Sinopec Group. It will continue to be an operator on the projects.
Though this story may, on first reading, look like Egypt's oil sector is vulnerable to asset sales because of increasing debt to oil companies and mismanagement on the part of the Egyptian government, it's not that simple.
The operations are located in the Western Desert, far from any political unrest that would impact exploration. In fact, this transaction reflects more of Apache's goal to use the proceeds to reduce debt, buy back shares and fund the company's capital spending.
What it does highlight is the value of Egypt's oil and gas sector, which will always be attractive to companies, even despite such political risk.
4) Egyptian government temporarily halts IMF negotiations – Egypt Independent
This story is misleading for a number of reasons. Egypt didn't halt IMF negotiations, rather the IMF stopped communicating with Egypt partly because of the way the Brotherhood have been almost banished from not just the political sphere but from daily life in Egypt. Most Brotherhood members are in hiding now.
The story also refers to the Gulf as a kind of saviour that will tackle the deficit, but none of the $12 billion will be used to cut the deficit. It will be used to keep the pound afloat and imports flowing. In other words, it's a running tap that is wasting cash that could be used more shrewdly.
What about making a deal with Saudi Arabia to invest in projects in Egypt? Wouldn't that be more helpful than throwing billions of dollars into the Central Bank to support a currency that many consider is overvalued?
5) Libya oil – Economist
One of the biggest issues standing in the way of Libya's economic success is the government's control over key sectors, especially oil. Now a port that allows the trade of Libyan oil has been shut off and its closure is representative of the power the state wields over the energy sector.
Basically the state believes that a large amount of oil is being "smuggled" out of Egypt. But the party responsible for the potential sale, the Petroleum Facilities Guard, say it is a valid transaction.
The stand-off is part of a bigger political agenda between various factions in Libya, but as this Economist article concludes, if the state-owned "National Oil Company cannot keep its legal monopoly on oil exports it will be taken as yet another sign of the increasing level of political risk in Libya".
5) Economic Challenges and Opportunities in Post-Qaddafi Libya
This report, from the Atlantic Council's Rafik Hariri Center, evaluates the Libyan economy and progress since popular uprisings in February 2011 and the eventual ouster of the Muammar Qaddafi regime.
On the surface, it appears Libya's economy is back to pre-revolution levels with oil production and GDP at comfortable levels. But this report sets out how the government has failed to come up with a single economic plan.
In this useful read, three main priorities are laid out for Libya's government including diversifying the economy away from oil, reducing youth unemployment and modernising the financial system.
How did Egypt's economy survive before the revolution considering it was a ticking time bomb?
Why have energy subsidies, which swallow a fifth of the budget, only become a financial burden now?
What has changed?
The following hair-raising chart from London-based economist Ziad Daoud explains all:[caption id="attachment_1692" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Ziad Daoud[/caption]
Egypt's economy has gone through a three-stage transformation, Daoud explains:
Phase 1: Before the Revolution
Foreign investments either through directly investing in infrastructure projects or buying factories, or financial investments into the Egyptian stock market or government bonds. These investments, up till the revolution that began in early 2011, were sufficient to cover the current account deficit (i.e., when a country's total imports is greater than the country's total exports, which can be dangerous if not kept in check).
As a result, the Central Bank of Egypt's (CBE) reserves remained largely untouched and reached a peak of $36 billion at the end of 2010.
Phase 2: The Revolution
Three things changed after the Revolution.
1) First, despite the rise in remittances, the current account deficit grew larger mainly due to the fall in tourism.
2) Second, direct investments halted to near zero.
3) Third, foreign capital flows into the Egyptian stock and bond markets quickly reversed course and flowed out of the country (the light blue bar in the chart).
The changes put pressure on the pound but the currency was supported by the CBE's intervention in the foreign exchange market using its international reserves. This meant reserves fell below the minimum safety level—estimated by the CBE to be around $15 billion—in the second half of 2012.
It also meant a change of strategy – the current account deficit and financial account deficit were now being financed by the CBE's reserves.
Phase 3: After the Revolution
With international reserves all but exhausted, the government—loathed to accept a currency depreciation—started to look for alternative sources of external funding. It was during this phase that it reached a preliminary agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in November 2012 only to backtrack on the deal.
Instead, the government managed to finance the current account deficit with loans from Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Libya and especially Qatar. Most of these loans are in the form of deposits at the CBE, some of which can already be seen as the dark-grey bar in the chart and more are likely to show up when the CBE publishes the balance of payments figures for the latest quarter. Indeed, thanks to these loans the CBE announced last week that its foreign currency reserves had increased to $16 billion at the end of May.
Phase Four?
Egypt is once again on the precipice of signing the IMF loan, saying a deal would be agreed by the end of this month. This could mark the Fourth Phase of Egypt's economic transition, but as the government's top advisor Essam El Haddad, complains to the Financial Times that it's all the IMF's fault, maybe we shouldn't hold our breath…
While the economic impact of the revolution was not one that could easily be managed, the decisions to steer the country in the right direction could have been different.
Because, what does the above tell you?
It shows that every single cabinet elected after the fall of Hosni Mubarak, every prime minister and even the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces which coveted its role as a military caretaker government before President Morsi was elected in June 2012, have turned Egypt from an economy suffering because of its unstructured, inefficient welfare system, to an economy that is surviving on welfare – loans from others.
Isn't it ironic, don't you think?
There are few Egypt's president can rely on more in these economic hard times than his band of Islamist brothers.
Key financial supporters from Islamist-led governments have come through with cash injections at times of extreme economic hardship, when Mohammed Morsi faced a spike in inflation and subsequent social unrest.
Egypt's Islamist groupies, including Qatar, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Libya have all together offered the country $10 billion, partly to boost the Central Bank's coffers, partly to help with energy imports.
$5 billion
The Gulf state has doubled financial aid to the Egyptian government with an additional $2.5 billion, on top of a previous $2.5 billion in deposits. While the Qatari finance minister has dampened any prospects of further aid in the short-term, this should not be mistaken for the Gulf state backing away from assistance to Egypt. Qatar has put its money where its mouth is, and to shift its focus away from Cairo now after pouring billions of dollars into the country would undermine the Gulf state's investment decision.
$2 billion
Turkey has deposited $1 billion of the $2 billion aid package it pledged last September. It is aimed at helping Egypt finance infrastructure projects and increase its dwindling foreign currency reserves.
Saudi Arabia
$1 billion
Last year, the Kingdom deposited $1 billion into Egypt's central bank at a time when Egypt's reserves plunged 60% from pre-revolution levels. The deposit included $500 million to finance high-priority development projects, $250 million for buying petroleum products and a $200 million grant for small and medium-sized projects and industries. Since then, Saudi Arabia has remained on the sidelines. Tensions are running high between the two countries after the arrest and sentencing of an Egyptian human rights lawyer to 5 years in prison and 300 lashes caused an outcry in Cairo.
$2 billion
Libyan officials this week said they were completing an agreement to deposit $2 billion in Egypt's Central Bank. The transaction, which has since been denied, is being seen as a quid pro quo agreement involving Egypt's arrest of several Gaddafi loyalists. What has been confirmed and is worth a similar amount is a transaction that will see Egypt import 900,000 barrels of oil a month from Libya starting in April.
But this generosity, however unwavering, is unsustainable.
As the FT's Middle East editor Roula Khalaf puts it:
This unconditional assistance has no chance of boosting confidence or putting the economy on a more sustainable track unless accompanied by political commitments.
In fact, propping up the budget this way only serves to artificially cushion the Muslim Brotherhood and allows them to delay an economic reform plan.
Because after all, what's the point of importing Libyan oil to feed an addiction to energy subsidies? Why support the Central Bank's reserve pot when the country has struggled to put forward an economic plan that will safeguard future reserves?
This is why other countries have been wary of pouring money into Egypt, and in so doing, unfairly legitimising the Morsi administration at a time of political divisiveness.
Without such budgetary support, the Brotherhood would be forced to be more conciliatory toward opposition groups and find compromises. Otherwise, they risk being voted out of office for failing to stop an economic backslide.
It's important to differentiate between aid to Egypt and budgetary support for Mohammed Morsi and his government. These are not mutually exclusive.
While Islamist governments such as Qatar and Libya may believe unconditional support will allow the Brotherhood to hold onto power, international donors should not withhold aid to Egypt's people who are facing the very real possibility of chronic food and fuel shortages. It is possible for donors to provide support toEgypt (for example by investing in key youth programmes and infrastructure projects) without propping up the Brotherhood.
What is clear is that instability in Egypt will not bode well for the region, not for donor countries who need economic and political stability in Cairo.
Arab economies have become addicted to "unearned income streams" including fuel exports, foreign aid, and remittances. This fragile social contract has led countries across the Middle East and North Africa to increase subsidies on fuel and food at times of social unrest.
This is their "original sin" and is fast becoming a liability, say economists Adeel Malik and Bassem Awadallah in this important paper for the World Development journal recently made available to the public.
"External revenues—whether derived from oil, aid, or remittances—profoundly shape the region's political economy" which only serves to "stifle economic and political incentives, turning economies away from production to patronage".
So as a result, on a per capita basis, the Middle East and North Africa received the highest overseas development assistance in 2008 ($73 compared to $49 in sub-Saharan Africa), the paper says. North Africa has consistently been the largest recipient of net aid per capita since 1960s (see table). These aid flows are largely driven by geo-political considerations.
The authors point out that despite the differences in cultures, economies and geographies across the Middle East and North Africa (Algeria to Syria for example), there are "at least five common denominators that cut across commonly recognized conceptual boundaries—for example, whether an Arab state is a monarchy or a republic, labor-scarce or labor abundant, resource-rich or resource-poor". One of these is the dependance on exports and aid. They spell out the other connecting factors:
First, all across the Arab world both economic and political power is concentrated in the hands of a few.
Second, the typical Arab state can be characterized as a security state; its coercive apparatus is both fierce and extensive.
Third, the broad contours of demographic change and the resulting youth bulges are fairly common across the region.
Fourth, Arab countries are mostly centralized states with a dominant public sector and, with few exceptions, weak private enterprise.
So what went wrong?
Malik and Awadallah go back to the Ottoman empire where centralized bureaucratic rule worked hard to prevent the emergence of autonomous social groups, and therefore valuable and profitable connections across the region and a strong private sector:
The Arab world has inherited an unfavorable and divisive legacy. The roots of a weak private sector run deep in history. Merchants were politically weak under the Ottomans.
A robust private sector was more feared than favored. When business thrived, it remained effectively in the hands of foreign merchants and local minorities. This was politically expedient: foreign merchants benefited from the economic privileges granted by rulers, but
seldom challenged their authority.
The break-up of the Ottoman Empire into a multitude of independent states created new political boundaries, but, over time, these became permanent economic boundaries.
The consequence of this divide meant that when globalisation was unavoidable, Arab economies did not integrate with one another but only with global structures of trade and finance. It's no surprise then that trade agreements in the Mena region are well below the global average.
The key concluding questions is: can the region harness its natural geographic strengths to build a future based on trade and production, or does it fall back on the geography of rents and patronage? Access to the coast, Europe and a large labour force are attractive opportunities that emerging markets would jump at. So why has the Arab world failed to integrate?
Revolutions across the region are an "apt reminder that the prevailing model has reach its expiry date", they say.
"This model built on oil and aid fortunes—and a leviathan state—is fast becoming a liability."
Egypt's Central Bank yesterday published a strangley frank statement that sheds light on the country's terrible spending habits and signals how the Morsi administration is losing its grip on the economy.
Just hours after the country's president Mohammed Morsi made a speech to declare the economy was showing signs of improvement, the Central Bank said it plans to start foreign-exchange auctions in order to preserve foreign reserves after they plunged to "minimum and critical" levels.
The new mechanism, which comes into effect today, will support the dollar interbank market.
The Egyptian pound is subject to a managed float but these auctions will mean the exchange rate is determined by the market rather than the Central Bank. It is a clear response to the depreciation of the pound, which fell to 6.1858 a dollar on Friday, near the lowest level in eight years.
A wave of dollarization, where the public have swapped their pounds for dollars, has exacerbated the pressure on the currency and the ability for the Central Bank to manage the pound's fall. If you want to read more about Egypt's currency situation, Rebel Economy put this guide together a few days ago.
$14 billion for the import of petroleum products and foodstuffs.
$8 billion for the payment of premiums and interest on foreign debt.
$13 billion to cover the exit of foreign investors from the local debt market.
The Central Bank said the total of $35 billion was financed from reserves plus other foreign exchange inflows.
It is the clearest sign yet of how Egypt's costly energy subsidies have eaten up some of the country's reserves to fund petroleum imports. Just this morning the ministry of finance said it has prepared $50 million to cover "urgent" petroleum import needs.
Debt service payments in foreign debt is also significant considering the country boasts about low external debt.
Even so, the renewed transparency from the finance ministry, central bank and the presidency is a positive step toward communicating to the public the situation on the ground, something that has been missing for several months. With it, Egyptian officials have explained that the country is not in danger of going bankrupt as several media reports have signalled. This morning Mumtaz el Saeed, Egypt's finance minister said it was all an "illusion" and a "myth".
It is unlikely that Egypt will go bankrupt simply because it is too big to fail but also because of the large amount of domestic debt Egypt has which can be rolled over easily unlike foreign debt which carries expensive penalties if not paid on time.
However, the country could get stuck in a perpetual cycle whereby debt is always rolled-over with no fear of default, supported by a cushion from foreign donors such as Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turkey.
I'm Mad As Hell
Yesterday's blog post on an incident involving the editor got some strong responses, and Rebel Economy thanks you for your interest, but most of all, for getting mad (angry, to you Englishmen).
In the words of Howard Beale in the 1970s American satirical film "The Network":
I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!"
Egypt's prime minister was on a rare hour-long conference call with investors yesterday where he repeated the mantra that the country is working to jumpstart the economy and revive important sectors such as tourism.
He also reaffirmed that there would be no currency devaluation "at the moment". Instead he said "we are aiming within three months to create quick wins on the ground".
Rebel Economy has warned before that "quick-wins" are never successful or sustainable. A case in point is the "Morsi-meter", established to show President Morsi's performance in his first 100 days, but shows only 4 promises out of 64 have actually been achieved after 80 days in power.
This post has been updated to include an article by Issandr El Amrani
Egypt is rolling in cash (theoretically). Whether these promises will be upheld and where exactly this money is directed is not always clear; is it really to support the budget deficit, or is it to support the central bank's policy of managing the currency?
Is the money really being directed to those who most need it and the sectors that are desperate for cash such as healthcare and education, or to building more power plants, roads and housing for the middle class?
One thing is for sure, Egypt is too large, too lucrative, too valuable for its resources, labour market and geographical location, to ignore. The nation's biggest trading partners, including the European Union (EU), China and the US, may need political stability in the country, but billions of dollars in trade exchange is also at stake. These countries need Egypt's economic strength back to fulfil their own demands.
Issandr El Amrani, or the Arabist, points out an article he wrote for Egypt Independent back in 2010, four months before Egypt's uprising, where he outlines how "Egypt, just like the banks that were rescued by governments in the US and Europe, is too big to fail."
Its systemic importance to the conduct of international relations in the Middle East is just too great to let it become a "rogue state" or spiral into chaos–even assuming that this badly run but closely controlled country is anywhere close to implosion.
Mr El Amrani also draws attention to how Egypt has been bailed out several times by allies such as the US when facing cash crunches. Egypt would have been bankrupt without this help.
Egypt's problem, he writes, "is not that it teeters on the brink of an abyss, as the alarmists would have it, but that it is too complacent, too certain of a rescue, too ready to choose the path of least resistance and just muddle along."
What's changed?
Rebel Economy rounds up below the main pledges given to Egypt in the last few weeks (aside from the much discussed $4.8 billion from the IMF which is still being negotiated):
In the last few weeks several donors have pledged billions of dollars in aid to the nation, reigniting some hope that Egypt is back on track. Italy has agreed to invest just over a billion dollars though it's unclear exactly for what.
In May, the Egyptian government signed an agreement with Italy to swap a third tranche of the country's debts worth $100 million for Italian investments in Egypt.
Turkey agreed during a visit by Egyptian officials to Istanbul to provide Egypt with a $2 billion financing package, Egypt's finance minister said on Saturday.
The aid is aimed at strengthening Egypt's foreign currency reserves and support investment in infrastructure. Half is expected to be in the form of bilateral loans.
Of course we can't forget Qatar's $2 billion in loans promised to support Egypt's budget and the huge $18 billion promised investment into Egyptian tourism and industrial projects over the next five years. Elsewhere in the Gulf, Saudi Arabia transferred $1.5 billion as direct budget support, approved $430 million in project aid and pledged a $750 million credit line to import oil products.
During a presidential visit to China in late August, Asia's largest economy agreed to give Egypt 450 million yuan ($70.5 million) to finance infrastructure, electricity and environment projects, as well as donating 300 police cars. A $200 million concessional loan to support small and medium size projects in Egypt was also signed.
Then there is the generous offer from US officials this month to wipe out $1 billion in debt for Egypt (apparently the two governments are nearing an agreement on this, though the deadly protests at US embassies across the Middle East in the last week may put a dampener on any deal) and the new investments on the horizon from 50 US corporations following a high profile visit to the country.
Just last week EU pledged $920 million in aid to the nation. The EU is Egypt's largest trading partner so it's about more than politics but about sustaining a vital trade link to the Middle East and Africa.
Egypt's is also in talks for additional budget support worth about $1 billion from the World Bank and the African Development Bank.
The OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) has approved a concessional loan for Egypt worth $30 million to modernise irrigation infrastructure, boost food security and alleviate poverty for approximately 215,000 Egyptians residing near Cairo.
Egypt's revenue from the Suez Canal will not fall this year from the $5.2 billion it achieved in 2011, the head of the Suez Canal Authority Mohab Memish told Reuters on Thursday.
Memish said the canal, which is a vital source of foreign currency in Egypt along with tourism, oil and gas exports and remittances from Egyptians living abroad, was among the most profitable entities in the country.
The canal has been used as one of the main arguments for supporting a controlled devaluation of the currency, because revenues from this would supposedly offset any impact from inflation hikes after a devaluation.
Revenue rose to $446.6 million in August, up three percent from July.
An Egyptian court has ruled that Assiut Cement's privatisation contract be cancelled and the firm returned to state ownership.
This is a symbolic development and a blow. For those in support of the private sector it looks like a backwards movement, but it is a victory for millions in Egypt opposed to the "open door" policy the country introduced decades ago under Sadat.
Assiut Cement has been 95.8 per cent owned by CEMEX, a global building materials firm, since its privatisation in 1999.
Workers at its factory have staged several strikes this year, demanding bonus payments, permanent contracts and improved conditions. Thursday's court ruling says that CEMEX is responsible for covering all the financial obligations and dues it incurred from 1999 until this year.
Assiut Cement has also been told to rehire workers it had dismissed while implementing a restructuring programme. A total of 2,545 labour contracts were terminated from a total of 3,777.
Egypt's largest steel producer, Ezz Steel, swung to a profit in the first quarter as prices rose and a buoyant housing construction market absorbed growing volumes of long steel, the company said on Thursday.
Its founder Ahmed Ezz was hit with corruption charges as prosecutors probed the dealings of figures closely associated with the ousted government.
Ezz was a top official in Mubarak's now disbanded political party. He quit the board of Ezz Steel and its subsidiary Ezz Dekheila last year to fight the charges against him. A court jailed him in September.
Egypt's former minister of interior Habib El-Adly reportedly owns 42 palaces and villas, 75 feddens and a 'fleet' of luxury cars, state-owned Al-Ahram daily newspaper reported on Saturday.
Al-Ahram said it obtained official documents which will be handed to the country's illicit gains authority that include details about El-Adly's wealth, which is estimated at $3 billion.
A vital, underreported topic explored by Shahrzad Mohtadi, in the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, uncovers how climate change contributed to Syria's bloody uprising.
From 1900 until 2005, there were six droughts of significance in Syria.
The seventh lasted from 2006 to 2010, an astounding four seasons, writes Mohtadi.
The Syrian drought has displaced more than 1.5 million people; entire families of agricultural workers and small-scale farmers moved from the country's breadbasket region in the northeast to urban peripheries of the south. The drought tipped the scale of an unbalanced agricultural system that was already feeling the weight of policy mismanagement and unsustainable environmental practices. Decades of poorly planned agricultural policies now haunt Syria's al-Assad regime.
Mohtadi writes of years of ignored warnings under Bashar Al Assad father, Hafez, and the culmination of a prolonged drought this year.
So, add climate change to the list of regional issues that, post-revolution, have become unbearable for populations across the Middle East and Africa.
Northern Iraq and Jordan suffered from the same drought that struck Syria. Egypt is threatened by rising sea levels in the Delta and use of the Nile by Ethiopia upstream, and Yemen is also in the grip of a severe water shortage, writes Robin Mills in The National.
The solution? Mills offers his point of view:
More stable Middle East governments need to be taking tangible steps to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, and playing a constructive role at this November's climate conference in Doha.
The region should be investing in climate resilience: research in dry-land agriculture and drought-resistant crops; coordinating transnational water rights; improving irrigation and water storage; reducing water waste and subsidies; alleviating poverty and managing internal migration.
Syria could also get help from water-rich Turkey, which has become a close ally after years of frosty relations.
But it may be too late to save the abandoned dry, cracked villages that millions of people have deserted.


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State-Run California Science Center Dismissed From American Freedom Alliance Lawsuit
Aug 29, 2011, 20:59 ET from California Science Center
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- On August 24, 2011, Plaintiff American Freedom Alliance (AFA) dismissed, with prejudice, the state run California Science Center (Center) from a pending breach of contract and civil rights lawsuit concerning a private event AFA booked with the private non-profit California Science Center Foundation (Foundation). The parties reached a settlement just prior to a scheduled court hearing on the Center's dispositive motion for summary judgment which, if granted, would have confirmed that the state run Center had no liability in this case.
Key terms of the settlement include the fact that the state run Center would pay no money to AFA, and all parties would bear their own attorneys' fees and costs incurred in this litigation. The Center is pleased to put what it views as a meritless lawsuit behind it, and to continue working to advance its mission of stimulating curiosity and inspiring science learning.
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Canada told the world Wednesday it opposes placing limits on the export of chrysotile asbestos — a "bombshell" expected to derail international efforts to list the mineral as hazardous.
The head of the Canadian delegation at a United Nations summit in Geneva made the statement late Wednesday after a consensus was emerging to label the known carcinogen mined in Quebec as hazardous.
If chrysotile asbestos is listed on Annex III of the United Nations' Rotterdam Convention, "Prior Informed Consent" would be required before countries could export the mineral. After being informed of the hazards, developing countries that import asbestos could refuse to accept the potentially cancer-causing material if they believe they could not handle it safely.
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Nearly 10 million of America's children struggle to read, according to the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Studies have shown that poor reading skills lead to anxiety and low self-esteem in children, and the long-term effects are even more devastating.
New research shows that children whose parents read to them during their critical development years become better readers and do better in school. Furthermore, we know that children who grow up in homes with fewer than 10 books are almost guaranteed to fall far behind in school.
A love of books can be fostered from birth: Babies begin to understand written language when adults read stories to them and when they see their parents reading the newspaper and books for themselves. Parents' reading habits set the stage for their children to become successful readers and writers later in life. This applies to every member of the family, from Mom all the way to aunts, uncles, and Grandpa.
Nothing motivates readers like a good story. "Have you ever heard of a child hiding with a flashlight beneath the covers to read a worksheet?" quips Jim Trelease, author of The Read-Aloud Handbook (Penguin, 1995). A child must enjoy books -- the tales they tell and the ideas they ignite -- to spend hours reading. And those hours, according to experts, translate directly into school success, as reading for leisure is the best predictor of children's comprehension, vocabulary, and reading speed.
Reading expands vocabulary and saturates the mind with the way language is used. For example, an avid reader has seen a semicolon used countless times; he can learn its usage rules easily. Reading teaches kids to think. It exercises the brain by modeling how a thought is developed and explored. Reading broadens children's understanding of the world and fills them with knowledge that billows into all subject areas. Even math scores rise when children increase the time they spend reading.
According to Mary Leonhardt, author of Parents Who Love Reading, Kids Who Don't (Crown, 1993), there is an incredible difference between the avid reader and someone who just gets through reading assignments. Merely knowing how to sound out words is not the same as following complex ideas through sophisticated writing. Success goes to the child who gobbles up books, not the one who merely nibbles at them.
Leonhardt compares avid reading instead to basketball or cooking, where time on the court or in the kitchen builds expertise. Studies show that the most competent readers read 144 times as much as the least able.
If you think your child is logging enough reading time in school, think again. Time allotted for actual reading practice in the classroom averages less than 13 minutes per day for fourth-grade students, and diminishes from there in upper grades, according to Judi Paul, developer of The Accelerated Reader, a computer program used in schools to measure students' reading. She recommends schools prioritize an hour of daily reading practice, including time a child is read to, read with, or reads independently. Other experts cite 1 million words a year (roughly a 200-page book every two weeks) as a target for independent readers by the time they're in fifth grade.
With guidelines like that, it's obvious most kids need to be reading at home. But reluctant readers will not willingly hand over the PlayStation controls in exchange for a biography. You have to dangle a carrot or two.
- Read to them daily. Meld reading into their earliest memories, and don't stop when they learn to read on their own.
- Buy bedside lamps for everyone in the house. Tell the kids it's bedtime, but allow them to read for a few minutes. When one day you find out they're still reading at midnight, pat yourself on the back.
- Befriend your librarian and ask for a list of current favorites. Encourage your children in their choices, and get to know their likes and dislikes. Selecting books takes practice, too.
- Nurture an "expert." Does your teen claim (or long) to be an authority on football? Outer space? Music? Buy the books, then encourage your expert to share the knowledge.
- Plant irresistible books in high-traffic areas. Put them in the map pocket of the car, the bathroom, the kitchen. Display them as if you were trying to sell them. (You are!)
- Subscribe to magazines devoted to your child's age level and interests. Sports Illustrated for Kids, American Girl, and National Geographic World are just a few of the many publications for children. Two good online sources of kids' books are Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble.
- Aim low. Try series books and comic books -- whatever kids can plow through with ease. Children may prefer reading books they've previously heard read aloud.
- Practice what you preach -- and preach what you practice. Let your child see you reading, and make talking about books and what you read in the newspaper a part of daily conversation.
- Coddle the reader. Try not to interrupt someone who is inching toward independent reading. When you see him with a book -- brow knit, lips moving -- tiptoe past. Any noise or sudden motion might break the fragile moment, and every minute of reading counts.


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10 Challenges that NRI brides have to face
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Challenge for the NRI bride, would she take it?..
Challenges make up the third and most sought after part in the series 'Why you should not marry an NRI', before I go any further let me specify here my disclaimer again that neither am I promoting nor demoting the NRI groom I am just sharing some facts that I can stand by.
In this post I want to tell brides-to-be, and some other people who might be interested in knowing, about some major challenges that NRI women/families have to face living abroad.
1. Loneliness : This is the first thing that strikes you, unless you have come here on a project and/or start with a job almost as soon as you arrive. If you are joining your husband who has a job and you don't have one at that time, loneliness would strike you hard, before you had planned. This demon will keep visiting you on festivals on some lazy Sunday afternoons, on special occasions, your birthday or when you are home alone doing the job search drill or in your maternity leave when you have the task list of a baby and home and whatnot, in the middle of all that workload around you, this can be very painful. You may feel alone even as a couple, when there is hardly anyone else that cares about you, shares your happiness and so on.
2. Language : If you are coming to a non-English-speaking country (like me, I am in Switzerland) language would be a monster, it will follow you everywhere, it will become the first biggest challenge for you, bigger than loneliness and adding to it exponentially. So your option is either to start learning that language, it could be fun don't get me wrong, but let me know 3 months after you started learning.. if you are continuing learning, if you are getting there, or can you speak fluently already, then kudos to you. Language is a vast subject, it's really hard to cover it in matter of days, you can become a basic speaker fast but the bitch is getting to the advanced level. Business communication in a foreign language is very tricky business. It's hard, but it's doable, many have done it so can you. Just mentioning it here so that you can mark it in your mind as a major challenge. Some of my friends have moved to an English speaking country where the accent got the best of them. Sure, in the long run you will get the accent, you will understand it and may even acquire it but it would be quite a challenge at first.
3. Culture : Yes the vulture of the culture is one god you will have to bow your head in the awe of. To understand a new culture is not just demanding but also indispensable. And if you have plans to settle in a foreign country permanently then you don't just want to understand its culture, you will have to adapt to it. Culture is a deep-rooted thing; it's a way of life. It relates to experience, beliefs, values, concepts, the way you communicate, the way you react to something, it's how your mind is programmed. Now if you see all these words separately you will find that each in itself is much complex and has value of its own and if you add all these together it makes up your culture, it is the basis for all your behavior. Now changing these complex chattels is not easy, adopting is not a cakewalk consider this as a big big challenge, be ready to face it.
4. Local integration : This is just another side of the multifaceted coin called 'Culture'. To integrate with other people from a different race and background, to accept everything and to be accepted is a challenge that just cannot escape my list. It's for sure fun to know different people and talk to them, be friendly to them or be treated friendly by them but to be really friends with them and be invited over and be made a part of their society, and become a happily accepted part of their society, where they happily involve you in their lives, their society, in their country is not a breeze. You look different, speak differently, style differently (and sometimes also strangely), your ways are poles apart, then how can someone just let you in? It takes time and much-needed effort. Many of my friends that live abroad, have a good life, no problem there, but their only friends are the other Indian families. They haven't integrated locally in the new country, not that they don't want to, just because it's not easy!
5. Added Child Challenges : For those who are coming abroad with kids, or even those who will have kids in a foreign land and would raise them there, it's always an added challenge to keep the kid aware and trained for understanding two different cultures. Many belief, reasons and values clash when you are trying to follow two cultures together, it's like travelling on two boats at the same time, as much adventurous as it might sound, you will have your share of complications. If the kids are born abroad, the first but not the only challenge would be language. You want your child to be able to speak to everyone in India (your local language) and you still would want the child to be perfectly comfortable in his current environment. If the kids are bit older when you shift, the problem of uprooting them from their lives and planting them elsewhere is quite tricky, the education format might be different the language in which subjects are taught might be different. From finding friends for your kids to making them travel in the new transportation system all could be small challenges to face every day.
6. No Family support : Just as I was writing about child challenges this one came to my mind and has to be in the list. Going through a pregnancy when your mother is not around to help you or see you or to long for a hug from mom or dad in those times can make you feel like crying, err.. will make you cry! Sometimes you are having your first delivery and parents cannot fly to be there. Sometimes grandparents get to see their grandchildren only after months. There would be no family to do shagun (good luck or baby shower) ceremonies for you. Raising children without the rest of the family means that children will never be able to receive their share of love from their grandparents, no uncles spoiling them with candies, no aunts pampering them with gifts and everyone misses the childhood of your kid. The family integration for these kids takes a total toss. I don't know which cost is bigger, paying for high crèche charges or devoiding your kid of all the love and care from the family but living abroad you will pay both these costs. Growing the kids alone, with small or no help and guidance from family is a sad challenge we all have to face.
7. Job Search : Yep, let's talk about the elephant in the room now, you are here, you are well educated/skilled and you want to work. Job search could be a seriously difficult and disappointing task when abroad. If you are looking for a job in a non-English speaking country, the challenge doubles itself up. If this is a desk job(programming, testing, finance) still chances of you getting it exist, but if it's a client facing job with lots of meetings and negotiations or includes being the face of the company and go outside company for presentations and stuff, these people want natives, really! Unless you speak their language fluently and have a pleasant personality according to them and come with an edge that they have been missing, you stand low chances. One time my friend, who is a very smart and intelligent girl but soft-spoken and petite looking, got through a couple of rounds of interviews for a job, but she was not selected. In the end the management thought the kind of people that she has to deal with will eat her up, it's her culture to be soft-spoken, it's her genes that make her so petite but in the middle of the wall street wolves what has a soft-spoken petite person got to do. Sometimes language, sometimes seasoning or skills or market situation and sometimes native competition make job search a true challenge.
8. Dressing up : Imagine a girl who always wore just salwar kameez or who has never been allowed to wear any western dresses, she's suddenly in a European country where its summer and other women are wearing skimpiest of dresses, looking like calendar girls. Won't she feel out of the place? Won't she feel weird and feel that she doesn't belong here, might even feel complexed. On the top of it if husband criticizes her for having a poor dressing sense, it's quite a scathed situation for her. Then to try these different styles and adapting doesn't come easy. In the beginning many Indian girls cannot carry the western outfits well, exactly the same way that many European or American women cannot drape and carry a Saree as gracefully as an Indian woman. Believe it or not many many Indian women abroad vouch that altering their way of dressing was one of the biggest challenges for them.
9. Understanding Choices : Some people have strange pets, like a snake, or a duck/chicken, a chameleon, this is so unlike India(especially in the cities) where a pet mostly means a dog. Shrieking in disbelief "Oh my god, how can you have a snake for a pet" doesn't help! People do whatever they like, there is much less social stigma, they eat whatever they like such as meat from ostrich, peacocks, reindeer and what not. We don't usually do that in India but that doesn't mean no one is doing it. We have to understand this. Other challenges include understanding that some people live alone, some people live in tents, some people live in caravans, all are acceptable even if they can afford normal homes, they choose to live like that! Some people don't get married at all, if they are married they never have children. These are all choices people make, the challenge is to understand that they are just following their wishes and not see them with India-coloured goggles on your eyes.
10. Rules of the west : Learning Social rules and understanding laws from the new country top this chart, a vast subject again but one has to know and learn. For example, stopping at zebra crossing for pedestrians, driving and parking rules of the new country. Some of my Indian colleagues in the office told me that keeping noise levels low and minding children according to rules in Switzerland also is a challenge for them. Another one is being accepting towards ideas and things that also exist in India but remain hidden like sex before marriage, live-in relationships, gay partners, cross-dressers, teenage pregnancies and so on.. Things that are crucial for many of us in India are non-existent in many foreign countries like horoscopes, following gurus, taking off shoes before entering a sacred place like a temple, taboo of eating cow's meat, wearing gem stones and many other topics. Things no one discusses with us or things that our elders have been looking down upon and mark as 'unacceptable' in India are sometimes totally ordinary abroad. Understanding all this is challenge, challenge , challenge!
Don't forget to leave me a comment, it's very motivating to read comments from you..


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Unclaimed scholarships for college are sometimes easy, or little known scholarships that most students just don't apply too, but maybe should. Or; they are those high profile awards you may not want to apply to because you feel you don't have a chance because so many students will be applying to them.
Either way students can never go wrong by applying to those easier scholarships; well known or not, which have lots of yearly awards given out to many students, and not just one, or two. Students will increase their chances of winning by applying to scholarships with a higher number of awards – period.
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The NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computer Scholarships is administered each year by the National Center for Women and Information Technology. The organization was founded in year 2004, and operates in a joint effort between companies, colleges & non-profits towards increasing the relative embodiment of women towards technology careers. From the 1960's going forward to today, woman's presence in the technology workforce has plummeted from an estimated 37% in 1985; to approximately 18% in the year 009. With the contributions of scholarships through the 'NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computer Scholarships', this organization hopes that they will be able to competently encourage young women to seek degrees in related fields, and therefore increase the number of women throughout the technology industries.
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Alright guys (and gals), this is something I've been thinking about for maybe a week or so. I have come to the understanding quite some time ago that there is zero chance I can play all of these games, and they still even release more all the time. But even so, there are characters from various games that I'd like to view the images for but just can't. Be it because these characters were event rewards, impossible to get because of RNG, or because I can't be bothered to play the game any more.
Sharing this stuff online clearly goes against nutaku's will, so here is my question to you all.
What if I made an area only for dedicated forum members that can be used to request/share the explicit images of characters that we just can't acquire for ourselves?
For now, I just want a general consensus on the idea.
Tools such as gyazo can easily be used to grab a screenshot, or the more savvy users can just rip the image from the browser console. Print screen can be used.. but please at least clean it up/crop in paint or something.
As far as automated means for gaining access to such a section, two stand out. First is of course post counts. Only true problem with this one is it can result in the boards being filled with a bunch of junk (more than already). Second option nutaku/dmm might have a serious problem with, but access can be tied into VIP status which is already given to those who donate.
Other options include private nominations/voting from members already inside. The initial members that have access are obviously the ones that have been around here for a long time. Obviously, this means there would be fewer overall people with access, and therefore fewer chances to get the images you want. But this means more control, and more quality users can be chosen. It does not offer much chance for non-vocal members to gain access, sadly.
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My kiddos have to go to their dad's for the weekend :( which is always sad for me...but my hubby and I have vowed to do something together...so I think we will go to the zoo...I love animals..so I wanna go there..and maybe out to eat...AF will be on her merry way by the days end today (or at least she should be) so I will be good to go! Any good movies coming out today or anything??? Have fun this weekend whatever you do!!!! Be safe and stay cool!
It's funny you should say that because my kids are also going to their dad's this weekend! LOL! They leave today and will be gone for a week :( At least my 21 month old will still be home, but I miss the older kids when they go to their dad's :(
I hope you find something fun to do this weekend! Dh and I haven't gone to the movies in FOREVER because of our almost 2 year old DD. She wont sit still through a movie, and we are too cheap to hire one of our nannies for the evening (they cost $10 an hour so we only use them when we work).
We have a wedding to shoot tomorrow so we will be busy working :(
Have a great weekend!
My baby turns 2 on Sunday. :( I can't believe he is that old already. Then my oldest turns 18 on Wednesday. We are planning the family birthday party sometime around all the work schedules.
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Kalinchowk is belongs to the Rolwaling trekking region. This trek is lies in the eastern part of Nepal and is known for its immense natural beauty. Those who go for the Kalinchowk Tour can enjoy panoramic views of Annapurna, Manaslu, Ganesh Himal, Lamjung, Jugal Himal, Shisha Panga, Gauri Shankar etc. Kalinchowk Bhagawati temple is at 3780m – the highest altitude of this trek. This temple is named after the Hindu Goddess Kali. The Kalinchowk trek begins and ends at Charikot in Dolakha district. Kalinchowk tour is ideal for the exploration of culture as well as natural beauty. Kalinchowk trek is one of the most amazing trekking trails in Nepal. Kalinchowk trekking is ideal for those who enjoy geographical wonders, religious places and medieval culture.
Day 1: Travelling from Kathmandu to Kalinchowk
Vehicle: Jeep/Mini Bus
Departure time: after 8:00 AM as per your conveniance
After 5 hour (Approx) travelling you will be at hotel in kuri
Get a dinner at hotel at night
Day 2: Early Morning Breakfast
Sightseeing kalinchowk bhagawati
Enjoying with nature and snow
Departure for kathmandu
Arrive kathmandu at evening
Days : 2 | Nights : 1
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Sentir-se-á em casa a segunda vez que entrar no n/ Apartamento Coral Reef. É por isso que que tudo fizemos para tornar Coral Reef o melhor- mais uma casa do que um apt de férias.
Como pode ver, o apt tem um estilo mediterrânico moderno e luxuoso. Espaço amplo, hidromassagem priv e terraços c/vista parcial p/criar ambiente arejado e descontraído perfeito p/descansar depois de descobrir de La Cala de Mijas e a Costa del Sol. Quando estiver pronto para se aventurar encontrará 28000m2 de jardins tropicais e 2 grandes piscinas de água salgada no condomínio. É possível passar um dia inteiro na piscina e nos jardins.
Para mais informação como reservar o Coral Reef p/ as s/férias, visite o n/ sítio web. La Cala de Mijas é um destino muito procurado, portanto reserve antes que seja tarde!
Sentir-se-á em casa a segunda vez que entrar no n/ Apartamento de férias Coral Reef Holiday. É por isso que que tudo fizemos para tornar Coral Reef o melhor- mais uma casa do que um apt de férias.
Como pode ver, o apt tem um estilo mediterrânico moderno e luxuoso. Espaço amplo, hidromassagem priv e terraços c/vista parcial p/criar ambiente arejado e descontraído perfeito p/descansar depois de descobrir de La Cala de Mijas e a Costa del Sol. Quando estiver pronto para se aventurar encontrará 28000m2 de jardins tropicais e 2 grandes piscinas de água salgada no condomínio. É possível passar um dia inteiro na piscina e nos jardins.
Apartamento de férias 'Coral Reef' está repleto de todos os serv, que não existem noutros apts. Nos armários da cozinha encontrará tudo o que necessita p/ cozinhar um jantar delicioso (temos até um liquidificador e máq. fazer pão). Também temos 2 bicicletas à disposição, portanto pode ir até uma das praias perto, restaurantes ou mercados em minutos. Para famílias c/crianças pequenas, temos muitos equipº p/ tornar a s/estadia mais fácil, incl. carrinho passeio, monitor bebé e biberões extra.
Apt de férias independente 'Coral Reef' tem 3 casas banho: 1 suite princ. c/ cama tamº queen (dupla), um qto hóspedes c/ 2 beliches tamº queen e uma cama de sesta no terraço onde dormem dois. O terraço converte-se em qto totalmente fechado c/ ar cond, cortinados blackout e cobertura em vidro dobrável. Casa banho princ. incl. 2 lavatórios, banheira e um duche. Casa banho comum tem chuveiro revestido a mosaico e bancadas e paredes em mármore italiano.
Para mais informação como reservar o Coral Reef p/ as s/férias, visite o n/ sítio web. La Cala de Mijas é um destino muito procurado, portanto reserve antes que seja tarde!
O meu é Sophie e nasci e cresci em Estocolmo, Suécia. Gosto de equitação, viajar e explorar. O meu marido norueguês e eu vivemos actualmente em Washington, EUA e vamos à n/ casa na Europa pelo menos 2x p/ ano.
Sophie Idh comprou este apartamento em 2010
Quando estávamos à procura de uma casa p/comprara na Costa del Sol, procurámos em todas as cidades, ao longo da costa. Quando encontrámos La Cala de Mijas não tivemos dúvidas de onde queríamos comprar, mas qual o condomínio de apts que chamaríamos a n/casa. Rapidamente encontrámos Oásis Cala de Mijas, cuja alta qualidade, condomínio pequeno, construído c/ cuidado e atenção. Apenas 30% do condomínio está construído, deixando 28000m2 de jardins sub-tropicais bem mantidos incl. 2 piscinas água salgada.
Os n/ 2 apts estão situados no 2º e 3º piso, ambos c/ acesso p/ elevador. Todo o condomínio é acessível p/deficientes, e ideal p/ famílias c/crianças. Não necessita de carro durante a estadia, porque pode ir a pé do apt até quase tudo, incl. praia, bares, golfe, restaurantes, supermercados e muito mais.
Adoramos a arquitectura do condomínio no estilo tradicional espanhol, combinado c/ um ar moderno. Mármore italiano por todo o lado, e a planta flui s/problemas de uma divisão p/a outra. Incluímos todas as funcionalidades que seriam expectáveis na casa do s/vizinho, portanto não é mais um alojº de férias. Algumas destas funcionalidades incl:
- Jacuzi privativo
- Cozinha equipada c/ electrodomésticos
- PlayStation 3
- Jogos tabuleiro
- Brinquedos de piscina e praia
- WiFi (Adsl ligada e Internet sem fios, gratuitos)
- Estacº subterrâneo seguro.
Esperamos recebê-lo num futuro próximo. Não hesite em nos contactar c/ as s/ questões.
Rates include all taxes.
Booked this online some months ago and when we arrived it came as a pleasant surprise to the standard of the appartment. It was almost like living with the owner as their personal possessions were all around. The appartment is superbly equipped with Washing M/c, dishwasher, fridge freezer and large TV with "ExPat TV" Then other nice touches like a Sat Nav, a Tablet and even a printer to print boarding cards off? within the underground garage with room for 1 car per appartment came a store cupboard with things like 2 bikes, inflatables and even a childs buggy which was useful to us. They provided a cot for our 20 month old grandchild and there was even a selection of toys to help keep hip occupied. The appartment was air conditioned, this covered the master bedroom with ensuite bath and the other rooms including the 2nd bedroom which had a double bunk bed. the settee in the lounge made up into a double bed. The original balcony has been glazed off to provide room for a fantastic large Jacuzzi and a further settee that makes into a further double bed. Although the glass slides back fully to make it open there is no air conditioning, on the balcony, which made it difficult for anyone to sleep out there in August. The appartment block is probably the most secure place i've been to whilst on holiday with secure underground parking and keys needed to gain access to the site as well as leaving. The appartment block shares several pools with a neighbouring blocks which was immaculately kept and maintained although no shallow area for babies and toddlers. Quite often we were the only ones using the pool and it never got crowded at all. There were loads of nice touches which made our holiday a most enjoyable experience. Its certainly somewhere I'd use again and have no hesitation in recommending it to anyone.
I visited the Coral Apartment in La Cala Mijas from July 17th – 26th. My stay was beyond what I had imagined.
I had issues with the company I had booked pick up from at the airport, but I would say to anyone visiting either Coral or Sandy apartments that the train service (which is in the airport was easy to use and cheaper) that you would get to Fuengirola, then walk round the corner to the bus terminal and jumps on the m220 bus all the way to La Cala Mijas and get off in town, easy option and cheap. After that its a 5 minute walk up to the villa.
At the villa I was met by Jane, the contact person for the apartment. Jane is extremely friendly and by using a phone app always had her at hand for issues. We were shown around the villa complex first stopping off at the swimming pool closest to villa. The pool is pretty big and perfect for families. It has quite a few sunbeds you can use and table areas with sun parasols on them. It even has a block with toilets/ changing room.
After this we were shown through the garage area (perfectly safe for car storage if you decide to hire a car) where you can also borrow the bikes that are there. Then we made our way up to the first floor where the Coral apartment is, and all I could say was wow! It is a fairly spacious apartment, larger than I thought. Very clean and has all the extras you will need.
The apartment has one main double bedroom with en-suite which leads out onto the seating area outside. This outside area also contains a day bed for another person to sleep on. To the right of that is the Jacuzzi area. This is able to be segregated from by means of blackout curtain.
The next room contains a double size bunk bed. Also contains a closet to put your stuff in. The living area is joined with the kitchen, it has a few single seats and large sofa which can also be used for sleeping on. The living area leads onto the Jacuzzi area which again is segregated by means of glass doors and pull down shutters. A shower room is also beside the second bedroom. The whole apartment has the aircon which was amazing as the temperatures easily climbed during my trip. And for those with children who get bored easy, the PlayStation 4 should keep them amused.
Okay so, the area itself is very friendly. There is a Lidl supermarket at the bottom of street which was handy for most essentials. Just a few minutes walk over the bridge is the main town area and in front of that a fantastic beach! Again there is plenty of shops and
At the first moment when we saw the apartment and Sally was there to show places to us we were positive excited. There were everything we thought and even more! Games, books, chocolate, vine, coffee, etc. All you need. Even navigator in our own language. Wow. Clean and silence, safe area. Shops and restaurants close. Easy to came from airport. Einar and Sophie has made ecxellent book, where they told what to do and what to see and how to find those places. We tried almost every. We drove over 1000 km:s in 11 days. Busy days:)
Good memories. Highly recommend this place to everybody and hope I`ve got chance to take rest of my family to see this all. Thank´s Einar and Sophie to share this place with us:)
We have just returned from a week here, 7 girls celebrating the end of university + a birthday, and we could not have asked for a better time. The pictures don't do the apartment justice of just how nice it is and Sally was a really lovely welcome and made us feel at home straight away! The communal pool was the perfect place to relax as was the beach which was only a short walk away.
Would recommend the friendly Lazy Sundays bar and the amazing Ginza teppanyaki restaurant - an experience not to be missed! La Cala de Mijas is such a nice town and it wasn't difficult to get to our night out in Marbella from the town either, and the market on Wednesday was a great source of retail therapy.
Thank you so much for such a great time, we miss it already!
We have been holidaying in La Cala for over 11 years and can honestly say that this is the best apartment we have ever had the pleasure of staying in. All the hidden extras were a lovely surprise and we'll definitely be booking again for an out of season break. The only improvement we would have liked was some UK TV stations to watch on the occasional evenings we chose to stay in. But the quality of finish to the apartment and residencia is excellent. Thank you also to Sally for the professional and friendly welcome 😊
Just returned from a wonderful stay at Coral Reef in La Cala de Mijas. The apartment had everything we could wish for - with the highlight being the on-terrace hot tub. We enjoyed great weather while we were there but, being February, the pool was still a little too cool for a dip even though we did managed to get a little sunburned while sitting on the beach. The apartment is well located for many bars, restaurants and shops with Lidl acting as the 'corner shop'. Only downside for us was the sound/TV/DVD system which we found impossible to sort out, even with the aid of the ever helpful Sally. Surely it does not need to be so complicated!
Há muitos serviços na região local que nunca se esgota algo para fazer, com ou sem carro. La Cala de MIjas continua a ser cidade de charme e ambiente, ainda que c/sofisticação e serviços de cidade moderna. Cada 4ª feira e sábado pode ir até ao mercado local, onde pode comprar tudo desde produtos frescos até vestuário, joalharia e muito mais. Há bares irlandeses, ingleses e espanhóis, todos a alguns quarteirões uns dos outros. Encontrará restaurantes e lojas nas ruas estreitas em pedra. A 10 mi a pé está uma praia deslumbrante, com quilómetros de areia da Costa del Sol. Parque infantil em barco de piratas ao longo do paredão, óptimo para crianças quando precisam de fazer um intervalo do mar. Supermercados modernos a curta distância a pé da casa. Seja de transportes públicos ou de carro em 10 min chega ao enorme centro comercial local, Parque Miramar
Golfe: Apt situado em Golf Valley, c/ 9 campos golfe excelentes, incl. os famosos La Cala Golf, Mira Flores Golf, La Siesta Golf, La Noria Golf, Santana Golf, Calanova Golf e El Chapatral Club de Golf.


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Don Walker
Although Cold Chisel disbanded in 1984, Don Walker has continued to write, teaming up with the band Catfish for two albums, and with Tex Perkins and Charlie Owens for another two.
His latest solo album is called Cutting Back, but for a musician who has preferred to stay out of the limelight, it's surprising that he has now released his first book, a memoir at that, called Shots.
- Don Walker
- Songwriter, keyboard player with Cold Chisel
- Title
- Shots
- Author
- Don Walker
- Publisher
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You Me At Six have won the 'Best British Band' prize at this year's Kerrang! Awards.
The annual rock magazine's awards ceremony took place in London last night (June 7), with While She Sleeps, The Blackout, Bring Me The Horizon, Enter Shikari also among the winners.
You Me At Six's Chris Miller told BBC Newsbeat: "It's crazy. We've all grown up with Kerrang since before we could play guitars. We always got our musical knowledge from it - so this is awesome."
Black Sabbath were handed the 'Inspiration Award' for their services to rock music, with Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler and Tony Iommi appearing to accept the award.
Slash, who won the 'Icon' award, said: "Kerrang! was one of the first magazines that put us on the cover back in the day - it's a good magazine."
The Blackout took home the 'Devotion' award, while Bring Me The Horizon won 'Best Video' for 'Alligator Blood' and Enter Shikari won 'Best Live Band'.
My Chemical Romance were crowned 'Best International Band', with Tenacious D being awarded for 'Kerrang!'s Services to Rock'.
Justin Bieber, meanwhile, was given the 'Villain of the Year' prize, beating the likes of Simon Cowell and One Direction.
The list of winners are as follows:
Best British Newcomer: While She Sleeps
Kerrang! Service To Rock: Tenacious D
Best Single: Black Veil Brides, 'Rebel Love Song'
Best Album: Mastodon, 'The Hunter'
The Devotion Award: The Blackout
Kerrang! Service To Metal: Download Festival
Best Video: Bring Me the Horizon, 'Alligator Blood'
Best Live Band: Enter Shikari
Best International Band: My Chemical Romance
Best British Band: You Me At Six
Kerrang! Hall Of Fame: Machine Head
Kerrang! Icon: Slash
Kerrang! Inspiration Award: Black Sabbath
Best International Newcomer: Falling In Reverse
Best TV Show: Game of Thrones
Best Video Game: Skyrim
Best Film: The Hunger Games
Best Comedian: Russell Howard
Tweeter of the Year: Hayley Williams, Paramore
Hottest Female: Lzzy Hale, Halestorm
Hottest Male: Ben Bruce, Asking Alexandria
Villain of the Year: Justin Bieber
Hero of the Year: Rou Reynolds, Enter Shikari
Best Festival: Download


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Manchester City can now win Champions League, says manager Manuel Pellegrini
Manuel Pellegrini believes Manchester City can end a historic season with the Champions League crown after impressively dispatching of Paris St Germain
Manchester: Manuel Pellegrini believes Manchester City can end a historic season with the Champions League crown after impressively dispatching of Paris St Germain.
Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne celebrates after scoring a goal during their Champions league quarter-final second-leg match against PSG at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester on Tuesday. Pic/AFP
The Etihad Stadium witnessed one of City's greatest European nights on Tuesday as they followed up an impressive 2-2 first-leg draw in France with a deserved 1-0 victory.
Kevin De Bruyne's fantastic strike as the clock wound down rubber-stamped progress from this tough-looking quarter-final, taking City through to the final four of European club football's top competition for the first time.
Manuel Pellegrini
"Of course," Pellegrini said when asked if he was convinced City could be crowned Europe's best. "I think it is one of the targets of this club, to try and improve every year (in this competition). I think that we are improving every year.
"I am sure it is not easy because you have very strong teams in Europe, but I am sure the target of this club is to win the Champions League.
"But not only winning the Champions League (will mean) that the project at this club is finished. I think they want to continue in the long-term, trying to improve in every sense in every department.
"One of the targets is to win, of course, some day the Champions League.
"If you are in the semi-final, you know you have to play against a very big team of Europe, but playing in the way we did tonight I think that we played better than PSG."


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Hope everyone had a Happy Easter and didn't overdo it on the hard-boiled eggs, chocolate rabbits and peeps. As long as we remember what the day signifies, we'll be OK. Now that spring is officially here, we can prepare for our gardens. Don't think we'll put one in this year. I don't know if it's cheaper to grow veggies or buy them. But if you find yourself with an overabundance, I'm sure you will be able to find someone to take some off your hands (myself, included).
Heads Up! Dinner hours are back to being served Wednesday and Friday 5-7 p.m. and breakfasts on Sundays 8:30-10 a.m. We're always ready to bring new members into the Post and Auxiliary. We can always use volunteers, members or not, to help with the cooking, helping to serve or cleanup, upkeep, etc. If you're interested in joining and/or helping out, call the Post at 763-4439. Remember, we're here for the Veterans.
We are in desperate need of cooks. If you're interested, please give Debbi a call at (951) 763-1291. We will be more than glad to guide you through the steps to prepare a meal for a crowd.
Keep saving those aluminum pull tabs for Ronald McDonald House, cancelled stamps for a Wounded Warrior project, and Campbell Labels for Education.
Activities for the fist half of April which is (Straw Hat Month) are:
- Apr 1 – Debbi's Over BBQ Pork Ribs, seasoned roasted potatoes, veggies, roll, salad bar, dessert.
- April 2 – Ron's $1 Tacos noon to 5 p.m.: Karaoke starts 3 p.m.
- April 3 – Tonie's Ham & Eggs, home fries, toast, fruit, sweet rolls.
- April 6 – Tonie's Beef stroganoff w/mushrooms over noodles, veggies, roll, salad, dessert.
- April 7 – NO HOUSEWORK DAY (YEAH!!)
- April 8 – Debbi's Southern Smothered Chicken/cream gravy, mashed potatoes, veggies, salad bar, dessert.
- April 10 – Lions' Made-to-order Omelets, hash browns, toast, fruit, sweet rolls.
- Apr 11 – BARBERSHOP QUARTET DAY (get those vocal cords tuned up).
- April 13 – Anna Cleveland's Open Face Hot Turkey sandwich w/gravy, cranberry sauce, salad, cheddar cheese potatoes, dessert.
- April 15 – Mike's Ham & scalloped potatoes, veggies, salad & soup bar, roll, dessert.
- April 16 – Ron's $1 Tacos noon to 5 p.m.: Karaoke starts 3 p.m.
All meals include coffee, tea, & hot chocolate.
Thursdays: $1 dogs – 4-7 p.m.
Saturdays: Pizza – 3 p.m. (first and third Saturdays $1 tacos noon till 5 p.m.)
All community members are welcome and remember to bring your guests. The more the merrier.
If you were born in April, your flower is the Sweet Pea or Daisy and your birthstone is a Diamond.
Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever. Never let the brain idle.
"An idle mind is the devil's workshop," and the devil's name is Alzheimer.


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