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York, England-based metallers WITH ONE LAST BREATH have parted ways with vocalist Spencer Costello.
Commented the band: "We have had some of the best times of our entire lives with [Spencer], and we are so grateful to have shared the stage with him.
"The decision was not made over any falling out or personal issues within the band, but was made based on the fact that a band needs 100% focus from every member at all times. We felt that Spencer's priorities may now or at some point in the near future lie elsewhere. It's totally understandable yet from the band's point of view... It is best to strengthen before you have even begun and that is what we have done. He is a fantastic vocalist, anyone who saw us in 2012 will surely know that, and if he chooses to play in a band again later on in life, then he will take them a long way. We love him, we will miss him and just for the record... he is still our best friend.
"At the end of the day, being in a band involves spending most of your time away from home and putting all your time, effort and money into it... most definitely a band as new as ours anyway. Although Spencer's passion and heart was in it... If a year from now Spencer hadn't spent any time at home with his baby girl and decided that touring was no longer for him... It would leave the rest of us stuck and that is a risk a band just cannot take.
"Spencer is a brand new father to a beautiful little girl called Summer. From the bottom of our hearts, we wish Spencer and his family the best of luck for the future and a happy life."
WITH ONE LAST BREATH's Sam Graves, who was previously handling guitar as well as vocals, has now stepped up as the band's new "singer/screamer." The group has also recruited a new guitarist, Alex Scott.
WITH ONE LAST BREATH will release a new EP, "Wake The Dead", on February 25 via Small Town Records. The CD is described in a press release as "something of a reworking of familiar songs."
Commented the band: "We've been working really hard all of 2012, getting the tours that we wanted and making sure that we get ourselves in the right position and playing to the right people. We finished the full-length album but whilst all this was happening, we had to make a few changes. We realized that we were going out on tour and playing songs that people had never had the chance to hear, not even online. We had the original EP online and that was the only available product, yet because of the progression in sound and style that the band had gone through, we didn't want to play the old stuff live. Because we want to tour as much as possible next year, and because we owe it to all of our fans, we decided to come up with a compromise. We make the EP a little more suited to us, then we can play it live! We want to get it out before the full-length album because this new EP is going to get people to grips with the new WITH ONE LAST BREATH before we reveal the full-length album. It's going to hit hard so we want people to be prepared!"
"Wake The Dead" track listing:
01. Down The Darkest Road
02. I'm Taking Over
03. Burn Out The Flame
04. I Taste The Poison
05. Wake The Dead
06. Until The End
A lyric video for the song "I'm Taking Over" can be seen below.


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His name was Matthew VanBuren Ray, who as a young man enlisted in the 4th Mississippi Infantry to fight for the South in the War Between the States 1861-1865. He was one of 12000 confederate soldiers captured by General U.S Grant's Army at Fort Donelson, Tenn. in 1862. As a prisoner of war he was hospitalized for sickness in St. Louis Mo. for 30 days immediately after his capture. When released from the hospital he was transferred to the notorous Camp Douglas Prisoner of War Camp near Chicago which distinguished itself during the war as having the highest death rate for prisoners of any prison North or South; having reported 10% of its inmate population dying of disease in February of 1861. Fortunately he survived several months in what was probably the worst prison in American History this includes the South's Andersonville prison. After release he returned to his unit the 4th Mississippi and was promoted to 2nd Sergeant. He was with the 4th in all their activities up until the battle of the Big Black River in May of 1862 where he was captured again. He was held prisoner in Camp Morton Ind. and later Fort Delaware before being exchanged after the fall of Vicksburg at City Point Virginia. He moved to Hamburg Arkansa about 1889 and then to Glenwood Ark. He died April 5, 1903 and was buried in Caddo Gap. M.V and Nancy had 8 children. His wife Nancy Barnett claimed all her life she was full blooded Cherokee and this photograph of her with feathered ear ornaments and belt with silver buckle and bead work certainly seems to support her contention. A story told by Nancy and handed down by her descendents relates to a Civil War incident in which she claimed that she killed a yankee soldier personaly at her farm near Biloxi. Her first husband at the time a Mr. Wilcox had gone off to fight and left Nancy and her small son alone on their farm when one day a yankee soldier rode up on a horse and forced his way into the house and made Nancy cook him a meal. Nancy said he also threatened to kill her and the boy. After she cooked the meal and he was gorging it down not paying attention to her she slipped out the back door and told her son to run to a neighbor for help. She then got an ax and went back into the house crept up behind the intruder and struck him in the head killing him.
Some of their children eventually moved from the farm near Glenwood to Montgomery County, Arkansas where many descendents reside currently.
Matthew and Nancy were the great-grandparents of Gerald Elia who provided this information as well as several of the photographs on the photograph page.


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Great landscape architecture can put a city on the map. This is especially true for a city like New York, which is not only known for its skyscrapers but also its parks and gardens. Nothing is more scenic than the sprawling greenery within the concrete jungle known as New York. Busy New Yorkers, after all, also need a place where they can enjoy a morning run and some relaxation.
If you're planning on visiting the Big Apple to appreciate its famous landmarks, New York's landscape and architecture, it's a good idea to take note of the following park attractions the next time you're in NYC.
Riverside Park
The Hudson River is one of New York's most recognizable landmarks. The park right beside it is built to make the most of the Hudson River's views. Aside from a 180-degree view of the Hudson and of the city behind it, Hudson River Park also offers kayaking and river cruises for the entire family. Situated along the expanse of Lower Manhattan, Hudson River Park is huge and has its own soccer and tennis fields.
Brooklyn Bridge Park
Another park nearby a New York landmark is Brooklyn Bridge Park. As the name implies, it overlooks the Brooklyn Bridge. Many locals favor Brooklyn Bridge Park over the other parks in the city because of its beautiful sunsets and its extensive view of the New York City skyline. It is also nearby famous restaurants like Grimaldi's, Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory, and The River Café.
Central Park
Whether it's your first time in New York or your 11th, there's always something new you haven't seen in Central Park. From the Central Park Zoo to the Belvedere Castle – Central Park has numerous attractions, but it is the park's natural landscape that sets it apart from other NYC parks. Despite being at the heart of the bustling city, Central Park is a nature-lover's escape from the asphalt.
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The Search for the Heart is a fascinating manuscript by Hermann of Carinthia. He lived in southern France from 1138 to 1143 CE, sometimes with his boon companion and fellow translator, Robert of Kelton. Hermann translated from Arabic into Latin, and one of his great interests was astrology. This book was written after 1140 and finished sometime around 1143. Benjamin Dykes proceeds with his demanding schedule of translations of ancient and rare astrological texts. The bulk of his books compile two or more small works into a single text. This text is now available for the first time as a translation for the modern reader.
Dykes inspected multiple manuscripts and Arabic sources to complete this translation. Copious annotations clarify the hinky bits for modern readers. Divisions in the book have been re-established so there are clear topical sections: thought interpretation chart techniques, horary questions, planetary configurations and timing, calculating a chart victor and releaser, and delineation tips.
This is clearly a cross-over text. While ancient Hellenic methods are preserved, Hermann's instructions wander toward medieval methods as he compiles techniques from an assembly of Arabic-speaking authorities. Calculated house systems are mentioned (none specifically) but so are whole-sign houses. The shift to calculated house cusps hasn't quite solidified yet. As Dykes acknowledges in the text, Hermann foreshadows the much-later work of Morin and Lilly.
This book is even more interesting since Hermann was well-read and had terrific access to lots of astrology books. He borrows material from Umar al Tabari and Al-Kindi, and makes references to Abu Ali al' Khayyat, al Razi, Balinus (aka Apollonius), Hermes, Jirjis, Masha'Allah, and Sahl ibn Bishr. He gives clear attributions to the different methods used by these astrologers, and compares their various ideas about deriving information from charts.
In terms of content, the material on thought interpretation is absolutely singular and won't be found elsewhere. A thought interpretation chart allows the astrologer to figure out what issue or situation caused the client to seek advice. The astrologer can get a jump on the session and quite possibly wow the client with great and unspeakable mystic powers—always good for business. What's super-slick is that these charts really work! A similar wow factor is offered in the techniques for figuring out what the client is holding in his hand. Several tables with descriptions of color, size, texture, and material of each planet and sign are included, but since the lists are almost 1,000 years old, contemporary astrologers will have to do some creative adapting to make use of them. There's also a section from Jirjis on finding hidden treasures, with additional advice culled from Umar and Al-Kindi.
The main topic of the third section is finding significators for charts. The chart victor is the planet with the most dignity points, and it describes the overall outcome of the chart. Hermann outlines a point system for determining the victor. Methods for finding the chart's releaser and kadukhadah are given; these are planets that show the beginning of the matter, and are the victor's assistants in chart judgment. Timing methods are examined, and a list of house topics is provided.
There's a wicked little joke hidden in the text, too. Hermann's analysis of the sample horary chart on page 142 is hampered by incorrect planetary positions. Dykes supplies a recalculated chart with correct planetary positions, there are still problems with judging the chart. Both charts give Saturn as the victor. Here's the joke: Saturn is placed in the 7th house where Lilly (and perhaps Bonatti) says that it makes the chart unfit to be judged since the astrologer will be confounded. This chart was indeed confounding, and it was fun to find a 1,000 year-old brain teaser nobody's ever spotted!
There are numerous appendices (A through M) that offer additional commentary from multiple Arabic authors on the subjects covered in Hermann's book. This is an excellent forum for comparing how different astrologers worked with thought interpretation and horary charts. Appendix H gives Hellenistic Antecedents, and includes material from Ptolemy, Porphyry and Hephaistio, and a table of 12th parts. Appendix M describes Dykes' "Essential Medieval Astrology Cycle" of finished and planned translations intended to encompass the whole spectrum of early astrological techniques. The end matter includes a bibliography and index.
This book is recommended for students of traditional astrology who've done a bit of preparatory reading and want to broach new and unusual topics with a phenomenal range of methods with comments from lots of different writers. The best thing is that these techniques really work and are easy to co-opt into contemporary astrological practice. Hermann's book is singular in both topic and approach, and Dykes makes it digestible for the modern reader. Well done!
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Given an integer $n$, define $s(n)$ to be the length of the shortest sequence $S = (a_1, \cdots a_{s(n)})$ such that every permutation of $\{1,\cdots,n\}$ is a subsequence of $S$.
If $n=1$, then $S = (1)$ is the shortest sequence containing all permutations of $\{1\}$, so s(1) = 1. If $n=2$, then $S = (1, 2, 1)$ contains all permutations of $\{1,2\}$ as a subsequence, so $s(2)=3$.
Is there a general formula for $s(n)$?


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Monday, August 4, 2014
100th Anniversary of World War 1
On the anniversary of the 100th year of the declaration of World War 1, the Hamilton Ontario Lancaster is preparing for a flight to England to join up with the only other flying Lancaster on a tour in England.
Personal photographs August 4th, 2014
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- Elizabeth Lapointe said...
I understand that there were engine problems with the Lancaster.
Did it finally get to go to England?
- August 5, 2014 at 2:54 PM
- Jer Lyn Wilson said...
The Lancaster took off about 10AM the following day to the excitement of a crowd of well wishers.
Images are on the net showing it in flight with it's British counterpart.
- August 16, 2014 at 4:18 PM
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Carly Fiorina thinks rural America is "hugely important."
So important, in fact, that government should leave it alone.
Fiorina was the latest presidential candidate to participate in question-and-answer series of cable channel RFD-TV. The series is billed as a town hall about rural issues.
(Six Republicans previously participated in the town hall. The only Democrat to do so, Jim Webb, announced today that he is withdrawing from the Democratic primary.)
While the questions ranged from international trade to the Waters of the U.S., the answers of the former head of the Hewlett-Packard corporation never strayed from a path that was well worn by the end of the one-hour interview.
"The federal government does way too many things," she said at the top of the hour. And it needs to stop.
For the next 60 minutes, minus commercial breaks, nearly every answer included a reference to getting the federal government out of regulatory responsibilities:
On the issue of Social Security's long-term health, Fiorina said she would defer action until the nation had eradicated waste and fraud from both that program and Medicare.
One big exception to her hands-off rule is infrastructure. "Roads and bridges, infrastructure, is a federal government responsibility," she said.
And she said Congress should enact legislation that would remove the right of states to regulate genetically modified crops.
Fiorina said she would not support the Trans Pacific Partnership free-trade agreement because of the process used to negotiate it. "On the surface, of course I would support the TPP," she said. "Unfortunately, I don't know what's in it. None of us know what's in it. And that's the problem."
She said China should be held to its free-trade agreements. "They punish our food producers in this country, and they get to play by rules in our market that we're not allowed to play by in their market," Fiorina said.
Other candidates who have participated in the town hall are Republicans Rick Santorum, Ted Cruz, George Pataki, Lindsey Graham, Ben Carson, and Bobby Jindal. Jim Webb participated before withdrawing from the primary on October 20.


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"The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a world war."—E. B. White on fatherhood
"I was lucky to be born abnormal. It ran in the family."—on luck
"I would really rather feel bad in Maine than feel good anywhere else." —on Maine
"The English language is always sticking a foot out to trip a man."—on language
In the Words of E. B. White offers readers a delightful selection of quotations, selected and annotated by his granddaughter and literary executor, Martha White. The quotations cover a wide range of subjects and situations, from Automobiles, Babies, Bees, City Life, and College to Spiders, Taxes, Weather, Work, and Worry. E. B. White comments on writing for children, how to tell a major poet from a minor one, and what to do when one becomes hopelessly mired in a sentence. White was apt to address the subject of security by speaking first about a Ferris wheel at the local county fair, or the subject of democracy from the perspective of roofing his barn and looking out across the bay—he had a gift for bringing the abstract firmly into the realm of the everyday. Included here are gems from White's books and essay collections, as well as bits from both published and unpublished letters and journals.
This is a book for readers and writers, for those who know E. B. White from his "Notes and Comment" column in The New Yorker, have turned to The Elements of Style for help in crafting a polished sentence, or have loved a spider's assessment of Wilbur as "Some Pig." This distillation of the wit, style, and humanity of one of America's most distinguished essayists of the twentieth century will be a welcome addition to any reader's bookshelf.


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Get yourself a cover lifter. If the cover is simply too awkward or heavy that you should lift/move and the cover drags on the ground you will damage the vinyl. The duvet lifter allows you to slide, lift or tilt the cover up and from the spa with ease. Some popular models are: The top's Caddy, The Cover Valet, Cover Genie, Conceal and Auto Spa Cover.
Drain Excess Moisture. Stand the hot tub cover on end occasionally to drain excess moisture from it. The foam core has been wrapped and heat-sealed in plastic film to retard absorption water but this will help to steer clear of the absorption of steam moisture.
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When monitoring the river yourself there are some things to know. If you use a floating canister with chlorine or bromine tabs inside it, place only a few tabs towards the end of it. If the canister is stuffed with tabs there is no way to help keep it from dispersing excessive sanitizer into your water. An excessive amount of sanitizer will cause an obvious change in color, texture and give an impression of the underside of your cover. This means the seams in the vinyl are being made weaker also. Another major problem it can cause is waterlogged foam board that may weigh over a hundred pounds!
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Thursday, November 18, 2010
SMALL GESTURES [cont. 1]
I have completed some more of my paintings for the upcoming Christmas exhibition in Main Street Gallery, Montville.
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A great start to my morning. Loved the slideshow too.ReplyDelete
Perfect gestures. A lovely grouping of work.ReplyDelete
Black and white .. and yet so colorful. They have very much depth. One like to dive into it.ReplyDelete
N-it will be great to see these as part of the body of work to go up on Main Street's walls in a couple more weeks. BReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 29, 2010 at 4:04 PM
Love the calligraphic skill on display here- you are the real deal. Beautiful.ReplyDelete
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In the American Public Television-distributed program BLUE SUEDE SHOES: A ROCKABILLY SESSION WITH CARL PERKINS AND FRIENDS, 1950's rockabilly star Carl Perkins gives a fantastic performance while playing alongside other iconic musicians in an unforgettable night featuring his classic songs. Perkins, who died in 1998, was a highly influential guitar player and the composer of multiple hit songs, including his biggest chart-topper, "Blue Suede Shoes."
The concert special initially premiered in 1985 as an hour-long TV show that celebrated the 30th anniversary of "Blue Suede Shoes," an instant classic that earned a place in the history books when it became the first million-seller to crossover from the country chart to the pop and R&B listings. Now, a newly enhanced high-definition presentation of this classic performance will release on public television stations nationwide beginning November 25, 2016.
Throughout the show, the famed Perkins plays alongside fellow music luminaries, including Dave Edmunds, Rosanne Cash, and Beatles legends George Harrison and Ringo Starr. Perkins is also accompanied by world-class guitarist and classic rock superstar Eric Clapton.
Highlights of the program include Starr's performance of the Perkins tunes "Honey Don't," and "Matchbox" and Harrison's take on "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby," all of which the Beatles covered years ago. A rollicking, star-powered rendition of "Blue Suede Shoes" caps off the night.
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Friday, October 2, 2009
Vicki Blankenship: Dancing With The Blueflame
I like to think that life is sometimes like the toy surprise in a big box of Cracker Jacks. It's always a surprise as to what you are going to get, some are good and some happen to be bad. You just never know what to expect.
My latest box of musical Cracker Jacks contained a surprise in the bottom by the name of Vicki Blankenship. I met Vicki for the first time at The Binding Time Café in Martinsville, VA during a performance by Indiegrrl artist Broda. I wasn't familiar with Vicki, but I was told that she was a musician who performed at the Café from time to time. I got to her perform a short time later at an Indiegrrl festival in Spencer, VA that she put together. For those who do not know, Vicki took over the reigns of Indiegrrl from creator Holly O'Reilly in October of 2005.
Vicki invited me to The Binding Time Café on August 14 for the release party of her newest CD entitled "Blue Flame Trance". She did perform a few of the songs solo that night and gave us a small taste of what was included on the CD. She had a strong turnout to support her that night.
I took home Vicki's CD and it did lay around for a few days before I got the chance to pop it open and give it a good listen. Vicki is a very talented musician, without a doubt. You immediately get that when you see her perform live. The part that I didn't realize was how good of a lyricist that she is.
The title track to her CD is an ode to that good old tradition through these parts of Virginia known as bootleg. One test of the equality of bootleg occurs when it is lit. Now, the really good stuff burns a blue flame. Henceforth, the title of the song. It's a great toe tapper of a song that really gets cranked into overdrive as Vicki screams out "Yeehaw" midway through.
If you are a native of this area and if the song "Southwest Virginia" doesn't do something for you, then you need to pack your bags and move. There are so many references to landmarks such as Mabry Mill, the Blue Ridge Mountains and even Martinsville is mentioned.
The biggest surprise for me is how emotionally charged a number of these songs are. My two standout cuts would be "Moonbeam" and "Coming My Way", both equally as moving as the other. Vicki manages to put more emotion and feeling into these two songs than most artists put into an entire CD. "Moonbeam" is a reflective song about looking back on a love and the regrets that you may have. Now, not every track is all about happy love. "Love Went Six Feet Under" is a great song about love just doesn't work out.
Another outstanding and emotional track would be "I've Waited For You" which has touring buddy Sonya Heller on background vocals. It tells an emotional journey of love coming and going, but never giving up on that love without putting up a fight to keep it.
Vicki has a bunch of extremely talented musicians backing her on her CD. She also played acoustic and electric guitar on all songs, wrote all the tracks and produced the CD. This woman can do it all!!
I think it's very hard to pigeonhole Vicki's music to just one label. She mixes country, folk, bluegrass and other elements into a blend that is like musical sugar to your ears. You can purchase her CDs at www.spottedkivaproductions.com . You can also learn more about her at www.myspace.com/vickiblankenship.
Are you in the mood for some toe tapping music that actually tells a good story? Unlike a great deal of today's standards, these songs actually tell the listener a story. I guarantee you that if you take the time to check out Vicki, then you too will find out that the prize in the bottom of these Cracker Jacks is one of life's greatest surprises.
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Top 10 italian songs2010-12-09 10:11:30 +0000
We were recently asked by a friend of ours to list the top 10 italian songs. Without any specific rule, it just had to express our feelings and be representative of Italy. The outcome was a funny pre-christmas night, digging in youtube archives, and this is the result.


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Leukemans is on a roll, after having won a stage and the overall of the Tour de Limousin. This boosted his confidence. "And now on to Plouay," he told hln.be. "With this condition I should be able to do something Sunday." He will then travel overseas. "Afterwards there are Montreal and Quebec and the GP de Wallonie," he explained.
Leukemans has a very simple reason to do well currently. "Around this time [Wallonie] I will know if I made the selection for the Worlds team." Leukemans tries to advertise his qualities in the races. "Carlo Bomans knows that he can always count on me."
The Vacansoleil team had prepared everything well for victory. They put Marco Marcato into the ten-man lead group after 100 kilometers. With Wouter Mol already in the group Vacansoleil had good cards to play.
The lead group was shattered until only Marcato, Klaas Lodewyck, Preben Van Hecke and Christopher Stevenson were left over. Twenty kilometers from the line Leukemans used a small climb to move up to the leaders. Leukemans dropped the others, but received company from Van Goolen and Commeyne. The trio never had a big gap, but they pulled it off. Leukemans left no chance to the others in the sprint.
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"Humans will error. They will make mistakes. And they will be savage beasts. It is in their nature. But the reason this book was written was because one day, one mortal out of the billions will be truly worthy of reading it's pages. For he will know what he must do next in his life. For he will be chosen for a task greater than any man can endure. And when he realises his own true potential, he will be free and therefore will be called as The One."
-The Book Of Prophecies.
We are only few days away from the release of my Ishqedarriyaan. Come 29th I will know what Fate has in stored for me. The wait of more than 2 years will be decided just a few days from now. But right now, sitting at my couch, during this sunday evening, all by myself, I can't help but take a look back into my life and see from where I have come to where I am going. Yesterday, I began to replay Call Of Duty World At War on the Xbox 360. I was looking for that game for a while now and I was delighted to have found it. Al though I am very much in love with the game, it was the year it came out that intrigued and made me think of my past. It was 2008. Nearly 7 years ago. And when I saw that year flashing on the screen, I was automatically transported back to that moment when I first started playing that game. And that is what got me thinking and analysing my life and of course the Road So Far. Maybe that is why it was important for me to see where I was, where I am and where I am going and it was also important for me to share all that with you. So let me try to review my life in full in the coming paragraphs and I hope that I do justice to it also.
"But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter with the soft Darkness, the Dreamless Sleep?"
The Past:
Just a few days ago I was having a discussion with my brother about life and everything in it. And when we were chatting I told him that, "I don't know why people say that they never want to grow up or that they wished they were children again. I love growing up! I believe growing up is an amazing feeling and I never want to be a child again." I know why I said all that. It is because whenever I look back into the past, I only see a kid who was screwed up. I know we all have to go through our own journeys but whenever I look back, I only laugh and curse at myself. I mean the things that I did and the way I was, well, they were wrong and unjust and I deserved everything that came my way.I know I can't undo the past and neither I can right my wrongs but I can surely never make those mistakes again. Of course I feel guilty. Of course I feel terrible. I was selfish and self-centred and the only person I cared and loved was myself. It was wrong and even back then I had a choice. I had a choice to leave people alone or become like them and mould myself according to society. But my childishness and arrogance never allowed me. There are times when I sit alone and repent the things that I have done. I was a hypocrite to believe that my actions were somehow righteous while all they were doing was hurting and harming everyone around me. My brother tells me that we all go through these ordeals in life and it is only these ordeals that carve out the best in us. I agree with him 'cause today I do know the difference between the wrong and the right. But the past sometimes still haunts me. A part of me is glad it does and a part of me wants it to leave me alone. I guess this is the burden that I am meant to carry always. I don't know how much I have grown as a man over the years but I do know that now, the choices are more clearer in front of me. Today, before I do anything I always wager the Pros and Cons and then act practically towards the situation. Maybe challenges do carve out the best in men. But even back then, during the most toughest times of my life I always knew what I wanted to do. I do agree that my approach may not have been that appealing but it was always the way I wanted to go. Maybe the reason to fight and become better was the only thing that was right in my life back then and maybe that is the only thing that took me away from the evil in me and showed me the light.
"Oblivion is the rule and fame the exception, of humanity."
The Present:
I guess I don't have to break down the present so much. You know where I am and what I am going through. My film releases on the 29th and every moment which brings me closer to it just terrifies me more and more. But this isn't the fear of what people may say or not say or about the box office results. This fear is about the oblivious. The going-into-unknown-territory fear. I really don't know how I will be come May 29th. When people meet and greet me today, they see the smile and the laughter and the confidence which every actor must show. But underneath all that is pure fear and insecurity. You see, I am human just like you and I am going through all those emotions also. I have friends and family and loved ones. People who are there to support me and give me their best wishes. But the thing is they aren't going through what I am going through. Of course I can't blame them for that 'cause this has been my journey and they can't fathom to realise how much is at stake for me come May 29th. I truly appreciate all the support and love that I am getting but you know just because someone is giving you their love and their understanding doesn't make them right. I have said this before and I am saying this again, society is the mother root of all evils. I agree that humans are savage beasts and we need someone to tell us where to go and what to do but the problem is that society and appearances have only made us more hollow from inside. When I started out on this journey, I knew I would face trails and tribulations. And today, on the verge of the biggest moment of my life all I want is to be left alone. Yes, you heard me, I want to be left alone. I've realised that people are there for you only until they are comfortable being there for you. At times like these, I only remember what the Joker told Batman in The Dark Knight. "The only reason these people support you now is 'cause they need you. Once you have done your so-called righteous duty, they will cast you out. They will make you the villain. These so-called 'civilised' people are only as good as they want to be 'cause when the chips are down, they will turn on each other. I will show you that one day." Those words echo in my ears overtime I see a close one defending themselves 'cause they believe that they are right. It is sad to see people once you loved turn into monsters when you thought you were the monster all along.
"Since fame is an illusion and death is in our future all we have is the next moment before we are swallowed into oblivion."
I know I have my weak moments. Moments when I just want to unwind and be normal and forget about the pressures. I always thought that 'Love' was the answer to it all. But I was wrong. Today, Love comes with an instructional manual and people will love you only if they think it is right to do so and even if they do, they expect you to be the way they want you to be. Giving love and being understandable doesn't always mean that you are right. And a while back, I knew I would need friends and people that I could count on during this challenging period of my life but as the challenges grew stronger, I started to realise that I didn't need anyone at all. Remember I told you that I love growing up? Well maybe, this is a sign of growing up. That we have to face our challenges head on and that when we truly face our obstacles on our own, we realise that we never needed anyone to begin with. I have come to realise that and even though this choice will make me alone, I am proud to say that I don't need anyone. I don't need love or friendship or care. All I need is myself. A mother who met in the train, when I was going to Surat to promote my film asked me that how can I choose to be alone? Doesn't it get lonely? And I told her that when you are in love with the company of yourself, you never need anyone. And that is what I have become today. A man who just loves his own company. I really don't know why people don't get that. Well, again, maybe it's because they must have known my story but they haven't lived it. They don't know that I am complete only when I am truly alone. I wish I could make people understand that. You know those people who are more concerned about society than themselves? Well, anyways, I hope this blog somehow gives that message to them. Trust me, I do get angry. I do get angry when things don't go my way. But as Batman said, "We can choose to be better than our basic instincts." And that is what I do now. The one thing the Past has taught is me that no matter how much love and adoration you get from the people, always remember to stay humble. And no matter how much you are tempted to fly, remember that you can't and those artificial wings will one day break and you will come crashing to the ground. Today, I am very happy with the way the film's soundtrack has been appreciated and come 29th, I hope people like the film also. But has this journey affected me in any way? Have I again become the pompous, self-centred prick I was back in the day? The answer is, No. No, I am never going back to that evil again. Today, even when I am tempted to become cocky or over-confident, I come back home, talk to myself, relax my thoughts and feelings and remind myself that temptation and love and adoration will not change me for the worse but will rather make me a better human being.
"Time's stern tide, with cold Oblivion's wave, Shall soon dissolve each fair, each fading charm."
The Future:
No one has the answer to this. I mean who amongst you can tell me what is in stored for me? No one. Right? Well, astrologers can so-called 'Predict' but we all know that not all predictions come true. We all are the instruments of our own fate and all we can do is what we can in our circumstances. As I had mentioned earlier I don't know how I will be on the 29th. I think the best thing to do will be to shut off all emotions and feelings and expectations and imagine it to be just another day. But I also know that by running away from what is stored for me won't make anything easier. I have to face the things that will come my way and not just on the 29th but for the rest of my life as well. That is why I am making a new plan. Whether it is increasing the level of my training or learning a new fight form in Mma or reading a new book or taking up a new course online. I know that life will move on and I will have to move on with it. As a student of Astronomy I believe that we all are a part pf the giant universe and that the universe has a divine plan for me and it will only make me come closer to my greatness. But I also know that I just can't sit around and wait for that to happen. I will have to get up and get back to fighting again, the thing I love most in this world. I was watching Ufc today and when Chris Weidman knocked out Vitor Belfort, a part of me felt alive, just the way I feel whenever I train at the gym or punching during my Mma classes. I know my calling is different than most people in this world and one day that siren will play for me and when it does, I will be ready. But now, looking into the near future, I know what I have to do. I have to train. And I have to self-improve. I would rather be in Los Angeles or a Mma Camp in Thailand than be here amongst people who want to impress society and put on a mask and believe that they are always right. I rather be alone than choked and trapped in a pretentious surrounding. The future maybe uncertain but what is certain is my will. My will to improve and become better and wait for that siren. I know I have always been different than most people and while growing up, if that felt like a curse, today, it feels like a blessing. So here I am, again, at the crossroads of my life, preparing myself for the responsibilities ahead. But this time around I know I will take them head-on and I know I will take them alone. Not because I have too, it's because I Choose Too.
This is Me, Mahaakshay Chakraborty and This Is My Past, Present and Future.
With All My Might,
Your No.1 Fan,
Mahaakshay Chakraborty.
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- Have the best possible relationship with the child – one of my instructors likens this to an emotional bank account, you have to put in time, effort, care and attention before you can expect any interest back.
- Be mindful of your body language, gestures and facial expression, no threatening or intimidating gestures ever. Compliance through fear is abuse.
- Focus on the actions of the child, not labeling the child. "You are very rude." Vs "That language is not helping".
- A prime focus on the initial issue – If you are trying to deescalate a situation where a child is damaging something don't get distracted by swearing or other secondary actions.
- Avoid an audience – A physiological escape route is vital and a lot of children will not want to back down in front of their peers. A look or comment from a passer-by can re-trigger or extend an incident that 1:1 would be coming to an end.
- Use space and time – If there is a deadline for the issue to be resolved by then you will be much more stressed, much more likely to over-intervene and over react. If you need someone to cover a class (if you are SLT please support your staff here.) Phone and have a script in your head: "I need help while I deal with a problem" vs "I need to spend some time listening to Dave.".
- One person only to speak to the child you may think you are helping but you are just outnumbering the child.
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David de Rothschild, founder of Adventure Ecology, has created an innovated experiment: an intriguing raft crafted from disused water plastic water bottles which is to be released into the Pacific Ocean. His project is intended to raise our awareness about plastic waste and the enormity of the problem that faces the Oceans.
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"I think that the most important thing is not to make plastic the enemy, but to really reassess how we use, dispose, and reuse it. It comes down to the old cliché of stopping to think before you buy. Can you reuse the bottle that contained the water or soda you drank earlier? The small things can make a big difference. We can all minimize our impact if we fundamentally change the way in which we consume."
Imagine this boat as it encounters the Great Pacific Gyre: an Oceanic rubbish patch three times the size of the UK that is hidden from our conscience. Plastiki will be dwarfed by the vast soup of rubbish and it stands every chance of being strangled by debris.
But lets be optimistic for now and assume it makes it all the way South to the Antipodes.
It is time to listen to its message and hope that our attitudes change or face the grim reality of an ugly truth. That humanity is callous, careless and capricious and that using the Oceans as a bottomless dumping ground is a sign of our limitless capacity for self-destruction.


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One of the big things for picture thinking dyslexics (which both Indy and
After making both upper and lower case, he starts to work on making models of trigger words. The idea is that they look up the word to get a definition, then make something in clay that to them represents the definition (for children we simplify the definition). The word "make" is defined as creating or building something from other materials. He then has to come up with at least 5 sentences using the word. Once the model is built, the word is then made out of clay and an arrow points from the word to the model. Here is Indy's MAKE:
It's 2 boys making a wall out of blocks. He points to the model and says "You are MAKE, meaning something created or built from other materials." He then points to the word and says "You say MAKE." He spells the word, touching each letter, then closes his eyes and spells is forwards and backwards (again touching each letter) and describes the model.
Here is MADE:
He used the same original model, but put a thought bubble around it with a person thinking about MAKE in the past tense.
Here is MAKES:
The idea here is that two figures talk about someone else, as in "He makes a good wall."
There was more to the therapy, including setting the "mind's eye" which I did not get at all, but James Bond totally understood. Indy really got the most out of defining trigger words with pictures. He was reading the first night of his own volition. Reading! I almost cried. The next day he begged to bring the book he had been reading to lunch. Sure it was a Spongebob graphic novel (like a comic, but in book form and longer), but still, he was reading the word bubbles! Out loud to me and James Bond. It was amazing. This is an expensive therapy, but thus far it has been worth every penny.
We have exercises to do every day and he's super excited about reading now. I can't tell you what a relief this is. Hopefully this will make school a whole lot easier.


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ADC 2015: 4–7 June 2015 in Melbourne, Australia at Storey Hall, RMIT University
The 26th edition of the Australasian Database Conference, ADC 2015, will be co-located with SIGMOD 2015 (ACM SIGMOD, May 31–June 4, 2015, Melbourne, Australia) and held immediately after it, at Storey Hall, RMIT University.
The Australasian Database Conference series is an annual forum for sharing the latest research progresses and novel applications of database systems, data driven applications and data analytics for researchers and practitioners in these areas from Australia, New Zealand and in the world.
In addition to regular research papers, industry papers, demo sessions, plenary poster sessions and a panel session, ADC 2015 will also feature multiple keynote speeches and tutorials given by world-leading researchers and industry leaders. The accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings, which will form a volume in the Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science series.
Invited Speakers
Abstracts and biographies for our invited speakers.Read more
Registrations are now open.Read more
Important Dates
Conference Date
4–7 June 2015
Suggestions for places to stay in Melbourne and information about Melbourne.Read more
Details of the members of the conference organising committee.Read more
Venue and Transport
Maps of the venue and information about public transport.Read more
Image Credits
Skyline: Ares Nguyen, ColorsofMelbourne, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0


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For five weeks, I had tried to teach him to read and he'd made no progress.
"Makin' you crazy? How 'bout me? At least you're gettin' paid to do this shit."
"That's true, but I'm not getting paid to bang my head against a wall. Come to think of it, maybe I am."
We both laughed. He was laughing, I'm sure, at the thought of me smashing my head--I laughed because crying was not an option.
Israel was just one of the many students stockpiled in warehouses called Educational Vocational Guidance Centers where I was assigned. If teens hadn't learned to read after a decade in the Chicago school system, and didn't have the courtesy to join the high-school dropout brigade of their own volition, they passed to the Educational Vocational Guidance Center where they got a lethal dose of shame and boredom and finally pulled the plug on themselves. For some reason, Israel refused to jump ship.
Day after day, this Mexican man-child, his legs bouncing like jackhammers, sat beside my desk as we slogged through an out-dated pre-primer designed to teach kindergartners. Who cared that black and brown teen-agers had little in common with Dick and Jane though, in this case, the lack of age-appropriate materials didn't explain, but only complicated, Israel's problems.
Long before Attention Deficit Disorder became the go to diagnosis for kids whose short attention spans and frenetic energy drove teachers crazy, Israel swaggered around the classroom, a roving ambassador of diplomacy, flirting, wisecracking and entertaining those easily amused. As the lone Hispanic in the cadre of black students, he fine-tuned his people skills and charmed even the most hostile competition. He hung out with the "baddest" of the gangbangers, but showed no allegiance to a particular gang, an astounding accomplishment.
Israel threw his lot in with any antisocial scheme which came his way, often cutting classes to head to the near-by Gold Coast to knock hipsters off their $2,000. Colnago bikes. He and Curtiss, his black amigo, would return to class, revved up and sweaty, spouting some cockamamie story about running to Curtiss' crib in the Projects to retrieve a forgotten math book, but the sleek Italian racer, parked in the gym for safe-keeping, announced another mission accomplished.
When cops showed up, Israel was never a suspect because the victim, too shaken to be precise, invariably told the cops he was robbed by a bunch of black kids. Since light brown-skinned Israel flew under the radar, he became the hood's Clarence Darrow, launching preemptive strikes to protect his posse.
"These guys didn't do nothin'. Leave 'em alone. We was all in gym class shootin' hoops."
The gym teacher, who never bothered taking roll-call, dittoed the explanation. Flimsy as it was, the alibi worked--the cops avoided reams of paperwork and the flash mob avoided the lock-up. Everybody was happy except for the injured party, but Israel said that the victim should've been happy too, happy that he didn't get killed.
Though he had just begun to sprout peach fuzz, Israel was a seasoned con man. He could sell you the Brooklyn Bridge and demand a tariff for the privilege of jumping off.
"You read good, Miss S, fast, like you got the words memorized," he'd say, "You're the smartest girl I know."
"Thanks, Israel. Now let's finish this chapter."
"I ain't doin' no more today. My brain's tired."
"Your brain would be fine if you'd use it. Let's finish this page."
"I use it, just not in school. Vowels? Come on, ya gotta be kiddin' me. Who gives a fuck?"
"You're right, Israel, this is a stone joke. I have a job to do, and I can't do it without your cooperation. We're wasting our time," I said, closing the book. "I'm done. You don't want to learn to read."
In a flash, his too-beautiful-to-be-wasted-on-a-boy eyelashes fluttered from a breeze of anger, but then, fast as Michael Jordan when he snatched a rebound, he reclaimed his bravado.
"You know, Miss S, you're smart, but you don't know everything. You don't have no clue about not bein' able to read. If you knew, you'd never say I don't wanna learn how to read."
"Well, what am I supposed to say? You come in here and clown around, you goof off, you entertain the class with your ridiculous behavior, and I'm supposed to think you care?"
"That's because I don't want nobody to think I care," he stage-whispered, the breeze of anger whirling into a tornado. "I don't want nobody to think I can't learn. Let 'em think I don't give a fuck. But you're smart, Miss S, you should know that's bullshit, you gotta' know not bein' able to read is a bitch."
"I can't imagine it," I said. "It's got to be a nightmare."
"A nightmare? Nightmare? Really, ya think?" he sneered.
"How'd you like to go out on a date and have to say I'll have whatever she's havin' cause you can't read the menu? Do you have any idea what I do when I wanna' take a girl to the movies and I don't know what's playin' cause I can't read the sign over the Rialto?
"How'd you like to go out on a date and have to say I'll have whatever she's havin' cause you can't read the menu? Do you have any idea what I do when I wanna' take a girl to the movies and I don't know what's playin' cause I can't read the sign over the Rialto?
Well, Teach, let me tell you how I do it. I buy a newspaper and I fold it open to the movie part and I go home and I hope that my brother, Hector, is there so I can throw the paper in his lap. 'Find me a good movie,' I say, as I head to the bathroom.
'Find it yourself, asshole.'
'Come on, bro,' I yell from the bathroom. 'I'm in a hurry, I gotta take a shower. Just tell me what's playin'.'"
"Hector doesn't know you can't read?" I asked in amazement.
"Nobody knows," he seethed. "Nobody except you. Don't you get it? I'm ashamed. Besides, it's nobody's fuckin' business."
"I had no idea. I'm sorry."
"Sorry? What are you sorry for? It ain't your fault," he said, settling down, as though coughing up his secret had halted the cement mixer in his gut. "You don't have nothin' to be sorry for."
Nothing to be sorry for, I wanted to scream, you've got to be kidding, but instead I said, "Israel, I promise we are going to learn to read if it's the last thing we do."
"We're going to learn?" he said, flipping back to his cocky persona. "Miss S," he laughed, "you already know how to read. Just teach me, okay?"
"Deal. Tonight I'm going to write a story about this and tomorrow you're going to read it. We'll make a book about you, your stories."
"Cool. We'll call it Israel and Miss S--forget Dick and Jane. Dick. Can you believe that? Dick. I mean, what kind of fuckin' name is Dick?"
"I'm not going there, Israel. Here's a pass for Social Studies. You're late."
"I ain't goin' to Social. I'm meetin' Curtiss."
"Go to Social. Mr. A. will be mad if you ditch."
"Get real. Mr. A don't even know who's in his class plus he hates me. He says Israel is not a person's name--it's the name of a country. 'From now on, I'll call you Jew,' he said. I told him 'Hey, no problema, man, I'll call you Fuckin' Idiot.'"
Over the next couple of months we turned dozens of conversations into stories. We wrote and read about his family--his brother Hector's new car, his sister Rosita's son, getting busted, his father's accident, Lupe's brutal husband and the first time he read a menu. He wrote a poem about his brother Oscar and a song for his girlfriend. We wrote and he read, stumbling and stuttering, but he was reading. "Hey, Miss S," he crowed one day, "do you believe I just read that story about my ma's cooking, and I didn't fuck up one word?"
There was no stopping him now.
When we finished our Israel and Miss S spiral notebook, Israel announced he was going to write his life story. "I'm starting it with the day I was born even though I don't remember that much. I'll get my Ma to help with the details."
Mark Twain said when angry, count to four, when very angry, swear. That Wednesday morning, I was in swear mode. I discovered that some brainiac used a ballpoint pen to draw Gilligan's Island on the long-awaited globe that'd been delivered only two days earlier. I stood there disgusted over the fucked up world I was holding when Curtiss and Leotis charged through the door.
"Miss S, Miss S, Israel shot in the back las' night. He dead."
"Dead? Who? What are you talking about?"
"Israel, Israel Hernandez, he dead. He gone."
"They be washin' his blood right now by the alley on Division Street," Leotis added
I don't remember much more about the day--clusters of kids in the halls, girls crying, boys talking revenge, teachers saying "...what could you expect...it was only a matter of time..."
The following day, a note was scotch-taped next to the teachers' sign-in sheet.
Mr. A was signing in too.
"Are you going to the wake?" I asked.
"What the hell for?'" He went over to check his mailbox.
Curtiss was in a reflective mood as we walked over to Israel's house after school.
"Where you think he be now, Miss S?"
"Some place good, I hope. Maybe with his father."
"I'm thinkin' he be in heaven. I'm thinkin' God be sayin', "What the fuck you doin' up here, Lil' Man? Who tol' you you could come here?"
"Yeah, and he probably told God 'You can't tell me where to go,'" I said remembering his arrogant, defiant side.
"Yeah, I bet Jesus jus' be crackin' up."
The smell of flowers and the food heaped on the kitchen table lent a combination funeral parlor/restaurant air to the space. The hushed quiet of the packed basement apartment was interrupted by sobs as friends joined the crowd. All eyes darted to the entryway, the arrival of a white woman and a black teen-ager stirred whispers. I spotted Hector, an Israel clone right down to the thick eyelashes that had always reminded me of awnings.
"I am so sorry, Hector," I said. "This should never have happened."
For once, Curtiss put his swaggering self on hold as he extended his hand. "Israel be my frien'," he said.
Suddenly, from another room, I heard shrieks of La maestra! La maestra! and a little rotund woman, straight out of a Botero painting, shuffled toward me. "La maestra," she kept wailing, as though she was seeing an apparition.
Alternating between sobs and smiles, we spoke through Hector.
"My mother cannot believe a teacher would come to our house," he translated. "She is honored that you come here. She says that Israel told her you were the smartest woman he ever met."
I stood there, unable to cope with the attention and awe, fixated on the drain tile at her feet. "Tell your Mother Israel was a very smart and beautiful boy."
"Si, si," she sobbed. "Muy bonito."
"Tell her he wrote a story about what a good mother she is and he says she's the best cook in the world."
She took my hand and guided me to the wooden coffin which rested on the dining room table and contained the youngest of her children. Standing guard over their baby brother were Lupe, Raul, Juan, Rosita, Oscar, Sergio and Rico. We had written about them all.
Israel lay there, in a sort of mariachi suit--a dark jacket with huge lapels, a narrow string of black leather tied around the collar of a white ruffled-neck shirt, a red satin cummerbund and black pants. Someone had painted a little mustache on his upper lip with eyebrow pencil. His chalky hands held a rosary and his First Communion prayer book. I remembered the story about his First Confession when he'd asked the priest, "So why do I gotta' tell you all this shit?" He was seven years old.
"Let's go, Miss S, come on," I heard Curtiss mumble. "You can't make him come back to school wit us."
I handed Hector an envelope as we exchanged good-bye handshakes. "You know, Miss S, Israel had stopped throwing newspapers at me," he said, the tears slipping past the awnings.
"Dang, Miss S," Curtiss said as we walked back to school, "Israel be pissed off if he see that Maybelline thing they drawed on his face. He be too cool to look the fool. Why they do that?"
"I guess they wanted him to look like a man--maybe it's easier for them to pretend that he wasn't just a kid."
"Well, he be ashamed if he saw hisself."
"I don't think so, Curtiss," I said, "I know only one thing that Israel was ashamed of, and we were working on that."


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Luxury holiday property with fantastic location just above Marina del Este in Almuñecar. Perfect holiday environment for up to 6 people with the beach just around the corner.
The property is well decorated and offers a perfect setting for up to 6 people with 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, lounge, kitchen and laundry room, and with 3 terraces on three different levels. All overlooking the ocean, the harbor and the mountains.
The property is south facing and lovely bright with sun from morning to evening. The living room has direct exit to the terrace with garden table with 6 chairs. On the terraces above are sun beds and barbecue.
WI-FI Internet connection.
Less than 200 meters down the road to lovely, at times almost pristine beach with own chirinquito (beach restaurant) and if you go slightly to the left there is direct access to the marina where there is an opportunity for instruction and rental of diving equipment, boat rentals and lovely restaurants right next to the port environment.
The surrounding area
Almuñecar in itself is a historic Spanish city with a beautiful Moorish castle. The most attractive part of Almuñecar is the old town (the historic center), which is most accessible on foot. A nice way to spent a few hours is wandering around the city's maze of streets filled with shops and cozy tapas bars.
Almuñecar is known for its many beaches and most are at a distance of 5-15 minutes by car. On the beaches there are many bars / restaurants and at the beaches near the center are nightclubs which open into the early morning hours.
Other attractions include:
Aquarium, one of the largest in Europe with exotic fish and fish from the Mediterranean.
Bird Park (Loro Sexi park) with parrots and other exotic birds.
Aqua Park - Water Park (open during summer season) with numerous water rides, pools and bars
The municipal market, featuring fresh fruit, meat, fish, flowers and plants
Friday Market and Sunday Market (flea market)
A beautiful village with the horseshoe-shaped bay with a fantastic long beach and the wide range of beach bars (or beach bars) are also nearby and definitely worth visiting. Also in La Herradura you will find an opportunity for watersports with both windsurfing and diving rental. The Bay of La Herradura is one of the prettiest bays along the south coast of Spain, and boasts 2 km long sandy beach. The village presents the typical whitewashed buildings and settles beautifully up the gentle slopes leading up from the beach.
Nerja / Frigiliana
Nerja is a lovely popular resort about 20 minutes from Almuñecar, famous for its Balcony of Europe in the center and its beautiful beaches. Nerja is home to the famous caves which belong to some of the largest in the world and is definitely worth visiting. In the mountains north of Nerja, you will find the attractive white village of Frigiliana, which is built in typical Andalusian style with many renovated houses with charming shops and restaurants.
Known as the jewel of the Costa Tropical. Salobrena is a whitewashed village that clings to the large rock slightly back from the shoreline, topped by a moorish castle and surrounded by lush sugar cane plantations.
Those who appreciate Spain's heritage and history will love ancient Granada and its world famous Alhambra Palace. Granada is one of the classic monumental cities of Andalucia, and situated in more than 700 meters above sea level. Granada offers besides the Alhambra Palace (remember to book tickets in advance, otherwise there is no access), to wealth of historical attractions including the cathedral, and to charming downtown with lots of shops and cozy tapas bars.
Nature lovers are just minutes away from the Natural Park of Pena Escrita, the beautiful, unspoiled mountain of Cerro Gordo and fantastic hiking in Alpujarras.
Skiing in Sierra Nevada
Just over an hour's drive away is the famous ski resort, Sierra Nevada (open from November to April). Europe's most southern winter resort has skiing at an altitude of over 3,000 meters, combined with brilliant sunshine most of the winter.
Golf Courses:
18 holes in Velez-Malaga (35 minutes drive) Baviera Golf
18 holes in Salobrena / Motril (20 minutes drive). Moors
18 holes south-east of Granada (50 minutes drive) Santa Clara Golf
18 holes Rincon de la Victoria from Malaga (50 minutes drive) Añoreta Golf


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Miami Springs Baptist Church hosts Thanksgiving Dinner
The Miami Springs Baptist Church held its annual Thanksgiving Dinner on Saturday, Nov. 22 and the turkey and fixings were to die for as the church has hosted this event for 32 years and all its guests were reminded that the value of family, faith and traditions trump any Thanksgiving feast.
Back in 1982, Miami Springs Baptist Church and Miami Springs residents James and Inez Jagessar began hosting the special feast on the Saturday evening before Thanksgiving. It began many moons ago with four young sons by his side, but James Jagessar now has four sons, four daughter-in-laws, many grandchildren and many friends who help to prepare and serve a delicious meal for the community.
Church members decorated the fellowship hall with festive fall décor. Placemats adorned with pilgrims and turkeys lined the tables. Pastor Bill Whiddon welcomed and thanked everyone for coming. A common joke among church goers is everyone worries when a pastor grabs the microphone, but Pastor Bill reassured everyone, "I'll have you out before midnight."
"Being thankful is very appropriate any time of year, not just on Thanksgiving," shared Pastor Bill. "The word 'thankful' appears 49 times in the Bible. One of the things that happens to us when we're thankful is it changes our attitude. It helps us to be grateful, it helps us to be positive, it helps us to be gracious, and it helps us to be loving and humble. It does something to us on the inside when someone says thank you. Parents know what it's like when your children sometimes say thank when you didn't tell them to. It means a lot, doesn't it? Well, it means a lot to God when we say thank you to Him, too. The book of Psalms reminds us who gives us all things. Paul reminds us in Corinthians to be thankful to God for his gifts that are too wonderful for words. A gift that is too wonderful for words is a gift that I'm still going to have after a long, long time. The most important gift that you can ever receive is the gift of Jesus Christ because the relationship that we have with him is still going to be important 100,000 years from now, or 200,000 years from now."
Close to 100 people filled the fellowship hall and listened intently. Children gathered at the kiddie table and adults enjoyed conversation and, of course, everyone enjoyed the turkey dinner. Before dessert was served, worship leader Rev. Ruben Dario led the guests with a beautiful song of Thanksgiving and prayer.
Dario asked guests to stand and hold the flickering candle that was on their table. Dario shared a tradition that he does at his home around the Thanksgiving table. "Stand where you are holding the candle, and share one word of thanks and praise," he directed the guests.
One by one, table by table, people stood and shared their words of thanksgiving. Guests gave thanks for their community, their family, their friends; they gave thanks for health, healing and happiness. They gave thanks for God's love and for everyday blessings. Guests publicly thanked the Jagessar family for cooking the meal. A few laughs were had when one guest shared that they were thankful to live in Miami where Thanksgiving is not so cold and another funny man shared that he was thankful for the dessert that would soon be coming out of the kitchen.
After another successful Thanksgiving meal under his belt, James Jagessar reflected privately upon why he is so devoted to this tradition year after year.
"This is just marvelous," said Jagessar, sporting his well-known huge grin upon his face. "This is an American tradition that we'll always keep going. I love America and I love Jesus. He brought me here and I'm working for him along with all of the members of our church. We do it because we love the Lord. We do it to honor Him."
The meal didn't cost the guests a penny, but donations were happily received. Like they do every year, all donations went to children's charities and homeless outreach. When Jagessar was asked if he enjoys working with his sons by his side, he enthusiastically responded, "It's all about faith, family values, and traditions."


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Early Literacy is everything that children learn about reading and writing before they can actually read and write. Reading aloud and bringing books into daily life is the key to encouraging and developing a young child's ability to read. By reading, talking, singing, and playing with your child—you give them the foundation for literacy and success!
Reading aloud or shared reading is the best way to prepare a child to read independently.
Talk to your baby and young children; they are listening and learning about language.
When you sing or listen to music, your child learns the rhythms of language & becomes aware of the smaller sounds that make words.
Play is learning! Encourage your child in play by participating, talking, and listening to your little one.
Allow and encourage your child to scribble and "pretend" to write. This jumpstarts the skills they need to become successful readers and writers.
Lifelong literacy begins long before a child enters school. Reading aloud and bringing books into daily life is the key to encouraging and developing a young child's ability to read. Research indicates that children who have strong early literacy skills become successful readers. Sharing books with children should begin at birth.
Select an age group for more information and book suggestions:


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San Francisco based artist Alec Huxley's large and cinematic sci-fi paintings are filled with noir-influenced contrast. Both bleak and bright, his paintings largely take place in urban or desert landscapes of the American West Coast and are representative of both science fiction and surrealist inspired narratives that often include animal figures. Huxley's use of light throughout his compositions lend his work a realism that is rather haunting, and reminds me of something you'd find in an apocalyptic comic book narrative. His solo exhibition, "Astronomical Menagerie," is described below and currently on view at the Minna Gallery in San Francisco until October 26th:
"At the witching hour, fashionable figures in space helmets rendezvous with wild beasts in the empty streets of San Francisco. As animals are central to our perception of humanity, relationships of power and domination juxtapose with naked reminders of human frailty. Confident in our ingenuity, we float about cities at the apex of species. Absent our imagination and material protections, we stand vulnerable beside creatures functioning solely to survive." (via exhibition-ism)


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Sweater: New Look
Scarf: New Look
Jeggings: New Look
Earrings: Benvenutti
Boots: local
I recently went on a little shopping spree (with it being Christmas and all) and got myself a few new New Look pieces, which you might have seen in my last haul. I loved both the baggy burgundy stripey sweater and the wine coloured infinity scarf. I am already sure that these are going to be staples in my winter outfits, because I've already worn them like crazy. The jeggings I got a while back, but I love how comfortable they feel and I can say that, at the moment, this is the most comfy fashionable outfit I've worn in a long time. I just feel great in it!
What do you love wearing this time of the year?
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