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Dream, Walk wit I. (Erzulie In'ama)
OOC Note: This is a transcription of an RP done with Mo'sul Mo'ana and Erzulie In'ama, it is reposted with permission from Mo'sul who did the painstaking transcription!)
From the previous dreamwalk…
The Shadowhunter continues to wander, keeping quite warm in the snow.
"Mueh'zala. I, the Shadowhunter Erzulie Okanu Thyrsos, call upon an audience in the head of this Darkspear."
Ahead is the edge of a pit in the snow. It is a round hole, the seeming width of a man.
She peers down into the hole, stalking silently around it.
She crouches down into the snow, making the mark of Ezili, her namesake.
Thyrsos reaches back to touch the shard of the totem in her ear.
Thyrsos' eyes flutter open and she smiles softly.
Mo'sul licks his tusks, and one hand rubs his forehead. He sleeps on.
Thyrsos lies down again.
The following evening.
The purple-haired Shadowhunter looks back over her shoulder and grins at Mo'sul. "'Ey dere."
Mo'sul purrs a greeting. He dumps a clattering of banner and lance on the ground.
Thyrsos raises an eyebrow at the banner and lance and cackles quietly. "Ju lookin' like ju havin' fun. Ju readeh fo' moah dis na?"
She picks up and holds a small bowl out to him. It contains the same concoction as before.
He looks at the bowl. "A'ight den."
"Ju might beh wantin' ta get comfortahble first doh… iffin' ju realleh wantin' ta do dis again."
Mosul nods, putting the talisman aside. He removes sections of his armour, piece by piece.
He unclasps his gauntlets; his leggings remain. "Dat a'ight?"
Thyrsos grins as she looks him over, canting her head to the side, "Ah alwahs say wheh na' beh naked? But if ju is comfortahble, den ja, it beh fine."
Mo'sul chuckles.
Thyrsos holds out her hand.
The Deathknight takes her hand and turns it over, licking the curve of her palm.
Thyrsos leans up and nuzzles her tusks under his chin for a moment. She takes a deep breath, steeling herself for what needs to be done.
Mo'sul murmurs. "I lie down aftah I drink dis. Jes?"
Mosul looks at the ruddy liquid for a moment, then drinks it in a swift gulp. He puts the bowl aside.
Thyrsos takes a step back onto the rug, leading Mo'sul with her.
They lie down, shifting a little for comfort.
Mo'sul licks his tusks lazily. "Tasteh.."
Mo'sul goes out like a light, his head hitting the floor with a dull thunk.
Thyrsos cackles quietly at this before closing her own eyes. She rests her head on his arm and settles her hand on his cheek once more.
The Shadowhunter mumbles a bit. She presses her forehead to his and takes in a deep breath before joining him in sleep.
There is nothing but sea for miles around. A small canoe of traditional make, bobs in the water.
A handsome blue troll with a fine mohawk sits in it, fishing, intent on the pull of the line.
Thyrsos appears, looking as she had before. Hair unbound, eyes violet rather than orange. She wanders to the canoe, "Catching anything good?"
Mo'sul turns in surprise. "Well na. Ain' ju a pretteh sea-troll?"
She grins and walks out over the water.
"Dat's a fanceh trick."
"That it is. Simple ability, really." She speaks quietly in Zandali and holds out a hand to him as she reaches the edge of the canoe.
Mos'ul grins in his sleep.
Mo'sul extends his hand, eyeing her appreciatively! "An' where ju come from, littuh Sea troll?"
His brow wrinkles.
"Ju look.. familiah na."
Thyrsos leads him out of the canoe to stand on the water. "Not too far from where you come from, actually. I'm Erzulie and you are Mo'sul. I am your sea troll. Or… I'd like to be."
The sea wallows a little.
Mo'sul licks his tusks.
Mo'sul licks his tusks.
"Mmhmm. Named for Ezili. She was the Matron Loas for my mother." She leads him out onto the water, not noticing the wallow. Just him.
Mo'sul follows, without question. He gets familiarly close, seeming more intent on chatting her up than her reasons for being there!
"Ju mus've had a pretteh mamma."
She does stop wandering once they are on the water and turns to him, her hand still in his. "A priestess of Ezili? Of course she was." She grins.
He grins.
"So na, wot ju doin' heah, Erzuleh of de Sea?"
"Looking for you, Mo'sul Mo'ana."
The sea pitches again, and Mo' stumbles.
Thyrsos' hand shifts over his cheek and her fingers wrap loosely around his tusk.
She reaches to try and steady him.
Mo'sul finds his ankles sinking into the water.
She tries to steady him again with her water walking. She's quite calm throughout. "What's going on?"
Mo'sul 's toes twitch.
"Not.. not shoa."
Mo'sul furrows his brows quizzically up at Erzulie. He is now hip deep.
"Can you get back to the canoe?"
He nods. "Course. Ju come too, jes?"
She cackles quietly, "Like I'd ever leave your side."
Mo'sul grins. "Loas. Ju hooked jus' like dat?"
"It's all your sweet talk." She says, following him back to the canoe.
Mo'sul keeps pace easily. His sidestroke is confident, and fluid. "Race ju." He winks.
His swimming strokes knife through the water, and he hauls himself into the boat.
She shapeshifts in the blink of an eye after grinning mischieviously to catch up with him.
"Come on, Zuleh!" His eyes widen in true recognition for a moment, and the boat tips.
Her wolfish form, making its way toward the canoe swiftly, comes to a skidding halt.
"Mo'sul!" She yells, shifting back to her Trollish form.
The canoe rights itself, empty.
The sea wallows.
Erzulie lets herself drop down into the water to seek under the surface.
The sea appears empty.
She resurfaces and hauls herself up into the canoe.
"Well hello!"
She looks around for the source of this voice!
An old troll sits in the boat next to her, calmly fishing with a piece of plaited gut.
He grins at her, some teeth missing. His face is wrinkled by many years, his hair bleached white with age. His Zandali appears slightly archaic. "That is a greeting, yes."
She cants her head, trying to place the Old Troll. "They biting?" She seems to understand the archaic tongue easily.
"So they do!"
She cackles, "Most excellent. You haven't happened to catch a large blue Darkspear have you? White mohawk. Named Mo'sul."
He flips a brilliant fish into the boat. It joins a small pile of slithering captives.
The old troll says nothing, contemplatively folding the line.
She watches him, waiting for an answer. Patient.
"I seek only fish."
Thyrsos: "Sometimes we find many things we do not seek."
He places the cord neatly away, and turns to face her, hands woven together over his knee.
"And some seek things that are not safe to find. A wise troll fishes only for what he needs."
She brushes a bit of hair over her ears, the gems chime together. "But we must face danger sometimes in order to find the answers we need…"
The old troll strokes his jaw. "We?"
"Trolls. People as a whole."
"I seek to understand, I need to understand."
The old hands pick up a pipe, and light it. "And what do you think I should know, eh?"
"Who you are for one, maybe."
He mutters under his breath. "Got dragged in without my consent."
"Dragged in? To Mo'sul's mind?"
"Worse. His body."
The troll takes a great drag on his pipe, and whistles out a stream of fine blue smoke.
Erzulie raises an eyebrow, obviously questioning. "How did you get trapped into his body?"
"By someone seeking answers. " He gives her a steely look for a moment. His frown dissipates. "You may call I Kobyri."
He extends a withered old hand.
She takes his hand, "You can call me Erzulie."
"For the Loa?"
"For the Loa. She was the Matron Loa of my mother, a devout Priestess to her."
The old troll looks pleased. "Good, good."
"So… they trapped you into Mo'sul, Kobyri?"
He frowns, lips puckered in displeasure. A nod.
"What draw did you have to him? "
"I personally? None. But that meddling priest who drew me in, told me the body bore the name of Mo'ana,"
"It does. He is Mo'sul Mo'ana of the Darkspear."
"Darkspear eh?"
"Both of us, yes."
"Hnn. In any case, I commanded him to send me back." The skinny chest inflates with pride.
He scrutinises her. "Now tell I. How come you to be walking the spirit realm? – You are different from the priest. I sense the elements about you."
She nods. "Shaman."
"O' course." His lips purse. " And you seek this.. Mo'sul.. here?" The name is spoken with a great deal of reluctance.
"I have tied my spirit to his for this purpose of understanding. And yes, In a way I seek him. I lay now beside him in the living realm."
A pause. "I seek more answers to the blue light, the emptiness that I've seen first hand… I need to understand it."
The shaggy eyebrows beetle in a frown.
"You stay away from that light. It is bad voudoun. Do not tempt it into this realm."
Thyrsos nuzzles her tusks against Mo'sul's chin in her sleep though her brow furrow.
"What is it, do you know, Kobyri?"
The ancient brows shoot up in surprise. "What would this old soul know about such things?"
"You live inside of Mo'sul. Surely you must know something."
Kobyri hisses.
"I do not seek to offend you."
The old troll folds his arms tightly over his chest, hunched in the bow of the boat like an angry little owl, huffing, brooding.
The sea wallows, and the canoe pitches.
His eyes widen in alarm.
She stops herself and looks over him questioningly. Quickly, she grabs onto the sides of the canoe.
Mo'sul 's eyes open slightly – slivers of cold blue light in the darkening room.
The old troll utters uncertainly. "This is the spirit realm…is it not?"
"Or his mind, I'm not entirely certain sometimes…"
Kobyri knots his hands in agitation. He gathers up his fishing cord. A beautifully carved bone hook dangles from the end. The fish in the bottom of the boat shimmer and disappear into tiny mayflies.
"Help I."
She blinks and looks around at the Mayflies, "How? I don't know exactly what's happening."
"You be the spirit walker. You can send I back again."
He shakes his head in agitation. "We be in him head, Girleh! This is not I place."
She speaks clearly in Zandali, a prayer to return Kobyri to the spirit realm. Who was she to deny the spirits their return.
Mo'sul 's eyes open a little wider. The glow is strong.
The sea pitches, and the horizon becomes darker.
Seized with feverish thought, the old troll unfurls his fishing line.
"Pray to him, Erzulie. You pray to Him, the Father of the Waters."
She continues her prayer, globes of sea water rising up to circle around her as she calls to Agwe.
Kobyri mutters. "Sacrifice. Sacrifice."
The old troll looks at Erzulie in desparation.
He gashes the hook over the palm of his wrinkled hand.
A line opens on Mo'sul's palm. He rumbles, body shaking.
Kobyri casts the line into the water.
She pulls a conch shell from her hair and throws it into the sea, her voice rising up, competeing with the wind, almost a song now as she prays.
A bead falls from Erzulie's hair, seemingly of its own accord.
"Agwe, Great One of the Oceans, return this spirit to where he belongs."
A large smooth back broaches the water in the distance. A whale? The line goes taut.
Mo'sul 's wound seals over. He growls, long and low.
"Come with I, Erzulie. You be safer in the realm of spirit. Better wit' us, than He."
A storm is rising. Kobyri is holding to the line, the little boat heaving under the pull. It is clear he can not keep this up for long.
She shakes her head, "No, my answers do not lie there. Loas guide you Kobyri, may we meet again in the spirit world."
Kobyri nods once, and jumps, pulled swiftly under by the taut cord.
Mo'sul 's eyes are wide open now. His body is stiff.
The storm is almost upon the boat. A small patch of water begins to swirl near the little canoe.
As it spins, gaining momentum, a depth grows at its center.
Thyrsos climbs out of the boat to walk over the angry waves, figuring she was safer there. The globes of water still spinning about her. She studies the growing whirlpool, keeping a safe distance from it.
Flecks of foam eddy towards the boat, forming a word, fading, then reforming.
She peers at the surface, trying to read the word.
The whirlpool forms a darkness at its center, going deep.
She smiles a bit.
Lightning strikes the water, a sheet of blinding brilliance.
"I am here. I am Erzulie." She states this, plainly, standing at the edge of the whirlpool. Her body crackles with the lightning, crazed tendrils flaring outward from an invisible barrier, controlling it to keep it from harming her.
Mo'sul 's jaw clenches in a rictus, eyes glowing white hot. His hand tighens on her body.
The sea rockets up in a swell, lifting the Shadowhunter high, then dropping low again. Another wave threatens. The whirlpool gathers speed, foam forming and reforming one word – 'Ezili' in Zandali.
Thyrsos whimpers at the strength of the grip and her hand moves back over his cheek.
Thunder roars overhead, and lightning strikes the tiny canoe. It shatters, shards flying over her head.
"I am she. The Shadowhunter. Are you Mueh'zala?" She casts out her hands, bringing the rage of the storm to center around her as if drawing power from it.
Ratbag – the kitten – wakens from a drowsy state.
Thyrsos' body crackles with eletrical energy.
Mo'sul 's mouth struggles to form a word.
Thunder booms with the growl of some unimaginable beast. Sea and sky are violent, roiling.Blue light flares and reflects amid the clouds, the same light phosphoring deep in the waves. The whirlpool catches at her feet. It seems oddly silent for such a mass of water.
The kitten scrabbles, tangled up in the discarded Argent tabard.
She stands above the whirlpool now, head raised. "What are you? I seek to know! It is why I am here!" She stands stoic, steeled and unfaltering.
Mo'sul 's body spasms violent, knocking the Shadowhunter clear across the room.
She loses her control at the momentary lapse of her physical body being thrown and drops into the centre of the whirlpool. The world about her spins dizzyingly as she falls.
The kitten frees herself from the annoying cloth, and springs at the Deathknight's shoulder. Little claws lock for purchase.
Thyrsos does not wake as her body crashes into the altar.
Mo'sul 's kitten purrs fiercely, bunting her small head against his own, stalking about on the giant troll's tremoring shoulder.
His eyes slowly slide shut. The kitten leaps lightly down, stepping warily back to the rumpled tabard.
The troll is watched through feline eyes, an opalescent shimmer bright in their depths. Her paws knead the material. He no longer stirs.
The kitten coils around herself and returns to her doze.
Sea and storm lurch and roll, fading away in the sensation of rising dark.
Erzulie continues to fall.
The darkness seems absolute, save for a faint, ever so faint patch that seems subtle and shifting.
She looks for ways to stop the falling, "What are you?" She says, her voice nearly a growl.
Her voice is near swallowed by the weight of the nothingness.
The elusive shift of light becomes steadier. It seems at first like the tiny figure of a naked troll, flailing.
The Death Knight shifts fitfully.
"Why do you not allow him to feel?" She almost yells, angry now at the lack of response.
The little figure shifts, fading, reforming.
She snaps her head to look at the naked troll, trying to understand the image.
The pale fan of his hair becomes a dull glint of light from an unknown source. It curves around a small squat figure. The stone fetish appears to be keeping pace with the Shadowhunter, even as it remains quite still.
She stares, still trying to place the figure and try to seek stability in the nothingness.
The carved eyes are empty, yet there is a sense of great weight to the squat round shape.
The sensation of falling has become immaterial.
"Mueh'zala! I plead to you! Samedi has sent me to understand in which to weigh this Troll for myself! So that I can turn away from or accept the guilt for my love of him. Your servant!"
Erzulie is glad to not be falling anymore.
The empty eyes look beyond her, at her, through her.
"I believe that Legba has put him before him as a test so that I may guide others. What better test could be given to a Shadowhunter? A woman whose heart has been taken by the dead? Tell me Mueh'zala! How do I understand when the void is nothing? How does he come back from that? How does he fill it?"
As before, the empty eyes look beyond her, at her, through her. There is no sound. The stone figure is barely visible in the darkness, save for the dull gleam of faintest light. It could be an enormous figure very far away, or the size of a head, a mere bodylength's distance. It seems to be floating at chest height, if such space is even measurable here.
"I denied him before when I should've accepted. I was a child then. And then it was seen fit to put our paths together again. As a woman I accept but I need to understand this void. I need to understand the blue light" She's yelling now, trying to heard above the void.
"I need to know if he can be rid of.. …it!"
The squat figure looks… through her, at her, beyond her.
Thyrsos begins to cry in her dream like state.
"I accept him for everything he is now, but I need you to show me, Mueh'zala. Please. Show me what I can heal, what I can understand!"
Mosul 's hand twitches.
A finger touches the back of her neck, feather soft.
She reaches back to grab at the finger as she spins to face it.
There is nothing.
"Please!" She cries out into the darkness. "As a devout child of the Loas, I beg of you, Mueh'zala."
The hair prickles on the back of her neck, the air behind her feels different. Close.
She shivers and turns to stare at the stone fetish.
She comes face to face with Mo'sul, dead and still. He stands before her, unmoving, silent like the Loa he serves. His eyelids are closed.
She moves closer, willing herself to make a stand.
Bringing her hands up to either side of his cheeks, she leans up to kiss the unmoving lips. They are as cold as stone.
"I have no fear. Only love for you, Mo'sul Mo'ana. Despite what you are physically.."
Mosul 's mouth moves.
"…despite the void. I have made my choice."
The ghost of a voice whispers through the darkness. "Errr…zuuuu….lehhhh…"
The statue-like form crumbles into dust.
Thyrsos reaches back, touching the totemic wedge in her ear and her eyes open.
In the doorway of the hut stands an aging Troll, supporting himself on his staff.
Thyrsos' ghostly vines entwine Erzulie's form, healing the damage done to her by the tossing, and she stares at the figure in the doorway.
"Legba." She whispers. The aging Troll nods. Once.
Mo'sul shifts his head from side to side, fitfully, brow furrowed in pain. He settles, remaining asleep.
Thyrsos kneels before the aged Troll and bows her head in great reverence.
A voice sounds. "You have chosen?"
"Yes. I have accepted Mo'sul for all the he is. Including the void that I have failed to understand. The paths chosen are not always the easiest. And this one will be hard. But there is no other path I would rather take."
She steels herself with another breath.
"I cannot heal every wound, nor every mind. Not every battle is my own. And while I might not always agree with the outcomes, I know that I can only guide."
The Loa listens, expression neutral. He looks her in the eye, as he nods once more.
Words sound again, dry, ancient, warm. "So be it. May your feet guide your heart, your heart guide your head, and your head guide your hand… Daughter."
Thyrsos bows again in deep reverence, "Thank you, Father. May I serve you well."
Legba raises his hand. "The sprirts – and I – watch over you."
The wizened figure turns, and walks away from the door, fading into the light of the morning.
Thyrsos scrambles over Mo'sul's sleeping form as if she were an excited child. She lays down beside him, grinning, looking at the sleeping face. "Mo'sul?"
Mosul rubs his head, licks his tusks, and drops his hand over her side.
"Ca'fish…. S'big…."
Mosul snores.
Thyrsos caresses his cheek quite gently.
She cackles quietly. "De're huge!" She exclaims.
"'S! Mrmmm…"
Thyrsos kisses over his forehead and whispers, "Ah love ju, Mo'sul."


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In Israel: Taking Inclusion To A Larger Level
February 12, 2015 by Howard Blas
Howard Blas
IDF Soliders
On a recent visit to a Pikud HaOref, Home Front Command base in Ramle, 14 miles southeast of Tel Aviv, a soldier tells me a very animated story about his role in Operation Protective Edge, Israel's military operation in Gaza: "My job was to copy the papers for our soldiers to drop from planes over Gaza this summer!†The soldier, in uniform with his bright orange beret on his shoulder, happens to have Down Syndrome.
He is very excited about his job in the base print shop. Another soldier with a visible disability proudly recounts the visit to the base the previous day by IDF Chief of Staff, Benny Ganz. "We saluted him and gave him a present — olive oil that we made on the base!â€
Twenty five other soldiers with disabilities perform similarly important jobs each day on the base. If Tiran Attia and other visionaries have their way, Tzahal, or the IDF (Israel Defense Forces), may become a "game changer†in Israel for inclusion and for shaping attitudes about people with disabilities.
Tiran Attia, who served for 30 years in the IDF and was a commander of Sar-El, the IDF National Project for Volunteers, serves as head manager of Yad Layeled HaMyeuchad ("Lend a Hand to a Special Childâ€), an amuta (non-profit organization) which consists of two programs, "Magshimim Chalom—Fulfilling a Dream†and "Shaveh b'Madim-Equal in Uniform.â€
I have had the privilege of visiting two such army bases during recent trips to Israel — the home front command base in Ramle, and a logistics base near Kiryat Malachi. During our tour, Attia takes me to visit soldiers from the program at various jobsites including the supply room, dining room and print shop. Attia emphasizes several times during our visit, "It should be noted that in Israel, army service is the gateway to successful integration into society and the work force. The nearby Chevrat Chashmal (electric company) already employs 260 workers with special needs."
The program is already impacting the other soldiers through what Attia describes as "the ripple effect. Other soldiers on the base think less of their own problems, they think of the soldiers with disabilities as role models, and discipline problems on the base have gone down.â€
Arianna Goldsmith, an American olah (immigrant to Israel) works with the soldiers with disabilities as her army service: "The other soldiers see these soldiers come to work and it teaches them, it changes their attitudes.â€
Tiran, who admits to being skeptical of the program at first, notes, "One mother of a soldier in our program told me, "You have made a miracle!†Tiran was injured during the Second Lebanon War and was visited in the hospital by people with disabilities. "I saw the love and sympathy they gave to the injured soldiers and I realized they have so much to give — so I started to advocate for them to join the program.â€
The program was founded to enable youth with disabilities to realize their dream and serve in the IDF like most young Israelis, for whom service in the IDF is a normal part of life in the years between high school and college. At the same time, the program promotes a more inclusive society and fosters the attitude that people with disabilities can more fully participate in and contribute to society.
I share with Attia our 45 years of experience successfully including campers with disabilities in our eight Ramah overnight camps and three day camps in the United States and Canada. And I stress how both anecdotally and through research, we know that inclusion benefits everyone. For example, a 2013 study, "The Impact of Ramah Programs for Children, Teens, and Young Adults with Disabilities: A Strategic Planning Survey of Special Needs Education Professionals, Ramah Special Needs Staff, Staff Alumni and Parents,†conducted by Dr. Ezra Kopelowitz, shows quite clearly that "Staff and camper alumni who had contact with a Ramah special needs program report major impact on their personal and professional lives. At Ramah, this happens on a massive scale, as each summer, 7,500
in each camp with both visible and invisible disabilities--and over 2,500 university aged staff members, populate our camps.
Attia and his colleagues don't need to be convinced—and they see the potential for inclusion and shaping of attitudes on a massive scale. Yossi Kahana, Director of Development for Aleh
of the program, believes strongly that "If every soldier in the IDF has the opportunity to work side by side with people with disabilities, the potential to change attitudes in Israeli society is tremendous.†Kahana now has a personal as well as a professional connection to disabilities. "I'm the father of a child with special needs. My older son is serving in the army and my younger son, Gershon, who is nine years old, is autistic. My dream is that my younger son will one day join his brother in the army.â€
As the IDF continues to include soldiers with disabilities on an even larger scale, they will no doubt shape the attitudes of an entire society!
Howard Blas
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10. Spanish and ceramic tile painting
11. The culture of Al-Andalus
1. Spanish language programmes for organized groups
2. Spanish at a teacher's home
Cours starting dates: every Monday
Level groups: maximum 8 students
Spanish levels: A0/A1/A2/B1/B2/C1/C2
Lessons: from Monday to Friday
Duration of every lesson: 45 minutes
Our Cultural Programme
- Conferences concerning present-day topics of interest or Moorish culture.
- Film sessions dedicated to particular Spanish directors.
- Visits to the Arabic bath Aljibe de San Miguel.
- Theatre and Flamenco concerts.
- Guided tours to the Alhambra or the old Moorish quarter of the Albaicín.
- Trips to villages in the surrounding area, or to the beach.
- Wine tasting; tapa tours.
- Oliveoil Tours to Nigüelas.
- Guided visit to St. Joseph's cemetery.
Every weekend we offer interesting travel options lasting from one to several days in Andalusia, including trips to Seville, Cordoba, Ronda, the Costa Tropical, the Alpujarras, different natural parks and Northern-Morocco.
We offer the following accommodation options:
- Accommodation with use of kitchen facilities in shared flats with students from the school.
- Accommodation with use of kitchen facilities in shared flats with Spanish residents.
- Host family accommodation with breakfast, half board or full board.
- Accommodation in a Student Residence with breakfast, half board or full board.
- Accommodation in a Hotel or Hostel.
- Accommodation in a self-catering apartment.
- Accommodation in a Casa Rural.
- Apartment at a teacher's home.
- Instituto Cervantes since 2002
- D.E.L.E. examination centre
- SIELE examination centre
- Tandem International
- Association of Spanish language schools in Granada.
- Granada Chamber of Commerce
- Madrid Chamber of Commerce
- Association of Spanish language schools in Andalusia (EEA)
- National Federation of Spanish language schools in Spain (FEDELE)
- Accreditation for the CSN Programme of the Swedish Government.
- In Germany, recognition of Spanish courses as professional training "Bildungsurlaub"
- ERASMUS+ grants
(Escuela Montalbán is registered on the European Commission Authentication Service (ECAS) with the PIC number 945463269)
Here are what some people who used Margret Fortmann said about their experiences. Their average rating across all categories is 5/5.
How would you rate the general teaching of this language instructor? - 5/5
How is their preparation for each lesson? - 5/5
Do they show up on time for each lesson? - 5/5
Do you think you can reach your goal with this instructor? - 5/5
Would you recommend this instructor to friends? - 5/5
Additional Comments:
I was 3 months at Escuela Montalbán in Granada doing an Intensive Spanish course, which included 2 classes of grammar and 2 conversation classes per day. I started from the very beginning and improved my Spanish very quickly thanks to a professionalism of the teachers and very well selected groups. In fact, I was able to communicate with other students with the same level of Spanish, which helped us learn Spanish more efficiently with a help of a teacher and have fun as well. The staff of the Spanish school was extremely friendly and helpful, especially Paco. In the first day they helped me with my accommodation, informed me about different possibilities and important places in the city, and helped me get my debit card in a bank, which was incredibly important as well. The accommodation was provided by the school. In the apartment I lived with 4 Spanish persons, who helped me boost my Spanish and experience Spanish culture and traditions. They were very friendly, kind and open-minde


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Don't let the title Something Rotten! fool you. This touring Broadway musical makes for an extremely funny theatrical experience.
It's anything but rotten… and is a great way for the Des Moines Civic Center to kick off the 2017-18 Willis Broadway Series. My wife and I were fortunate enough to be invited to opening night, Tuesday, October 17, 2017.Something Rotten! is set in the 1590's. No, that's not a typo. It really does take place in the 1590's. A time when William Shakespeare was "rock star" famous… and two aspiring playwright brothers wanted a little piece of that fame.
They set out to make a name for themselves by creating the very first theatrical production to combine song and dance with acting. That's right, they were attempting to make the world's first musical.
Something Rotten! is brilliantly written and laugh out loud funny. I honestly can't remember the last time my wife and I laughed so hard. We weren't alone either.
The nearly sold out, opening night audience was laughing right along with us and was quick to reward the cast with a standing ovation during the curtain call at the end of the night.If you've never been to a musical before and don't really know much about Shakespeare you'll enjoy this show. On the other hand, if you're a fan of musical theatre and have a general knowledge of Shakespeare you will absolutely love this show.
There are so many jokes, musical riffs, and borrowed lines from popular musicals that hardly a moment goes by without a laugh. In fact, I'd really like to see this show again sometime because I'm sure there are some that I missed.
The talented singing and dancing was an equal match to the comedy. This show is loaded with lots of great music and the actors performed it all flawlessly, all while in most cases dancing too. If you're a fan of tap dancing, like I am, there's a scene that you will really enjoy!
There are a few swear words sprinkled in but they are well timed comedically and aren't over the top. A lot of the humor is innuendo-based so younger theatre-goers might not get it all.
While there's nothing inappropriate I'd say this show is best suited for middle school aged kids and older.
If you're looking for a two-hour diversion from the world… one that will have you laughing and leaving with a smile on your face… Something Rotten! is the show for you!
Something Rotten! runs through Sunday, October 15th and the Des Moines Civic Center. You can learn more about the show and get tickets on the Des Moines Performing Arts website.
***Disclaimer – I was provided with free press night tickets. All opinions are my own.


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Albury serves being an administrative centre for your agricultural communities within the spot, and town is the house on the Norske Skog newsprint paper mill which procedures the pine logs planted while in the mountains for the east, an engineering plant which generates automatic transmissions for autos, A serious processing centre on the Australian Taxation Office environment, and many other smaller sized secondary industries. Other substantial businesses are: The Industrial Club Albury and Hume Bank.
It's over a rail line to the town; and outdoors from the enterprise centre, it's got some quite tranquil, tranquil suburban corners.
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The completely open up region through which the nearer river or department continued to flow, along with the lofty and memorable trees about the financial institutions of another enabled me, in chaining along our route, to survey the program of both by fixing points on the more distant, and tracing the nearer. At length we approached a far better-wooded place exactly where crystal clear eco-friendly hills appeared to our correct. I ascended the very best of those and discovered an enormous plain beyond which appeared to be, or instead to have already been, the mattress of an intensive lake. I was now struck While using the unheard of regularity of the curve explained from the hill or ridge, obtaining Formerly observed the exact same peculiarity in that which missed the lake from the savage tribe. We handed in excess of some slight undulations included with luxuriant grass, and were not sorry to determine a Wooden of pines (or callitris) on our still left. Huge gumtrees (yarra) grew further than and, the general study course I wanted to go after major in direction of them, I hoped to achieve there an angle of the river. We observed even so that they hung above a little ana-department only, by which the muddy flood-water from the river was then flowing. This stream was Yet just what exactly we needed, remaining safely available to our cattle, which the river alone wasn't. We as a result pitched our tents over a place where there was exceptional grass, and wood was again to generally be had in wonderful abundance. We found in the adjacent scrub a remarkably rigid bush with rigid sickle-formed blunt leaves and mealy balls of bouquets not pretty expanded;* also an acacia resembling A. hispidula, although the leaves had been fairly smooth and far scaled-down.** In approaching this location we had handed alongside a very low sandy ridge, every way resembling a Seaside but lined with pines and scrub. A bare grassy hill prolonged southward from Every conclude of it; as well as the intervening hollow made up of some water was evidently the bed of a lake, approximately dry. (*Footnote. It really is observed to generally be an acacia associated with A. multinervia. A. farinosa, Lindley manuscripts; ramulis angulatis glabriusculis, phyllodiis rigidis carnosis incurvis linearibus apice latioribus mucronatis multinerviis glabris: margine superiore infra medium glanduloso, capitulis Click Here two-4 axillaribus breviter pedunculatis farinosis.)
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The subsequent buildings, constructions, and ephemera in Albury are detailed on several heritage registers:
On approaching it I noticed that it was shut on each and every facet, the materials consisting of poles and large sheets of bark, and that it stood in the centre of the plot of bare earth of considerable extent, but enclosed by a few compact ridges, the surface area inside the area acquiring been produced really level and clean. I'd minimal question that this was a tomb but, on seeking through a crevice, I perceived that the ground was lined which has a mattress of rushes which had been recently occupied. On taking away a bit of bark and lifting the rushes, I ascertained, on thrusting my sabre into your hollow loose earth below them, this mattress protected a grave.
REPOSE IN THE VALLEY. We reached the banking institutions with the tiny river the place the horses awaited us in three several hours, the gap getting eight miles within the summit of Mount William. There we located a considerable fire and, less than a broad spreading casuarina all through a delightful interval of about 20 minutes, I enjoyed the pleasures of consuming, sleeping, resting, and warming myself, Practically all simultaneously. To all who would learn how to love most intensely a superb hearth, shelter, sunshine, and the dry comfortable turf I'd suggest, By the use of whet, a Wintertime night over a lofty mountain, without having fireplace, amidst frost-coated rocks and clouds of sleet. I shall extended try to remember the satisfaction of those times of repose which I relished on my arrival in the warm valley following this sort of an evening. We could afford to pay for not delay nonetheless, owning brought provisions just for sooner or later with us, whereas this was the early morning with the 3rd of our absence from your camp. Retracing our ways we arrived at the minor river only at eight inside the night and, as I hoped to find a ford in it at daylight, we lay down on its lender for the night time.
Basic OBSERVATIONS. Have been it expedient to enter listed here into more specifics, or on a longer description of your natives of Australia, I might quotation mainly from Captain Cook's account of All those he noticed at Adventure Bay, Van Diemen's Land, as staying more in-depth and descriptive, equally with the natives in the interior, and of All those also across the whole circumference of Australia, than any I could give. During the descriptions by Dampier and other navigators which have touched on any part of these shores we recognise the identical natives with all their properties, and are brought about conclude that they are derived through the similar you can look here stock and, since the even handed compiler of the main Heritage see this page of New Holland regarded as it most probable from this along with other conditions "the amount is little, Which the inside elements of the country are inhabited,"* I may notice that I've experienced no explanation to entertain a Opposite feeling from what I saw of the interior state over and above the Darling. The indigenous populace is very thinly spread above the areas I have explored, amounting to almost a seventh Section of Australia. I simply cannot estimate the number at over 6000; but Quite the opposite I feel it to get considerably fewer. They might boost speedily if wild cattle turn into various; and being an instance I may seek advice from the variety and excellent overall look with the Cudjallagong tribe close to Macquarie array wherever they occasionally fell in by using a herd of wild cattle. (*Footnote. Background of latest Holland webpages 31 and 232.)
May well 28. A thick fog hung above us in the morning nevertheless it didn't impede our progress. For the main a few miles our way was along the banking companies in the channel or lagoon beside which we had handed the night. It then crossed a polygonum flat and a number of other dry hollows, further than which I at duration saw the soaring ground in the river-berg and, instantly after, the river itself, flowing by The bottom of the precipitous purple cliff during which the scrubby flat country we were being travelling on abruptly terminated. We experienced Lower off a fantastic bend with the Murray by our intricate journey Amongst the lagoons; and experienced all over again reached the river exactly at The purpose most appealing. HUTS About TOMBS. On this upper floor we observed several tombs, all enclosed within just parterres of the same boat-like condition initial witnessed by us to the working day we traced the Lachlan into your basin in the Murrumbidgee.


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$3,000 Left to Help Buy Used Car
Currently, she uses public transportation but the work she is in requires that she be able to drive from one area to another during the day.
Alhamdulillah, we already have $2,000 and are looking to raise a total of $5,000 to buy her a dependable used car. Please help in relieving the difficulties of this sister and others like her – and most importantly, please keep them in your du'a.


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Countdown to the Beijing Olympic Marathon
Men : 11 Days
Women : 4 Days
Latest news :
Noguchi won't defend her marathon title
The defending champion had been ruled out of the competition due to a thigh injury. My forecast result for the women marathon is still valid as i had predicted that the both the Men and Women defending champions will be out of the contender for top 3. From my previous post:
Here are my forecast results :
1 Martin Lel, Kenya
2 Samuel Wanjiru, Kenya
3 Ryan Hall, US
1 Gete Wami, Ethiopia
2 Chen Rong, China
3 Paula Radcliffe, GBR
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Countdown to Beijing Olympic Marathon!
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Okay, wow – this is a long overdue post! I've been meaning to write about Smorgasburg least three months ago, when Michael visited me back in May. But as you know (or don't know), I struggled a lot with blogging back then. That can go into a whole other blog post though – for now, let's focus on Smorgasburg!
If you aren't familiar with Smorgasburg, it's a daytime food market with over 100 local vendors. We went to the one in Prospect Park in Brooklyn, and there's another location in Williamsburg as well. One of the reasons I love being in New York City is because we're so diverse, and it definitely reflected in a lot of the food here! They had food from China, Taiwan, Mexico, Spain, and of course American as well – you name it, there's a good chance that they have it!
Our first stop was Baonanas – and I only remembered the name of this place because of the business card. They sell custard, and it tasted exactly like pound cake and custard, nothing spectacular. I think it would've earned some brownie points if it was frozen.
Do you like that ~garbage bag aesthetic~ in the background? I don't remember what this is or where it was from, though it was $5 or $6 and it wasn't worth it. Tasty yes, but worth it, no. I'm pretty sure most of these places jacked up their regular prices for an event like this.
I also distinctly remember the price for this strawberry cheesecake popsicle – $6. Again, not worth it. It was literally made in a paper cup and we watched the guy peel it off before handing this to us. Call me a jerk, but I'd at least expect it to at least look like a popsicle.
Jianbing at $9 or $11. Once again, not worth it for the price (are you seeing a pattern here?). It was pretty cool seeing them make it though, and even cooler to see them crack an egg in it and cooking it on top of the batter. I'm easily amused.
Normally I love churros, but after eating mostly desserts, it was just kind of meh. I think this might've been around $8 – $12?
We bought a pink lemonade as well – I think they named it cherry blossom lemonade? But really, it just tasted like regular lemonade. Apparently pink lemonade is a psychological thing. It's actually just regular lemonade colored with red food dye or cranberry juice, but the pink color makes us think it tastes sweeter. Oh, and the donut at the beginning of this post! It was from Dough if I remember correctly, and the most reasonably priced thing at $3.50 or $3.75. Totally worth it.
I hate to say this, especially since Smorgasburg has a cult following among foodies – but it was kind of just… whelming. We spent a little more than $40 between the two of us, and neither of us were decently full by the end of it. And the crowds… don't even get me started. It could've easily rivaled Times Square. I'm glad I went here for the experience, but I wouldn't go back because the overpriced food and crowds just weren't worth it for me.


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Wilcox (GNIS FID: 293278) is a populated place located in Gilchrist County at latitude 29.611 and longitude -82.922.
The elevation of Wilcox is 39 feet. Wilcox appears on the Fanning Springs U.S. Geological Survey Map. Gilchrist County is in the Eastern Time Zone (UTC -5 hours).
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In 2013 good quality and large quantities of grapes are expected in most wine regions of Hungary.
István Tascher, President of the Hillside Vineyards told us: Grapes in the Sopron region are making up the loss of previous years: the harvest of Irsai Olivér (white wine) may commence in two weeks. In case of most of the varieties, such as chardonnay, pinot noir and zweigelt, growers expect more than ten tons harvest per hectare, with the exception of their most famous variety, the kékfrankos, which will probably yield only seven tons.
The President of the Council of Vineyards of the Szekszárd region, Zoltán Heimann expects less grapes but good quality this year: "This has been a very difficult year with lots of precipitation, winter weather in March and frequent heat waves in springtime. We experienced two hailstorms in May, followed by low temperatures during the flowering season." Despite the problems, good harvest of red grapes is expected. He added that although the quantity is lower, the restriction on production could be an advantage.
The President of the Council of Vineyards of the historical Tokaj-hegyalja region, Miklós Prácser told that growers and winemakers expect lower yields, but good quality grapes.
5800 hectares in this region could yield approximately 30 000 tons of grapes. Heavy rains fallen earlier mitigate the problem of the current heat wave in this region. Miklós Prácser announced: "We expect an early harvest and this early ripening is favorable for producing good aszú grapes (over-ripe grapes left on the vines)". He added that this would be very desirable, because last year, although the quality was good, the yield was low.
In Baranya, in the Villány wine region, growers expect medium yield of extremely high quality grapes from 2650 hectares, comprised of 80 % red and 20 % white varieties.
Bock József, President of the Council of Vineyards of the Villány region told us, that although the cold spell in spring damaged varieties with fragrance and kékfrankos and merlot grapes, current high temperatures will not cause more damage. The President believes that the first harvest may start in the beginning or in the middle of September.
Balázs Hangyál, Controller of Vineyards reported: Growers expect large quantity of high quality grapes in the Pannonhalma region too. He added, that although neither the cold spell in spring nor the extreme heat in the last few weeks had any negative impact on grapes, high temperatures in the future may cause problems.


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The first reason I decided to do this challenge was because I didn't have anything creative/interesting posts to write. The second reason I decided to do this is because I like being able to post daily and about totally different things that I wouldn't normally post. These challenges are a way for all of my followers to find out more about me and for me to think about things about myself, which I wouldn't normally think about it.
Ironically as soon as I began this challenge, I got loads of different ideas for posts which I could write, which were different from posts that I've done before. So I am looking forward to doing them soon. Anyway, I am glad that I have done this challenge and I hope you have enjoyed reading them. Last one tomorrow!
Which post out of the challenge has been your favourite so far?


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As a Utah native, I often have to explain to people how it is that Utah has five national parks, eight national monuments, two huge national recreation areas, incredible national forests, fine raging rivers, resource-rich BLM lands, and the least good elected officials in the West. Maybe not the worst . . . but the least good. As proof let's look at the recent Outdoor Retailer convention debacle.
For twenty years, the Outdoor Retailer trade group formed Utah's largest convention, meeting twice a year in Salt Lake City. The convention brought $45 million in revenue annually, and there was talk of adding three more yearly trade shows.
Outdoor industry leaders understand that they are dependent on access to public land. Utah's greatest draws are the national parks, monuments, and ski resorts. Tourism is worth $8.3 billion a year to the Beehive State, and in several rural counties, it is the most important industry. After all, 66.5% of Utah is public land.
For a variety of reasons, some Utahans don't like federal control, which is seen as heavy-handed and promulgated by outsiders. Thus, when a coalition of several Native American tribes—Hopi, Navajo, Ute Mountain Ute, Zuni, and Uintah Ouray Ute, in concert with environmental groups and local residents—urged President Obama to create a new national monument called Bears Ears, Utah's elected officials opposed it. Riding an us-against-them wagon, these politicians fanned the flames of local resentment, flames that hardly needed stoking.
The three main arguments against monument designation are demonstrably false. These arguments are that Bears Ears (and Grand Staircase-Escalante, declared in 1996) has no local support, that national monuments destroy the local economy, and that using the Antiquities Act (previously used a dozen times by presidents from both parties) constitutes federal overreach.
"National Monuments," a chapter in my recent book Good Water, refutes the first two claims. Yes, there is much support for new national monuments locally, regionally, and nationally, and national monument designation has provided significant economic stimulus for gateway communities.
President Obama waited several years for Utah's elected officials to come up with a meaningful counter-proposal to protect the Bears Ears trove of archeological and sacred sites. Representatives Bishop and Chaffetz unveiled the Public Lands Initiative, but it was unbalanced, favoring development and drilling over conservation.
Thus, near the end of his second term, and with the prospect of a new regime on the horizon, President Obama invoked the Antiquities Act and declared the 1.35-million-acre Bears Ears area a national monument. Members of the tribal coalition and twenty-five other tribal groups, other rural (and urban) Utahans, and many various and sundry cheered.
Utah's elected officials pouted. They threatened to sue the federal government. They threatened to try to get rid of the Antiquities Act. The state legislature passed resolutions, and the congressional delegation has introduced legislation asking the new president to exercise some federal overreach himself and void the Bears Ears declaration (something that has never been done) and decrease the size of Grand Staircase-Escalante (something that has never been done on this scale). Governor Gary Herbert has gone along, signing bills, jingling spurs, and holding hankies.
In 1996 when President Clinton declared Grand Staircase-Escalante, there wasn't much support from the business community. With Bears Ears things have changed. Some of the biggest names in the outdoor industry—Black Diamond, Patagonia, Arc'teryx, REI, North Face, Rossignol, and Petzl—took a stand.
Their demand was simple: knock this silliness off or we will move our big convention elsewhere. In other words, leave Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante alone and stop trying to sell public land to somebody's brother-in-law or give control to the state.
But the governor, the state legislature, and the congressional delegation wouldn't budge. Nope, they were going to show those gosh-dang outsiders. It was their way or the highway.
The outdoor retailers weren't bluffing. Following some fraught negotiation, they decided to say adios and move the trade show to some place more supportive of protecting public land. They have also taken to the airwaves and print media in support of Bears Ears.
The elected officials then went on a trumped-up rant about how much they love the land and want to protect it, too. Only trouble is, nobody is buying it. Their words and deeds don't line up. Instead, this anti-federal, anti-preservation stand will cost the state millions of dollars.
Meanwhile, behind the scenes, they've been trying to curry favor with the new administration to undo the legacies of Clinton and Obama. As far as the landscape and future of southern Utah goes, that's the worst thing that could be done.
Other western states have been quick to stake a claim to the Outdoor Retailer bonanza. A Colorado advocacy group touted their state's "stronger beer, taller peaks, higher recreation, and love for public land."
Someday, perhaps, Utah's elected officials will learn what they say in Colorado today: "Protecting public lands is just good business." Until then, they win the least good prize.
Kevin Holdsworth is the author of Big Wonderful: Notes from Wyoming and Good Water. His work has appeared in numerous periodicals, including Cimarron Review, Post Road, Creative Nonfiction, and Denver University Law Review. In 2009 he was awarded the Wyoming Arts Council creative writing fellowship for fiction. He lives with his wife, Jennifer, and son, Chris, in south-central and southern Utah.


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Plot details reveal why Thor lost his luscious locks in Thor Ragnarok
As someone who enjoys his own long, luscious, headbanging hair, I was disappointed to see that Thor was no longer rocking his (at this point) iconic metal 'do in the new RAGNAROK photos. It reminded me of the time another God of Thunder, Raiden, showed up looking like a meth-addled Bart Simpson in MORTAL KOMBAT: ANNIHILATION. Not a good look.
Chris Hemsworth, admittedly, fairs better than James Remar did, but still the question remains: why the change?
Well, another story from EW has helped shed some light on the situtation with some new, juicy plot details. SPOILERS from here on out, so you've been warned!
Anyway, here's what they had to say:
When we last saw Thor, he was flying off to figure out who was manipulating the Avengers at the end of Age of Ultron. Eventually, he hears rumblings of trouble in Asgard: His evil brother, Loki (Tom Hiddleston), has been impersonating their missing father, Odin (Anthony Hopkins). Loki's rather lax governing leads to the reemergence of an imprisoned Hela (Cate Blanchett). Thor's initial encounter with Hela gets him blasted to Sakaar, a barbaric planet ruled by the charming but nefarious Grandmaster (Jeff Goldblum). Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson), a tough, hard-drinking warrior hiding out on Sakaar brings the god to the Grandmaster. "Thor is a bit of a fanboy for the Valkyrie, the elite women warriors," Hemsworth says. Thor is then forced into becoming a gladiator, which leads to his haircut and the loss of his trusty hammer.
Well, that explains it.
The article goes on to confirm what we pretty much already knew, such as the best gladiator on Sakaar being Hulk (riffing on the PLANET HULK storyline from the comics a few years back) and that it later "becomes a sort of road-trip film, with director Taika Waititi drawing inspiration from movies like 48 HRS., Withnail and I, and even Planes, Trains and Automobiles." The only other interesting tidbit is that the film will apparently not be set on Earth for any length of time, a departure from the first two THOR films. So that's definitely a plus.
But what do you Schmoes think? You down for what you've seen of THOR: RAGNAROK so far? Sound off below!
Either way, you can see preppy Thor in theaters November 3rd, 2017
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Kick off your weekend with a performance by The Fair Wind! On the Fourth Friday of the month, Guelph Museums offers free admission to the Guelph Civic Museum after 5 p.m.
Join us in celebration of spring exhibitions, I STAND #InUnity, and Focusing on Nature: Photography in the Natural World. Opening remarks, 6:30 p.m. with performance by The Fair Wind at 7 p.m.
The Fair Wind sings and plays the traditional music of England, Ireland and Scotland. Comprised of Carole Pines, Ruth Shushan, Mark Pancer and Bob Mino, we collectively play the fiddle, penny whistle, low whistle, guitar, mandolin, Irish bouzouki, mountain dulcimer, banjo, bodhran and spoons.
For this occasion The Fair Wind will be joined by the talented Eva McCauley as well as Friends of The Riverside Celtic Collage!


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Terry Labonte, trying to hold off hard-charging Dale Earnhardt in heavy traffic, won the rain-delayed Goody's 500 on Saturday night while sliding sideways across the finish line at Bristol International Raceway in Tennessee.
Earnhardt, who had several other run-ins during the long night, slammed into the rear of Labonte's car, sending the leader sliding at the end of Lap 500.
"Dale caught me and gave me a little shot in the back," Labonte said. "I stayed on the gas and just beat him across the line."
Earnhardt, who pitted during the last caution period on Lap 390, used his fresh tires to charge from ninth on Lap 429 to second on Lap 487. He nearly caught Labonte, who was slowed on the final lap by several lapped cars.


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Alexander Fehling
Alexander Fehling
Fehling after receiving the Shooting Stars Award 2011
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Alexander Fehling (born 29 March 1981) is a German film and stage actor. He is best known for portraying Staff Sgt. Wilhelm in the 2009 Quentin Tarantino World War II film Inglourious Basterds and Jonas Hollander in the Showtime original series Homeland as the boyfriend of Claire Danes's character Carrie Mathison.
Life and career[edit]
Fehling was born in East Berlin, East Germany.[1][2] He studied acting at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts from 2003 until 2007.
He received the Förderpreis Deutscher Film award in the Actor category for his portrayal of Sven Lehnert in the 2006 film, And Along Come Tourists.[3] He previously won the OE Hasse Prize from the Akademie der Künste, Berlin for his role as Prince in the theater production of Schneewittchen (Snow White).
Fehling is best known to English-speaking audiences for his role as German Master Sgt. Wilhelm in Quentin Tarantino's World War II 2009 film Inglourious Basterds. Fehling is incorrectly referred to as a Staff Sgt by the English captions. Fehling also dubs his performance in the German version of the film.
Fehling appeared as a series regular in the fifth season of the Showtime original series Homeland, which began airing in October 2015. He played Jonas Hollander, a legal counsel for the Düring Foundation and boyfriend of Claire Danes's character Carrie Mathison.[1]
- 2005: The O.E. Hasse-Preis of the Akademie der Künste for his role as Prince in Robert Walser's 1901 drama Schneewittchen (Snow White)
- 2007: The Förderpreis Deutscher Film (Young German Cinema Award) in the best actor category for his role as Sven Lehnert in And Along Come Tourists (2006)
- 2011: The Shooting Stars Award by European Film Promotion at the Berlin International Film Festival.[4]
Theater and filmography[edit]
Theater credits[edit]
- Schneewittchen by Robert Walser, directed by Thorsten Lensing and Jan Hein (2005)
- Glaube Liebe Hoffnung by Ödön von Horváth; directed by Thomas Dannemann (2005)
- Die lustigen Nibelungen by Oscar Straus, directed by Robert Borgmann (2006)
- Wallensteins Lager / Die Piccolomini / Wallensteins Tod by Friedrich Schiller, directed by Peter Stein (2007)
- And Along Come Tourists (Director: Robert Thalheim) (2006)
- Buddenbrooks (Director: Heinrich Breloer (2007)[5]
- Sturm (Director: Hans-Christian Schmid) (2008)
- 13 Semester (Director: Frieder Wittich) (2008)
- Inglourious Basterds (Director: Quentin Tarantino) (2009)
- Goethe! (Director: Philipp Stölzl (2010)
- Der Fluss war einst ein Mensch (2010)
- If Not Us, Who? (2011)
- Erased (The Expatriate) (2012)
- Labyrinth of Lies (2014)
- Buddy (Director: Michael Bully Herbig (2014))
- Posthumous (2014)
- Atomic Falafel (2015)
- In Times of Fading Light (2017)
- The Captain (2017)
- Three Peaks (Director: Jan Zabeil)
- ^ a b Shattuck, Kathryn (30 September 2015). "Alexander Fehling: A Wild Ride From Inglourious Basterds to Homeland". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ^ Agard, Chancellor (18 October 2015). "Meet Homeland's Alexander Fehling, Who Plays Carrie's Hot New Man". People. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ^ "Förderpreis Deutscher Film 2007 - Verleihung am 27.06.2007 im HVB Forum". Ganz München (in German). 27 June 2007. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
- ^ Danielsen, Shane (31 January 2011). "Berlinale: Shooting stars 2011". Variety. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
- ^ van Hoeij, Boyd (7 January 2009). "Review: 'Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family'". Variety. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
External links[edit]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alexander Fehling.


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A lot of Mac users are aware that pressing the Space button will launch any type of documents directly in the Finder search results without having to use any application. Pressing the Command button alongside the Space button? The Spotlight search box will appear and this too can also be used to search and launch various documents without having to open it in its corresponding applications. Spotlight is a desktop search feature which exists both in Apple OS X as well as iOS, where it essentially serves as a system-wide selection based search which will create an index of everything that is contained in the system.
Nevertheless, additional features in the newest OS X El Capitan include a Spotlight search that can be used to get weather reports, online videos, sports scores and schedules as well as stock quotes and stock market prices. Aside from these newest searches, Spotlight can also be used to search for a Wikipedia article as well as the address of the Apple Store that is nearest to you. These new "beyond the system" capabilities make Spotlight search even more powerful and worth using, as it now covers similar information that in the past can only be obtained by browsing in a search engine.
In addition, Spotlight is actually really useful when it comes to playing music in your Apple gadgets. If you need to play a song from your hard drive quickly without having to browse it amongst 5 thousand other songs in iTunes, Spotlight will be your hero. Although you can essentially play songs from Finder search result or with the Quick Look, these two platforms do not really provide the functionality to keep a song continuously playing in the background. However once you search for a song in Spotlight search of Mac OS X, you will be able to play it without having to open iTunes and it will continue on playing until you press the stop button.
The first thing that you need to do in order to carry out this process would be to make sure that the song you are searching for is part of your iTunes library or is contained in your Mac's drive. Next, open the Spotlight search by simply pressing Command + Space, and then type the song's title into the box. The search result will present you with an album art cover with a "Play" button in the middle, and you need to press it in order to play it. Once you press the "Play" button, the music will start and the button will turn into a "Pause" button, which you can always press whenever you want to pause the song. You can exit out of the Spotlight search and the song will remain playing in the background and you are now free to do other things with your Mac. Once you want to stop the song, return to the Spotlight search and then press the "Pause" button prior to exiting the Spotlight search. Another surprise for you, Spotlight can be used in a similar way for playing videos as well.


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Check out these super cute images from the Zara kids F/W 2010 lookbook! Is it just me, or are any of you wishing these items came in women's sizes?
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These coats and jackets are actually the cutest things I've ever seen. It doesn't hurt that this model is an absolute cutie!! It reminds me of the jackets that I got my daughter last year. We got her one from DK Wittle Ones </a and it is still holding out strong. They're such great condition and they go with anything. I highly recommend their stuff!


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It was about this time last year that we were preparing to leave for Paris....
I remember looking at our group Facebook page to see what my fellow travelers were discussing...
I specifically remember Jess posting this video called a Take away show.
She mentioned how it would be so cool to see one.
Once i watched the video i was hooked!!!!
These bands are hands down some of the most talented people on the planet, and they're just walking around the streets of these super neat cities playing music...it's called a Take Away Show and once you see one you HAVE to see more!!!
We actually never saw one in person but i wish we had, this one in particular is the group that stuck out most to me, they are phenomenal and well they are in Paris...So that obviously makes me love them even more!!! :-)
Check this out and become addicted...
Let me know what you think about the Take Away Shows
and especially let us know if you've ever come across one!! :)
OH i also found this one....Mumford and Sons Take away show in Paris...swoooooon!!!
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Todays high temperature of 95 degrees at O'Hare International Airport tied the day's high record of 95 degrees for September 10, which previously occurred on September 10, 1983. September 10, 2013 did establish a record high of 77°F for the day's minimum temperature.
The average high temperature for September 10th at O'Hare is 77°F. The average low temperature overnight for September 10 is 57°F. Temperatures at about 7:50 p.m. are still in the 80s and low 90s across Chicagoland. In Wisconsin, temperatures in the 80s are observed at 7:50 p.m. up to about 30 miles south of Green Bay. It's 86°F in the city of Fon du Lac, Wisconsin.
A record of 99°F was recorded as late as September 29, 1953. The latest record 90-degree temperature was recorded on October 6, 1963 when the high temperature was 94°F. No 90s have been recorded after that for the Fall season.
The first record high in the 90s in the calendar year occurred on April 10, 1930 when the temperature reached 90°F.
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I feel the same I feel your speaking my own words....it is unreal but it is true I do feel the very same my only child was murdered and I dont like visiting his grave but then the guilt eats away at me and makes me ill....:( Lorraine K. xxx
Thank you so much for the note this morning. I have not been on this board in quite some time. He is always on my mind, but lately more than ever. I go to his grave more now - though I have not been able to see him for a few months now as the snow here in Michigan has been too deep to even get into the graveyard. That has made it hard. I have found comfort (or some semblance of it) it going to see him and talk and cry (bawl is more like it) on those days that are so terribly hard. Love to all the moms out there who have had a child taken from them way to soon by the hands of another. It is not fair what we have to go through, and that we are left here on earth without them.
Michele first off I'm so sorry for your loss. I too lost my Son Danny to a horrific murder..
Although I'm able to visit his grave i find it very hard to listen to music because it reminds me of him.
I used to see him walking down the street. For a good year everyyoung
Wel dressed man looked like Danny. Wow. When i think about it i get chills
I hate the fact that i have to visit my only child at a cemetary but i can go sit on the lawn
And just talk on and on and on.
I Pray that you , in your own way , on your own time your able to visit his grave.
God Bless
Michelle you are going to feel guilty when you lose a child. It could be because you had an argument or you didn't get to say good-by or you were not able to protect them. I have a long list of things I feel guilty about. But I was told by friend that is my guilt that I have placed on myself. My son loved me and I loved him that all that counts. As a mother we do the best we can. I don't visit my son's grave much because it is a reminder that this was the last place I left him and he was not coming home again. I will keep you in my prayers and God bless.
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About Allegrini
Allegrini's wine-making history stretches back to the 16th century. In the mid-20th century, Giovanni Allegrini modernized the operation, sought out national and international markets for his wine, and before he died, in 1983, purchased the La Grola vineyard, now the jewel in the Allegrini crown. Today, Giovanni's children, Franco and Marilisa, manage Allegrini's diverse portfolio.
The estate's vines cover 70 hectares in Verona, specifically Valpolicella. La Poja, the best parcel from the prestigious La Grola vineyard produces Allegrini's top wine, a deep red made entirely from Corvina. The lighter Palazzo della Torre bottling (local grapes plus Sangiovese) employs a variation on the classic ripasso technique: rather than a second fermentation on the skins that are leftover from making Amarone, a small portion of grapes (about 30%) are dried and vinified separately, then added to the rest of the wine, vinified in the conventional fashion. Other notables include the classic Valpolicella and the wildly consistent Amarone. Neither are to be missed.


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-Dr. Egan Brockhoff, a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine with Prairie Swine Health, discusses "Western PED Outbreak: Manitoba's Case."
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It's peach season. That wonderful time of year when the fresh, juicy, and somewhat fragile fruit is at it's best. When you get past the fuzziness, it is hard to beat the sweet yet tangy flavor of a peach! And the juice! It just runs down your chin! Oft times the most delectable foods are messy.
If you love peaches, and you have for years, you know the name Red Haven is the king of peaches here in Michigan. Since it was introduced in 1940, this flavorful peach has been the favorite of families year after year. Over the years a whole family of "Haven" peaches were introduced in our state. The original Red Haven was developed at the Michigan State University Experiment Station at South Haven. Hence the name. I can remember our farm growing many of them. Kal Haven, Hale Haven, Sun Haven, Rich Haven, Fair Haven, Crest Haven, Jay Haven, and Glo Haven peaches have grown on this farm over the years. Each of these varieties, while sharing the "Haven" name, were a little different from the others. Some were early, some were mid-season, and some were late. All of them had great flavor and were "freestone"–the pit came away from the flesh easily. Most of those varieties have long been gone, but the Red Haven, once the most widely planted peach worldwide, is still the one every other peach is compared to.
I can remember why some of those varieties went away. Hale Haven, while a tasty peach, always fell off the tree the day before you picked them it seemed. Rich Haven and Sun Haven were as big as softballs, and seemed to ripen in the basket on the trip from the orchard to the house. They would be round when you picked them, and square when you got them home. Others, like Glo Haven and Crest Haven are good peaches that are still grown today. Unlike many other fruits, peaches have to be picked over 3 to 5 times, each time selecting the ripest fruits. That means going over the orchard every 2-3 days. It can be a hot, sticky and fuzzy job in the month of August! We are usually happy to begin peach picking season, and even happier to be finished with it!
Michigan has always been kind of a hotbed of peach variety development. In recent years, whole families of peach varieties have been introduced. Paul Friday's "Flamin' Fury series boasts over 20 kinds of peaches that ripen over a 15 week long season in Michigan! Paul's cousin Jim and his family have introduced the Stellar Series of peach varieties, over a dozen kinds whose names all end in "Star"(Glowingstar, for example). All of these great peaches are now available worldwide! And it all began in little old Michigan.
It is interesting how different states have different varieties of peaches. If you go to Georgia, for example, you will not recognize most of the kinds of peaches grown there. Names like "O'Henry", "Cary Mac", and "Rich Lady". Really? Sounds funny to me. "I'd like a half bushel of those Rich Ladies!" Might be a good reason to get slapped! California and New Jersey also have entirely different kinds of peaches than what we have here. In fact, those three states, along with South Carolina, are the top peach growing states in America. While very few of those varieties are grown in Michigan, our state's varieties are grown in many of the other states. While we don't boast the big numbers, Michigan has a big influence with our research and development.
So with all of that peachy info, it's time to get out there and enjoy! Because as summer slips toward fall, the season for this amazing fruit will slip away too. And there is nothing like a fresh peach sliced over ice cream on a warm August evening! Or a fresh warm slice of peach pie(also with ice cream, of course!)
Have a fruitful (and peachy) week!
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What Are Media Saying After 'Hawks 0-2 Start?
It depends upon geography, and whether it's regional or national news.
According to NW Cable News, most Seattle beat writers are saying (especially quoting players) that Seattle can fix the issues that have led to an 0-2 start, and the defense giving up 71 points in two games. Here's some of the statements being made, or written:
"In a subdued and relatively relaxed visitors' locker room at Lambeau Field, (Pete) Carroll and many of his best known veterans insisted there was little cause for concern, summarily rejecting the two most obvious explanations for their slow start -- the holdout of Pro Bowl strong safety Kam Chancellor and a potential hangover from last February's crushing Super Bowl XLIX defeat to the New England Patriots." – Michael Silver, NFL.com
"It's the self-inflicted wounds they lamented again after the defeat against the Packers, just as they had after a 34-31 overtime setback against the Rams last Sunday." – Bob Condotta, The Seattle Times.
The Seattle Seahawks are in deep playoff trouble with 0-2 start
"Since 2009, 45 teams have had such a start and only two have played in the postseason." – Chris Chase, USA TODAY.
Next Sunday, Seattle returns home for it's Century Link opener vs. Chicago. Given the Bears losses to Green Bay and The Arizona Cardinals by wide margins, the Bears are probably the prescription needed for some mending for those who follow the blue and green.


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Has anyone ever slammed into you as they barge their way through the crowds during rush hour?
Have they acted like getting to the tube is a matter of life and death? Like they are more important than you? Like you're NOT EVEN THERE?
If yes, you may have been the victim of 'manslamming'.
'Manslamming' is the term coined by New Yorker Beth Breslaw to describe the collision that occurs when a
dickhead person refuses to alter their pavement trajectory in a crowded place.
And she claims the worst offenders are men.
Breslaw, a trade union activist, devised an experiment to study the practice of manslamming. For two months she refused to get out of other people's way when walking down the street.
While most women swerved and purposefully avoided collision, Breslaw found herself receiving a lot of bruises from colliding with men.
New York Authorities Are Taking A Stand Against Men Who Sit With Their Legs Wide Open On Subway (AKA Man Spreaders)
"I can remember every single man who moved out of the way, because there were so few," she said.
Breslaw's experiment follows an anti-'manspreading' movement against men who sit with their legs wide open, spreading across two (or more) seats on the tube.
Some on Twitter say the idea of 'manslamming' is ridiculous...
I can now add "manslamming" to the long list of reasons why I can't take modern feminists seriously. http://t.co/lxT0ThxDsd— SaltWaterGirl (@DonnaBee511) January 14, 2015
Oh, Christ! Just when you think modern #feminism can't get more irrelevant or absurd... #manslamming http://t.co/BYg7GvcbbT— JuliaM (@AmbushPredator) January 13, 2015
Others have questioned the reliability of Breslaw's experiment...
So #manslamming is basically when a feminist deliberately runs into every man they see, then berates men for it? Typical.— Travis Hupp (@RemyNorth) January 11, 2015
But others agreed that manslamming really does happen...
A lot of people are hating on this. It happens to me everyday... "@NYMag: The manslamming experiment: http://t.co/uQVCGhS4Ab"— Claire Cohen (@clairecohen1) January 10, 2015
It's unclear whether men really are less likely to avoid collision on the pavement than women, but as far as we're concerned 'slamming' in any form is just plain rude.
What happened to "excuse me"?