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"Romaría do Rapaz," classified as unique in Galicia and Spain, stands out due to the fact that 90% of its organization is carried out by children, from 4 to 12 years old. It also stands out due to the place where it is held, a natural setting of particular beauty, a characteristic "carballeira" with centuries-old oaks surrounding the famous Sanctuary of La Saleta, in the parish of Siador.
This recreational-educational festival is unconditionally supported by the municipality, Community of La Salette Missionaries, Olaia Residents Association and other groups and institutions.
The festivities dedicated to the Apostle, the patron saint of Santiago, of Galicia and of all of Spain, last for about a fortnight. This festival combines religious and official solemnity, tradition and entertainment, which turn the entire city into a large fiesta.
July 24th and 25th are the two main days. On the night of July 24th there is an impressive firework display in honour of the Apostle, which coincides with the burning of a large pyrotechnic castle imitating the Cathedral's Gothic façade.
The exhibition is composed by contributions of the Library of 'Museo do Pobo Galego' the exhibition is divided into numerous display cabinets that show the evolution of the schedule of festivities in Galicia during a century of history, from 1880 until the 80s of the twentieth century.
Every year more than 1,500 people gather to savour the biggest paella made in Galicia with 1,000 kg of rice. The festival started in 2001 and has already been consolidated as an important event in the Municipality of Silleda's festive calendar.
'Serán de Hip Hop 2016' by Suite Soprano, Gata Cattana, Erin&DjMil, El Soed, Rendi Nue, Naro, Lírica Licorca, Alba G, Tr3s, Introspectores. Presented by : Pablic.
Concert by Roi Casal. This concert is included in Apostle Festival 2016.
From 1984 to date, every first weekend in August, the Municipality of Val do Dubra pays tribute to its residents who have emigrated and its visitors.
This is a very popular festival that is well established in the Municipality of Silleda'scalendar. Every year, more than 10,000 people gather together to savour around 2,000 portions of omelette and 1,000 litres of wine free of charge. The festival began to be held in 1989, reaching its 22nd year in 2010.
The "Festa do Galo Piñeiro e Mostra Cabalar," declared a Festival of Galician Tourist Interest in 2010, is held every year on the first weekend in August in the village of Pedrouzo (Arca).
The gastronomy festival par excellence in the municipality of Padrón, held on the first Saturday in August in the parish of Herbón. It started in 1978 and is now classified as a Festival of Galician Tourist Interest.
Festival featuring the promotion and tasting of ham, which is held on August 14 in the parish of Bermés (Lalín) and will reach its 16th year in 2014. Cured and roast ham is served, along with bread and wine.
The local holiday in honour of San Roque that is held in Melide in August.
Info available in Spanish and Galician. Sorry for the inconvenience.
San Caralampio is held in Melide on the second Sunday in September. This festival, also known as the Festival of the Drunks, has Bacchus reminiscences and is devoted to wine.
Lalín's feast day is held on the first Sunday after September 18th in honour of Our Lady of Sorrows. The festivities last for 5 days, since Monday and Tuesday are local holidays.
Info available in Spanish and Galician. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Info available in Spanish and Galician. Sorry for the inconvenience.


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Saturday, July 30, 2016
How to keep -- is there any any, is
there none such, nowhere known
some bow or brooch or braid or
brace, lace, latch or catch or key
to keep
Back beauty…, keep it, beauty, beauty,
beauty… from vanishing away?
G. M. Hopkins
I've never read about Nietzsche the man, but what I've read by him suggests he was a twenty-four carrot asshole. "I teach you the Superman. Man is something to be surpassed." Good luck Friedrich. "I want to teach men the sense of their existence, which is the Superman, the lightning out of the dark cloud of man." I won't argue with Nietzsche that the history of man has been at times a dark cloud, but out of that dark cloud emerged Socrates, Leonardo, Shakespeare, Mozart and myself. Hitler was a big fan of Nietzsche's Superman. I find this odd given Hitler was short, dark haired, and wore a goofy looking mustache, in other words -- he was the antithesis of Nietzsche's Superman. The scariest thing about Hitler was watching the adoring German rabble having orgasms while he spoke to them. The German rabble reminds me of Goldilocks' followers. "The sick are the greatest danger for the healthy; it is not from the strongest that harm comes to the strong, but from the weakest." I wonder if Nazi is a shortened version of Nietzsche? Hmm.
Every morning there's been a cluster of Pokemon kids playing with their iPhones next to the Ale House. I wonder who decided to make us a Pokemon "gym?" It's going to be interesting for future sociologists and psychologists to assess the damage done to these computer obsessed kids. Personally, had there been computers when I was a kid, I probably would have abandoned hanging out in the park and participating in sports, and spent all my time watching porn. There was virtually no hard core porn floating around when I was a kid. I remember well thumbing through the National Geographic's in the high school library checking out half naked Watusi women and their pancake breasts.
Anya and her attractive friend Cynara just got back from four days in New Orleans. Anya, who is equally attractive, posted on Facebook a series pictures of the food they were eating. It looked yummy. Pup Crawl Liz is planning a New Orleans pub crawl in the fall. This sounds like fun. I've never been to New Orleans. In 1962 I was planning on stopping there on my way back from Mexico City where I'd been visiting a high school friend. I'd gotten a ride to the Houston Grey Hound Bus Depot. Other than expense, the only advantage to taking a bus in those long gone days was you got to check out scenery in a way you can't when you're driving. When the bus stopped at Baton Rouge two black women got on the bus with three small children, and sat down in front of me. They had bundle's and potato sacks instead of luggage. When the bus driver, a large, fleshy faced man with a huge paunch, walked back to where they were sitting, he said, "you got three kids an' only two adults, so one of the kids gotta pay." An argument ensued. Finally I said, "one of the kids is with me."
"Buddy, I'd advise you to mind your own business." I know it might shock you, dear reader, but in those days I had a bit of a mouth on me. Things escalated, the driver got off the bus, and a few minutes later he climbed back on board with two white cops. One of the cops was fatter than the bus driver, the other guy was skinny and had a giant adams apple. The fat cop motioned for me to get off the bus.
"'Cause I said to."
I grabbed my duffel bag and followed him off the bus. There was a small crowd loitering around the bus depot. I hate most southern dialects. The fat cop stuck his red face inches from mine and lectured me about Yankees coming down to "Loo-eez-anna an' fuckin' with our nigga's." His breath was rancid. I think I said something about the poverty of his vocabulary before the skinny cop punched me on my left bicep. It hurt, but not as much as the punch to my right bicep the fat cop gave me. The skinny cop then grabbed me by the throat and told me to get back on the bus and keep my mouth shut or I was going to jail, "an' we'll make sure you get to spend some time in jail with our niggers. I'm sure they gonna like you." This was followed by laughter from some of the people watching us.
When I got back on the bus an old black man told me he'd paid for the third kids ticket. I did not stop in New Orleans. I couldn't get out of Louisiana quick enough. My arms hurt all the way back to Chicago. In those days the Chicago Grey Hound Bus Depot was located downtown on Randolph Street. When we were getting off the bus the older black lady thanked me for trying to help.
I've changed my drinking habits. Because of the occasional reoccurrence of my myasthenia gravis I figured I needed to cut back on the volume of beer I was drinking. Both my doctor and my neurologist have expressed dismay at amount of beer I consume each night. Hence, I'm now pouring my beer into a pint glass of ice. Johnny Ale calls it a "Polish martini." So far it's working. I can sit in the bar for four or five hours, and only drink five or six beers.
My hearing is deteriorating, especially when the bar is noisy.
Mitt and Lynn left for Greece this morning for Anita's wedding. Anita, who's Irish, is getting married to an Englishman. They will be moving to DC. I told Anita I'd like to give her the portrait I did of her for a wedding present.
Hawkeye came in last night. He rarely comes in when he's not working. Mrs. Hawkeye was out with her girlfriends so he went to Kamahachi Restaurant and had a few cocktails. After finishing half his drink, he said he had to leave because he was seeing double. Both the Bibliophile, and the Cougar came in. It was too crowded to chat so I went home.
Hopefully it doesn't rain for a couple of hours because I want to go to Bug House Square and check out the action. Rick Kogan wrote an article about how the park used to be filled with free speech advocates standing on soap boxes; today lovers of free speech have once again been invited to bring their soap boxes and say whatever they want. I loved going there in the 50's.
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Friday, July 29, 2016
I Do Not Pretend To Be A Saint
He flies through the air with the greatest of ease,
The daring young man on the flying trapeze…
Watching Street Jimmy maneuver his scooter in and out of traffic takes my breath away with his daring do.
You cannot fly like an eagle with the wings
of a wren.
Although it was noisy in the bar last night, we had no problem listening to the convention of the barroom TV. Our TV makes everyone's ass look twenty-pounds heavier; this didn't help either Hillary or her daughter Chelsea, who'd just given birth.
As political conventions go, the event in Philadelphia had to be considered a success.
All around the convention floor
The monkey chased the weasel,
A penny for a spool of thread,
A penny for a needle,
That's the way the voting went,
Pop goes the weasel.
With all the American flags, red, white and blue balloons, at times it seemed more like a Republican convention than a pro-labor union, Democratic one. This did not disturb me. The object of this election is to beat Goldilocks like a redheaded step child. The Bernie Brats don't get it. They actually believe the-so-called-average-American gives a flying-fuck about Wall Street, global warming, social justice, or simply helping their fellow man no matter his race or creed. History and personal experience have shown conclusively the-so-called-average-American only cares about himself. James Madison understood this perfectly. Unlike Marx, Madison knew power corrupts, and once a person assumes power, he is easily corrupted by it. Marx actually believed that man was inherently good; once mankind was freed from the shackles of capitalism he would become virtuous. Such nonsense.
The highest concentration of disruptive Bernie Brats seemed to be residing in the California delegation. By the time Chelsea and Hillary got ready to speak there were a lot of empty seats visible when the TV cameras panned the California delegation. Apparently a lot of the Bernie Brats got tired of getting shouted down by Hillary supporters and headed for the streets. I assume most of the really ditzy Bernie Brats were political novices and actually believed they were part of some transformative movement. The whole Bernie or Bust movement was a utopian dream. I admire their idealism, but can't help laughing at their naiveté.
Before Hillary gave her speech there was a procession of testimonials from average citizens, along with tributes to cops and the military. General Allen spoke. You remember him, he was caught up in the General Be-tray-us scandal. Flanked by a multi-racial group of retired military men and woman, he shouted at the top of his lungs how great the US is. This was a recurring theme. "We are the greatest country in the history of the world." I don't know how this sounds to people in other countries (I'm sure they want to puke) but I know how it sounds to me. A country founded on slavery and the genocide of Indians, while conducting a series of imperialist wars, is hardly great. Yes, we are better than most authoritarian countries, but it would be hard to convince the Scandinavian countries or many of the Western European countries we are greater than they. Hell, we're the richest country in the world, and 33 in infant mortality and 31 in literacy.
I think the worst speech of the convention was given by the former governor of Michigan, Jennifer Granholm. Within seconds her rather pretty face became twisted and contorted like a junkie trying to kick a two-hundred-dollar a day heroin habit cold-turkey.
Expanding her lungs to their fullest capacity, she shrieked, waved her arms and announced that she, Jennifer Granholm, belonged to a free race, and with eyes blazing, was willing to die for her ideals. It seemed to me there was a note of irony in her shrill voice.
The moment I expect we will be seeing replayed hundreds of times before the election was when a middle-aged Muslim couple stood before the audience and described how their Marine son had died fighting for the United States in Afghanistan. A man of very precise speech, his voice trembling with emotion, the man pulled a copy of the constitution from his pocket and asked Donald Trump if he had ever read it, and then offered to give him his copy. (It would seem Goldilocks never did bother to read the constitution because instead of articles, he says chapters when referring to it.)
Chelsea was fine. She spoke in a normal voice, and scarcely moved her head while describing what a great mom Hillary is. I believe her. Bill looked like he was holding back tears as he looked on.
Before Hillary's speech a big guy about forty sat down at the vacant bar stool next to me and ordered a Budweiser. When he looked up at the TV screen he said, "how come the Cubs, Sox game isn't on?"
"We're watching the convention."
He stared at me like a punished child, "you're kidding."
After he chugalugged his beer he left abruptly. Ukraine Mike, who was sitting next to me, seemed surprised by the man's demeanor. "Gee, that was strange."
Hillary did what she had to. She kept the shrieking and hollering to a minimum. After her speech Mike asked me what I thought.
"I give it a solid B."
Mike thought that was fair.
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Thursday, July 28, 2016
We The People In Order To Form A More Perfect Union Need To Metaphorically Make Goldilocks Bleed From Every Orifice
Are you lonesome tonight,
Do you miss me tonight,
Are you sorry we drifted apart?
Although Elvis Presley shares credit for these lyrics with two other song writers, I doubt if he did anything other than sing the song. I was a big Elvis fan until he made his first movie. It was a cowboy movie and he played a cringing little wimp of a cowboy. Colonel Parker, his manager, totally mismanaged his movie career.
Butcovich just stopped by the condo. He had some home made pesto with him. "I'll give you a quick lesson on how to make gnocchi." After filling a pan with water and bringing it to a boil he tossed the odd colored round gnocchi in it. "It only takes about four minutes for the gnocchi's to start floating to the top." After pouring the gnocchi's through a strainer he put them back in the hot pan and added the pesto. "Now try it."
"It's delicious, " I said gobbling the spongy round objects down my gullet.
"It's not hard, even you can make this."
While I was still eating my gnocchi Butcovich bid me adieu.
Goldilocks is braggadocios. No matter how idiotic he acts, his simpleminded followers continue to adore his antics. His love of Putin seems endless. If the Republican Party leaders actually thought they could control their presidential candidate, it was a chimerical notion. Goldilocks' brain is a workshop of nonsensical blathering. He'll think about recognizing Russia's right to annex Crimea when he becomes president. If he is not elected, the world will suffer mightily for it. After the Speaker of the House and his own running mate contradicted his invitation for Russia to hack the Democrats, Goldilocks doubled down. His campaign manager, Manafort, received serious cash from the ousted pro-Putin boss of the Ukraine. And so it goes.
It was noisy in the Ale House last night while we were watching the convention. I had to ask people to quiet down when Biden was speaking. They got pissed off and left. I'm sure the Ale House was the only bar in Chicago that had the convention on instead of the Cubs, Sox game. Biden can be effective at times. He seems to connect with the white, working class, uneducated dopes who are flocking to Goldilocks. I remember the speech he gave many years ago before his brain surgery; he plagiarized a Neil Kinnock speech almost word for word. Kinnock was the leader of Britain's Labor Party back in the 90's. It was bizarre hearing Biden describe his father crawling out of the coal mine every afternoon, washing the coal dust from his face, and playing soccer with the his fellow miners. When I mentioned to someone I didn't know Biden's father was a miner, it turned out nobody else did either because he wasn't. I suppose if you have to crib a speech, crib a good speech. I can never forgive Biden for helping get Clarence Thomas onto the Supreme Court. At Thomas' confirmation hearing, which Biden was chairing, Biden, for reasons known only to him, didn't allow some damning testimony against blubbery Thomas, to be heard.
If anyone needed to be booed off the stage it was Leon Panetta. I've always loathed the ex-CIA director\ Democratic hack. As soon as he left the Obama administration he wrote a book attacking Barack. It turns out a large group of Bernie Brats, mainly from California, were booing and chanting while the dumb slob was speaking. The Bernie Brats continue to behave like the puerile assholes they are. Panetta was definitely flustered when the "no more war" chanting started. Panetta deserved it, he's a worse hawk than Hillary.
I loved Bloomberg's speech. Even though I disagree with most of his political positions, he is not stupid. He was the perfect guy to take on Goldilocks. Being fellow New Yorkers, and twenty-times wealthier than Goldilocks, Bloomberg's evisceration of Goldilocks was especially devastating. The only thing Bloomberg could have added to his tirade would have been: "I could buy and sell Trump. Compared to me he's a nickel and dime street hustler."
Barack had a tough act to follow. His wife, Michelle, had made a remarkable speech earlier in the week, and the bar was set very high when he took the podium last night. He didn't disappoint. Bartender Kim, who was now off duty, and Ukraine Mike, were sitting to my left. They both seemed mesmerized by Barack's eloquence. Four years ago Bill Clinton saved Barack's bacon at the Democratic Convention. Clinton's speech was brilliant -- he ripped the Republicans, and Romney a new asshole using folksy humor and wit. Well, Barack repaid the Clinton's in spades last night.
Earlier in the day it was leaked to the press that Barack had decided on putting his presidential library in Jackson Park. I know Anya was rooting for Washington Park where her mother owns her townhouse. The new site is only a ten minute walk from our Hyde Park condo. I have many great memories of Jackson Park. The Golf Course, which is a driver and a five iron from where the library is going to be built, is where I met Barack. Playing golf with someone is an effective way of getting to know them. Although not a particularly good golfer (he didn't play much) he seemed to enjoy it. He said it was a good way to unwind after teaching at the nearby U of Chicago Law School. He was not prone to temper tantrums like so many fellow hackers; smoked a lot; and would turn his head admiringly whenever a chick with a nice ass walked through the course. He had a wry humor when discussing Illinois politics, and seemed amused by my vicious character assassination of Illinois Republican Boss, Pate Phillip.
It's going to be up to Hillary to put on her big girl panties and give the speech of her life tonight. She is not going to match Michelle or Barack; my advice -- just don't fuck up!
Just as Barack was concluding his speech Cougars son appeared. He said he was making a surprise visit to see his mom and dad. The Cougar was next door at Adobo's having dinner with Pub Crawl Liz and Goat Girl. Cougar seemed delighted to see her son. She didn't seem quite as delighted to see her ex-husband.
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Wednesday, July 27, 2016
Putin Wants To Make Goldilocks His Bitch
And now that we are aged and gray, Maggie,
The trials of life nearly done,
Let us sing of the days that are gone, Maggie,
When you and I were young.
I love Scottish folk songs.
Grashopper is into a lot of new-wave craziness. He should be forever grateful he doesn't live in California. Last winter when his feet were cold he put cayenne pepper in his socks. He said they kept them toasty. Thinking that a little more pepper would make them even toastier, he filled his socks up before braving the cold. Sunday night he told us the added pepper made his feet look like they had a bad case of sunburn. I'm sorry I didn't know about the cayenne pepper thing when Fox was alive. I'm sure I could have talked him into putting a lot of it on his dick and whacking off to porn. Fox was extremely gullible, especially considering he was " a fuck-joke comic." When Dado was in the other night she walked over to where I was sitting and said, "Bruce, I want to ask you something?"
"Six inches hard, ten and a half inches soft, next question." For some reason she shook her head in disgust and stormed off. I borrowed that Joke from Fox. I never did find out what Dado wanted to know. Speaking of Dado, she left with a regular later that night. The circumstances are mysterious. The man is a raw boned chap, with a prominent nose, serious dark eyes, thick black hair, and heavy eyebrows.
Street Jimmy said kids busted a car window across the street and stole a phone. "I didn' know who the kids was, they was too far away. I knows when people's be up to no good, I can sense it. The best way to bust a car window is with a spark plug."
It's been marvelous weather for walking. The water in the Lily Pond next to the zoo was overflowing from the heavy weekend storm waters when I walked through it Monday. I discovered another colony of night hawks living in the trees above the Zoo's flamingo pond. I assume they're a spinoff from the colony that lives in the nearby lagoon. The large, lethargic, clay colored birds are not prepossessing.
Street Jimmy said he saw Mrs. Clown a couple of days ago. "She be gettin' in a cab. She was all fucked-up, so I be holdin' the door open so I could be talkin' to her an' the cab driver tells me to close the door, an' I say, 'fuck you.' He be one of them African drivers. They don' like American black people, they prejudiced and they be blacker than hell. They hates us 'cause we speaks English. Foreigners be's like tha'. They jealous of us."
"Jimmy, I don't think anyone in the world is jealous of you."
"Why you say tha'."
"Because you live like shit. You sleep behind garbage cans, beg for money and spend it all on crack. Why would anyone be jealous of you?"
"You be surprised how many people be jealous of me."
"I admire your eloquence and spirit Jimmy, and I'm sure upon further consideration that there are millions of people in the world far worse off than you."
Syndicated columnist, George Will thinks the reason Goldilocks won't release his taxes is because they will show he is deeply indebted to Russian oligarchs close to Putin. Coming from a right-wing pip-squeak like Will, this makes sense. Goldilocks has been effusive in his praise for the Russian strong man. Putin has every reason to want Trump in the White House. Goldilocks knows less about US foreign policy than the average junior in college. A really good con man can easily con an over confident con man like Trump. Goldilocks' absurd threats on our Eastern European NATO allies has to be music to Putin's ears. It is up to the press and the Dems to nail Goldilocks about not revealing his taxes. If he's hit often enough about his taxes, Goldilocks' misanthropical temper will do him in.
George Will is a ridiculous oddity. He's partial to bow ties. The features of his pale face are marked by reserve and gravity. It's easy to see how the tiny imp had been bullied and made fun of as a child. With pensive melancholy he appears on TV shows spewing his right-wing, Reaganesque drivel. A number of like-minded Republican establishment types have also condemned Goldilocks and insist they won't' vote for him. What continues to make Goldilocks dangerous are the uneducated, loser-white men who populate states like Pennsylvania and Ohio in great numbers. If black people, women, and Latino voters stay home and don't cancel out the loser-male-white vote, Trump could win. I think we'll have a better idea about how this is playing out a month from now. The last Cub game I attended Will was sitting in a nearby seat. He was alone, wearing a tweed sports jacket and his customary bow tie. The Cubs should make the effete simpleton their mascot.
I watched the Democratic convention last night with Gentleman Lee, Ukraine Mike, and Adonis on the Ale House TV. It was not as crowded as the night before so we were able to hear quite well. The theme was to make Hillary more human. There were a series of impressive testimonials from so called regular people. Howard Dean gave a lackluster speech, however, when he parodied his famous shriek-speech at the conclusion of his speech, we all chuckled. It turns out Adonis is a Bernie Brat. Ukraine Mike is not. He is a hardcore Hillary supporter. Because he speaks fluent Russian, and understands Russian politics from first hand experience, he thinks there's a lot of substance to the idea Putin is trying to help Goldilocks. My position is this: Trump has to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that he is not Putin's puppet.
Bill Clinton, although aged, and not nearly as robust as he used to be, did a fine job of humanizing his wife. I did not know how active she'd been in nitty gritty social justice activities. It wasn't an electrifying speech like the one Michelle Obama gave the previous night, but it definitely got the job done. It will be interesting to hear what Barack has to say tonight.
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Tuesday, July 26, 2016
Bernie Brats Misbehaving
I remember the way we parted,
The day and the way we met;
You hoped we were both broken hearted
And knew we would both forget…
And the best and the worst of this is
That neither of us is to blame,
If you have forgotten my kisses
And I have forgotten your name…
Algernon Charles Swinburne, the author of this poem fragment, is an English poet. He was born in 1837. I've always loved the name Algernon. If you want an eccentric child with an unsettled brain, you might want to name him Algernon. I suppose there's nothing inherently wrong with a child meditating on life's complexities, I was such a child. Still, a self-indulgent preoccupation with the absurdities of adolescence can lead to melancholia and in some case, severe depression. My adolescence was a nightmare. From the age of thirteen to fifteen I walked around with a perpetual hard on. The crotch of a tree aroused me. I routinely wore a jock strap to conceal my lust. To make matters worse, I had severe acne. Girls recoiled from me in horror. This exacerbated my anti-social tendencies. I filled my days wreaking havoc on the citizens of Uppers Grove. I was not a routine juvenile delinquent; no, I had imagination. I considered myself a vigilante. The wave of terror I launched upon the citizenry of this right-wing, racist community basically ended when my acne abated and I procured my drivers license. For the next two years I devoted most of my waking hours to having sex with my equally sex-crazed girlfriend.
Swinburne was an alcoholic, algolagniac (he liked to be flogged), and highly excitable. A poet of the decadent school, he became a member of the Pre Raphaelites. These were a group of madcap young Englishmen that wished to go back to the style of painting and poetry before Raphael. Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and Millais, who were also members of the group, were both top notch artists. Swinburne wore his decadence like a badge of honor. Fellow libertine Oscar Wilde said , "Swinburne was a braggart in matters of vice." Most artists and poets are, at least the ones I have known.
Change in a trice
The lilies and languors of virtue
For the raptures and roses of vice…
The delight that consumes the desire,
The desire that outruns the delight…
I am tired of tears and laughter,
And men that laugh and weep;
Of what may come hereafter
For men that sow and reap:
I am weary of days and hours,
Blown buds of barren flowers,
Desires and dreams and powers
And everything but sleep…
Last night we watched the Democratic Convention on the Ale House TV. Even though it was unusually crowded for a Monday night, I could still hear most of the speeches from where I was seated. It was raucous. The Bernie Brats were behaving like petulant children. I'm tired of telling them that I too voted for Bernie in the primary; I also sent him two-hundred bucks, however, he lost. The choice between Hillary and Trump is not even worth debating. Trump is a simple minded, maladroit, fraud. He's figured out how stupid the rabble is and plays too their puerile prejudices. His speaking style, and facial gestures are reminiscent of Mussolini. John Adams, a founding father of US politics summed it up: "Modern politics is, at bottom, a struggle not of men but of forces." Unfortunately, the Bernie Brats don't understand this - they don't really care about ideas, they prefer the cult of personality.
Before Michelle Obama spoke, comedian Sarah Silverman, who was a Bernie supporter, spoke to the convention. When the booing commenced she walked back to the mic and said, "you Bernie or bust people are ridiculous."
Michelle Obama was remarkable. In a normal voice choked with emotion she knocked the ball out of the park. It was certainly one of the best convention speeches I've ever witnessed, and I've been watching political conventions since I was twelve. I remember well in 1952 sitting next to my dad on our couch watching the Republican Convention. When Ike beat out ultra-right-winger Taft for the nomination tears appeared in my fathers eyes. I didn't watch the 68 Dem convention because I was on the street every day and night. From what I hear it was great TV.
Elizabeth Warren does a really nice job of slicing and dicing Goldilocks. She always manages to get under Goldilocks' skin. When Bernie took the podium he did everything one might have hoped he would do. The Bernie Brats even booed him. I hope Hillary studies Michelle's speaking style. This ridiculous need to scream, yell and ham it up is off putting. Cory Booker did a scream and yell speech which I found abhorrent. While I was watching the speeches, the Cougar and her friend Carolyn joined us. Carolyn, who is black, appears to be a Hillary hater. Whatever her political views are, she was in awe of Michelle's speech. I didn't realize until I got home how ill-behaved the Bernie Brats had been during the proceedings. Because of the noise in the bar I couldn't hear all the booing they had been indulging in.
I'm concerned about my myasthenia gravis. I'd been a-symptomatic for almost two years. For the last month I've had brief episodes of slurring my words. When I walked the Cougar home I was a bit wobbly. I guess I'm going to have to make an appointment with my neurologist. Damn.
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Monday, July 25, 2016
O Most Lame And Impotent Conclusion
Wavering between the profit and the loss
In the brief transit where the dreams cross
The dreamcrossed twilight between birth
And dying…
T.S. Eliot from Ash Wednesday.
For I am nothing if not critical.
I am not merry, but I do beguile
The thing I am, by seeming otherwise.
Nate Thurmond died last week. He was a 74 year-old former basketball player. Although not as famous as rivals Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlin, in his prime, he was better; not only was he an amazing rebounder, he was more versatile on offense, and a better shooter than his other two fellow Hall of Famers. He didn't play good defense, he played great defense! I got to see him a lot when I was living in the Bay Area, especially after I acquired season tickets directly behind the visiting bench at the Oakland Arena where the Golden State Warriors played. It was impressive watching him night after night. Rick Barry got most of the publicity, which never seemed to bother Nate The Great. In fact, few things seemed to bother him; he was a very stoic player, as well as in person.
Back in the 70's I spent a lot of time hanging out in a bar in the Marina section of San Francisco called Slater Hawkins. It was frequented by guys trying to pick up hot chicks, high-class hookers, gamblers, hustlers, the gang from the KPIX TV station down the street, and assorted other celebrities. Over the years I met a lot of famous pro athletes in this bar. The owner, Tommy Turner, and I became fast friends and we played a lot of golf together. Tommy was a chain smoker. Thinking it would impede the ill-effects of his nicotine addiction, Tommy used a cigarette holder religiously. He had a neatly trimmed mustache, slightly sunken watery eyes, an ashy, unhealthy complexion, and was rather more inclined to corpulence than fit his frame.
Tommy's former business partners were forever suing him. I can't count the number of scams and hustles Tommy and I pulled off together during the five years preceding my return to Chicago. Because he was not given to stoic austerities, and cocaine having become a wide spread fad in the 70's, I was not surprised to learn after I returned to Chicago that Tommy had succumbed to putting powder up his nose. The last I heard he was in Arizona.
One night I was sitting in Slater's with Tommy and some other hustlers and fellow scamsters; we were discussing something nefarious when Nate Thurmond walked in with a young white chick I'd never seen before. Nate, being black and 6'11', as well as a man of fashion, was quite conspicuous, especially sitting at the circular bar next to a 5"2", buxom white girl.
Carl the Bookie leaned over the table and said to Tommy, "that isn't Nate's regular girlfriend, is it?"
Tommy shrugged his shoulders slightly, squinted through his horned rimmed glasses in the direction of Nate and the girl, and said, "no, I think his girlfriend is even shorter."
Tim The Salesman said, "Nate really likes the short blonde broads, doesn't he."
We had been chatting together for about a half hour when a loud crash could be heard directly outside the window we were sitting next to. A Rolls Royce had just crashed into Nate's Mercedes which was parked at the curb. And then there was the sound of another crash, and yet another crash. The Rolls was backing up, taking aim, and repeatedly smashing into the Mercedes. The entire bar looked out the window in astonishment as Nate rushed out the door. Raising his arms at the driver of the Rolls, but daring not to get between his car and the Rolls, he shook his head helplessly. By now we were all on the sidewalk. Nate was pleading with the driver of the Rolls, which had steam streaming out from under its mangled hood, to cease and desist with the carnage. With one parting smash into what was left of the side of Nate's mangled vehicle, the woman inside the Rolls sputtered off down Fillmore Street with her middle finger extended out the open window of the Rolls.
Traffic had come to a halt and there had to be at least a hundred stunned people discussing what they'd just witnessed. With a remarkable lack of emotion, Nate, ever the stoic, surveyed what was left of his luxury automobile before walking back in Slaters and sitting down on his bar stool. Tommy, placing his hand on my shoulder, whispered in my ear, "that was his Rolls, and that was his girlfriend driving it." A few minutes later after two police cars arrived Nate went back outside to talk to the cops.
I don't know what happened to Nate and his girlfriends relationship after her fit of pique. Although the story made the papers, the only thing I can remember was Nate's insurance company refusing to pay for the car damage. I could see their point.
Base men being in love have then a nobility in their
natures more than is native to them.
From Othello
O God! that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains; that we should, with joy, pleasance, revel, and applause, transform ourselves into beasts.
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Swimming Underwater And Holding Your Breath
After such knowledge, what forgiveness?
think now
History has many cunning passages,
contrived corridors
And issues, deceives with whispering ambitions,
Guides us by vanities.
Paint me the bold anfractuous rocks
Faced by the snarled and yelping seas.
From everything I've read T.S. Eliot was a loathsome, pretentious human being, however, the right-wing, Catholic, Royalist could write poetry. Born in pedestrian St. Louis, he became an English citizen. From the videos and photos I've seen of him he was a pusillanimous, simpering man governed by decorum. He read his poetry in a low, confidential voice with an affected British accent.
Normally I no longer write Sunday blogs. I decided to make an exception today as it's too hot to take a walk. Last night was a typically fun-filled Saturday at the Old Town Ale House. Earlier in the day I'd taken a long, late afternoon stroll along the river walk and then zig zagged my way back to Old Town. Although it was hot, it was overcast enough to protect you from the full power of the sun.
You know only
A heap of broken images, where the sun beats,
And the dead tree gives no shelter, the
cricket no relief.
It had been drizzling since I started down Michigan Avenue; I didn't get caught in the first downpour until Delaware Street. I don't mind getting wet when it's hot out. I stopped by the Ale House and had a beer with Hardware Nick and Gentleman Lee before I purloined Street Jimmy's umbrella and braved the thunder, lightening and rain. No sooner did I take off my soaking clothes that Tobin called and said the basement of the bar was flooding. I told her I hoped nobody had put anything of value on the floor, and took a shower.
A couple hours later when I returned to the bar the flooding had receded. There was some damage; someone had left a box of coasters on the floor and Tobin had left a large box marked ceiling fan on the floor. I'm always thrilled when she arbitrarily decides to do something. The new thermostat was a ridiculous idea.
I had a lengthly conversation with Irish Chris and the Cougar. The Cougar seemed chipper, almost affectionate. The two Republican blondes came in with a Middle-Eastern looking woman who loved my new Goldilocks and the Three Bitches painting. They were escorted by Republican Todd. Todd had just come back from the Republican freak show in Cleveland. He's a realist and is depressed about Goldilocks taking over the party. When he said the mood of the delegates was somber, the Cougar said she'd heard just the opposite. Sometime after midnight the Cougar yawned, stretched her arms, put on her New England lobster fisherman rain gear, and said good night. Irish Chris was by now in his cups. The more he drinks, the more pronounced is his Irish brogue.
Much of the evening had been devoted to the subject of sex. It is a subject the Cougar is no stranger to. Irish Chris, ever the Irish gentleman, saved his most interesting stories till after the Cougar departed. I consider myself a man of the world, and have a number of not only interesting, but some might say - shocking sex tales in my repertoire, but I can safely say Irish Chris described a couple of weird adventures that had me in awe.
"There was this girl, she had a pretty face, and nice tits. Her arse was a little on the plump side, but she was a comely young thing. The minute I got her into my apartment I gave her the old (mimicked finger fucking her) pulled down her panties and started munching on her. Well, the smell was not pleasant so after I got her into my bed naked, I said, 'I've got these dainty wipes in my bathroom, perhaps you could avail yourself of them and clean your vagina, as it has a foul odor emanating from it'. This, as you can probably imagine, displeased her. She proceeded to slap my face, get on her hands and knees, and fart in my face. She was only about four inches from my nose when she blasted me. Now what happened next is the really interesting part; you probably thought she'd go home in a huff, but no, she went into the bathroom, freshened up and came back. "
I'll leave it to the readers imagination about what happened next. (The only clue I'll give you is there was feces involved.) Chris had several more anal, and poop related stories that I found equally fascinating.
Between the idea
And the reality
Between the motion
And the act
Falls the shadow.
I didn't get home until two.
This morning Street Jimmy, Buzz Kill, and I went down in the basement. Jimmy mopped bleach on the parts of the floor he could reach. After Buzz Kill and I assessed the damage, we saved what we could.
Terminate torment
Of love unsatisfied
The greatest torment
Of love satisfied.
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Ambassador Hotel & Health Club Cork, Cork (county)
- Free WiFi and free parking
Main amenities
- 70 smoke-free guestrooms
- Restaurant and bar/lounge
- Breakfast available
- Fitness center
- 4 meeting rooms
- Childcare
- Terrace
- 24-hour front desk
- Coffee/tea in a common area
- Daily housekeeping
- Front desk safe
- Laundry service
What's around
- Heart of Cork
- Cork City Hall (0.7 mi / 1.1 km)
- Bells of Shandon (0.9 mi / 1.5 km)
- St. Anne's Shandon Church (0.9 mi / 1.5 km)
- Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral (1.5 mi / 2.4 km)
- University College Cork (1.9 mi / 3.1 km)
For families
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Rollaway/extra beds (free)
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Terrace
Ambassador Hotel & Health Club Cork, Cork (county)
Hotel Info: 866-539-8117from $107
- Classic Double Room Single Use
- Standard Double Room
- Classic Double Room
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- Superior Double
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Key facts
Hotel size
- This hotel has 70 rooms
- This hotel is arranged over 3 floors
- 24-hour check-in
- Check-out time is noon
Required at check in
- Credit card deposit required
- Government-issued photo ID required
- Minimum check-in age is 18
Travelling with others
- Babysitting/childcare *
- Pets not allowed
- Free WiFi in public areas
- Free WiFi in rooms
- Free self parking (limited)
- Free RV/bus/truck parking
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- Smoke-free property
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In the hotel
- Full breakfast daily (surcharge)
- Restaurant
- Bar/lounge
- Room service (during limited hours)
- Coffee/tea in a common area
- Fitness facilities
- Sauna
- Number of meeting rooms - 4
- Conference space
- Meeting rooms 4
- 24-hour front desk
- Concierge services
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Laundry facilities
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Luggage storage
- Wedding services
- Multilingual staff
- Number of buildings/towers - 2
- Elevator/lift
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Picnic area
- Terrace
- Television in common areas
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
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- Coffee/tea maker
- Iron/ironing board
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Premium bedding
- Individually decorated
- Individually furnished
- Private bathroom
- Bathtub or shower
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- 32-inch flat-screen TV
- Satellite TV channels
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Muslims observe Islamic holiday of sacrifice in West Valley City
Event commemorates faithfulness of Abraham
Laura Seitz, Deseret News
WEST VALLEY CITY — The cold, crisp air outside the Khadeeja mosque early Friday morning was a stark contrast for Dr. Salman Masud, who was standing in the oppressive heat of the Saudi Arabian desert around this time last year.
"This is a totally different environment," the soft-spoken Pakistani said as hundreds of Muslims passed by and removed their shoes and coats before entering the mosque for prayers marking Eid al-Adha, or The Feast of Sacrifice, one of Islam's holiest days.
The holiday, which commemorates the ancient prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son, also marks the completion of Hajj, a pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, which was undertaken by more than four million Muslims in the past week.
Hundreds of men, women and children filed into the mosque here — some dressed in their western business and school attire and others in more colorful robes, caps and scarves — for special prayers and to hear words of encouragement and admonishment from Imam Muhammed Shoayb Mehtar.
"Today is a new beginning," the bearded Imam pronounced to men seated on the carpeted main floor of the mosque and women gathered in the balcony. "Beautiful beginnings that all come with choices."
He had earlier admonished the gathering to have the "backbone" to choose right from wrong or else others will be making their choices for them (reminding them that it is an election year).
Following the service, many gathered in a field adjacent to the Khadeeja Islamic Center for the sacrifice of lambs and goats. The animals were bled, skinned and butchered, then the meat purchased by followers who will distribute it to the poor. Those overseeing the ritual said it honors Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his first-born son, Ishmael, in obedience to God, who stopped Abraham from carrying through and provided a ram in his son's place, according to the Quran, Islam's holy book.
The same story is in the Old Testament of the Bible and the Torah, although in those accounts Abraham offers his son Isaac to be sacrificed.
The contrast between Friday and last year's Eid celebration for Masud was more than just the climate.
In 2011, Masud celebrated Eid at the completion of his first Hajj, one of the five pillars of Islam. For those who are financially and physically able to accomplish it, it is the ultimate religious experience. The pillars, which are faith, prayer, giving alms, fasting and Hajj, are the obligatory acts of observant Muslims.
Masud recalls standing with millions of fellow Muslims near Mount Arafat on the fourth and final day with all of them dressed in the same white, cotton clothing and all praying in their native languages. The ritual is also rare in Islam because men and women stand together as they pray.
"There is no distinction between people. You are from 160 different countries and you have no idea where people are from," he recalled. "Our prayers are from our hearts. No one is leading the prayer. No one is observing what others are doing because everyone is so engrossed. It's an overpowering feeling."
Masud said the ritual, one of several that pilgrims must perform with exactness for their Hajj to be accepted by God, replicates judgment day when all that distinguishes one person from another is how they have lived their lives.
"It is like a dry run of what it will be like, but fortunately this time we get a chance to improve" before the real judgment day, he said. "This is the most powerful experience that you can imagine."
Masud's pilgrimage to Mecca was a life-changing experience.
Since his return, his effort to live the tenets of his faith are more intense and sincere.
A pediatric anesthesiologist, Masud says he tries to make his interactions with patients and co-workers more meaningful. "When I go into work and say, 'Good morning' to 10 people, are those words meaningful? Do I really care?" he said of the questions he asks himself to make sure his expressions toward others are sincere.
Masud participated in Hajj with his siblings who live in Canada. He would like to take his wife and children in the future, so they can share the profound experience.
"It opened my eyes that in the house of God there is no discrimination," he said of the pilgrimage. "Despite all the sectarian violence between Sunni and Shia, everybody prays together. There is a very strong sense of unity. They leave their differences with their slippers at the door. This was very inspiring for me to see."
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WELCOME! This community of faith is seeking to make your "welcome" ever more real and new for persons like yourself, whether you hear it on Sunday mornings in our sanctuary complete with an outstretched hand, or read it on a screen as you relax at home, or in a coffee shop. It is a genuine welcome, backed up with the kind of honest openness and friendliness that refreshes the soul, emboldens the heart, and delights the mind.
"You are welcome at Ascension!" We understand that not everyone who is seeking a connection with something deeper and more fulfilling will be able to physically come to Indian Harbour Beach and participate in this congregation's multiplicity of programs, from service to education and from fellowship to worship. So...we have created a website where you can connect! Here are the resources, the links, and conversations you need to feel welcome, and we hope, appreciated and understood.
Thanks for dropping by our website. We hope you'll come back again soon, and often. Bookmark us, and add us to your home screen. We'll keep it up-to-date.
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Vacation Bible School (VBS) 2016
Ascension Lutheran Vacation Bible School (VBS) is going to be the week of July 18-22, with a Roundup on Sunday, July 24th. The program is Barnyard Roundup from Concordia. It's going to be "Farm-tastic" as kids look into the Bible, God's Holy Word, to discover that Jesus is better than a BFF (Best Friend Forever)! Jesus, their Savior, knows them by name, rounds them up, and brings them home.
We are now taking registrations for our Barnyard Roundup VBS. You can either stop by the office or you can download the registration form by clicking on 2016 VBS Registration Form and return the completed form to the church office during regular office hours.
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Roberto Lam,thanks a lot for your kind words.Have you ever come back to China?
Jasmine: Thanks a lot for your comment in Panoramio, I was in China in Nov 2003, the only trip trip until now, it was wonderful time, the first time I met your country, the first time in my life to met my relatives in Guangdong and Hong Kong, my parents return to theirs town for more than 50 years, that was posible because I left Cuba in 1999 and redid my life and my family in USA, I was able to take them to China again and really spent a good time overthere, in the future I will planning another trip with my sons and it will be the same, a family purpose visit, because a tourist trip is different, no time and place to meet relatives. Thanks you again, you can see my pictures gallery and find some pictures from China and Hong Kong. I have in Panoramio a big gallery of pictures from different places of USA. Cuba, and differents countries. Greetings from Miami.
Hi Damir,you really understand me well!It's true that the midsemester in this term is coming.We will have all the Chinese,maths,English,physics,chemistry,politics,history and geography exams in three days!I'm busy preparing for my maths exam these days.Whether I could pass it will be very,very important.So I'm really sorry that I couldn't chat with you here frequently now.
Well,I have to admit that I prefer learning languages rather than learn science.The maths exam is a headache for me.:-(
Now it's spring in Beijing.How are you these days?Though I'm quite busy and tired because of the study,my regards to you are still warm.;-)
Best wishes from Beijing,
Hello Damir!Still remember me?Aha,right,that Beijing girl.The exams have been over!Well,I haven't known my marks yet.Maybe the history mark will be the worst.But I'm sure I could pass all of them.Finally I have my own free time again.;-)
I have a piece of news to tell you that tomorrow some French students will come to our school for education communication.The news immediately remind me of you,though I don't know whether they are from your city,Paris.It'll be very interesting that we'll have lessons together.Hardly could I imagine how they could listen to our Chinese teacher!And,you know,most of us can't speak French either.Hope that English can be the help.:-p
So,what should I say when I meet my French partner?"Benjour"?
Greetings from Beijing,
you say : "bonjour, comment allez vous?", Xiaoyu, glad you meet some french voices, you'll see how this language sings nicely.
i'm just going outside to the town, and i'll write you more this evening.
amitiés, Damir
hello, Xiaoyu, how it was, the first experience with the french language???? French is easy, every child here speaks french here in France, ;-),
Well, this july, at the end, probably I'll visit China again, a group of friends goes to the Congress of Anthropology in Kunming, the province of Yunnan. I will join the group and we'll visit the towns Dali, Lijiang and others, and Hong Kong at the end. We will not visit Beijing. For the moment that's all what I know about the travel but I'll tell you more when everything will be put on the paper. I think that the region is very nice, maybe the weather will not be too hot, as it can be in Beijing at the end of July. amitiés, Damir
Hi Damir,I'm so glad to hear that you are going to visit China again,although you won't come to Beijing.Maybe Beijing is a city full of cultural sights,but in the south of China,you'll see much more natural scenery.Hope you can enjoy your trip there!
As for French students,I have to say,they are very kind and friendly.Though we grew up in different countries,there are still some topics we are both interested in.And they even played pingpong with us.(Well,I'm very good at it,just like other teenagers in China.);-)
I'd like to know what's the meaning of "bonjour, comment allez vous".I said "Benjour" to them when we met each other,but do you know what they said to us?They said "Ni Hao!"Maybe you know that idiom;it means "hello" in Chinese.It's funny that they had learnt some Chinese idioms before they came,just like I had learnt how to pronounce "Benjour".
By the way,could you tell me what's the meaning of "amitiés"?I see it at the end of you comments every time,but don't know what does it mean.:-p
And I'm looking forward to knowing more about your journey to China.;-)
Warm regards from Beijing,
hello Xiaoyu, when you go somewhere it is polite to say few words in the language of a country you visit, so I find it good that french students learned at least to say Ni Hao. The comunication with chinese was rather difficult, we found very few people speaking english, specially as YOU speak, fluently, and a lot of time we hoped thad we had been understud, but maybe it was not always sure. Ni Hao were also my first words of mandarine chinese I learned, I learned also the finger signs for numbers, it was practical sometimes. Well, I learned not much more, but it would not be bad to learn more, before traveling to China.
Our plan of visit is changing from day to day and maybe we'll stop for two days in Beijing also. I would be glad to meet you then.
"Amitiés" means something like "friendly greetings", or "with my friendship", "ami" means friend in french.
friendly (amitiés), Damir
Hi Damir,we have three days off now in China for the May Day.Maybe you have the same feast in France.
Most of students in China now learn English as their first foreign language,but there are still only a few Chinese people could speak English fluently,just like what you said.The older generation didn't have chances to learn foreign languages when they were young because of the "culture revolution" in 1960s in China--that was a terrible turbulence in fact.My parents also suffered it when they were young children.As a result,neither of them went to the university or got the good education,to say nothing of learned foreign languages.
You know,English and Chinese are quite different.Just like a French would think English is easier to learn than Chinese,maybe English is a little more difficult for us.As for the younger generation,we're trying to learn it well.;-)
And I'm glad I've known another French word "Amitiés",even though I don't know how to pronounce it.:-p
hi, Xiaoyu, here in capitalist France the 1st May is always celebrated, usualy one day except if the weekend is joined like this week. But a lot of shops are opened on the 1st May and today, saturday, everytnig is open.
I understand that young students want to learn english, languages are like the open door on the different world, if you learn you understand better what is happening outside of borders, how others think, breathe, and enjoy the life. I know that a "cultural revolution" did a lot of dammages, and I read some books about, one of the best is : "Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress" bu Dai Sijie. Try on this link I think you can read partialy the text of the book. There are some pages to show a style of writer.
You say that english is hard to be learned, the reason is that you certainly have some difficulties with the pronociation, and maybe with a logic of grammary. As always in schools they try to teach the students to understand perfectly the mechanics of a new language as you should be one day a teacher of that language. And that difficulties often make that students do not like what they learn. The best way to have a pleasent aproach with a language is when you speak it with someone, even with a weak level of gramatical knowledge. When you see that a comunication can be established it gives you a wish to learn better and better. Comunication is the most important thing when learning languages.
Amitié is prononced just like it is written, and the accent is on the last e.
amitiés, Damir
Damir,sorry for writing back to you so late.I saw your comment several days ago,but had no time to reply.I'm surprised that you are so familiar with Chinese history and culture.I think it's unusual for a foreigner to know so much about the "culture revolution".As for the book "Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress",I'm sorry I never hear about it.But when I googled it I really got plenty of information.It is said that the movie of it was showed in France at a time.It must be a great wark,I guess.May it has showed more details of China to people in other parts of the world.
And I've seen your pictures of Paris and other parts of France.They are quite stunning,showing to me different people's lives at the opposite point of the globe.
It seems that you always have much spare time so that you could be on line every day.I'm not so lucky as you,for I have to go to school and try to finish my endless homework.I remember that you said you were an architect at a time.Then don't you go to work daily?
Regards from Beijing,
hello Xiaoyu, yes, you are right, I'm now in Croatia for some months, and to explain why I have so much time to be on line every day I must tell you that I stopped to work some years ago; even an architecte can retire. So I'm enjoing my free time and can be on the link as long as I wish or travel around, visit my friends. That is a difference with you, who are busy with school and homeworks. By the age I could be your grandfather as you could see. You say that I'm lucky to have a lot of time, I could say that you are lucky to be young and to have the nice life-time perspective, as I hope you'll have.
I'm very glad you like my photos, and I try to show a lot of anecdotes of the life situations and different people around me, which is not always easy.
I was always interested in China's history and life as China is a very far, very big and misterious country, who suffered much and who has an excellent chance in the future developement. I hope also that you, personnaly, could find easily your own chance in the this extraordinary transformation wha the world and China's people is living actually.
amitiés from Croatia,_ Damir_
dear Xiaoyu, well, I know now that I will be in Beijing on 21 july and will stay in Sunworld hotel,Address: 88 Dengshikou, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100006 P.R.C., and the next day I leave by train for Xi'an, in the evening. I would be very pleased to meet you if you could find the time for one hour, just to exchange few words with you. I'm traveling with my cousin who is profesor of anthropology and has a cpngress few days later in Kunming. If it's vbpossible for you I will leave you my mail adress, easier to corespond.
greetings and amitiés, Damir
Dear Damir,I'm sorry that maybe I could not come there,for there will be a very important activity for us in this summer.Well,you know,China gained the independence 60 years ago,on October 1,1949.So in this year there will be an imposing parade at Tian'anmen Square in October as a celebration.We students in the capital city Beijing are required to serve the parade.From July to September,we'll have to spend our whole summer holiday training in our school to be volunteers.It will be very important,so I'm afraid a day-off won't be permitted.Really sorry for that.
But actually our school is exactly near to Dengshikou in Dongcheng District,where you are going to stay for a day.If you have any problems while you are in Beijing,you can ask me.I'll be glad if I can be a help.
Warm regards,
Dear friend Xiaoyu, I'm little disapointed, I hope that I was not impolite to invite you to meet me. For me it would be very interesting to meet a contemorary chinese girl, as you are, to exchange some impressions abour life in China.
I hope that you could find a moment just to drink a softdrink with me later in the afternoon, specially if you do not live far from a place I will stay. Even better, as I will have a visit of the Forbidden city on the next morning with my cousin and two other companions of travel and a chinese guide, speaking english, I will be happy if you can join us for that visit, so we could have more time to speak.
I know it's great fun and joy for you to prepare a parade of celebration of Independance day, and you are certainly very busy about. I hope again that meeting you could be possible.
And thak you on a very kind words on a friendship you wrote on another photo.
amitiés, Damir.
Sorry,Damir,I didn't mean to disappoint you.Actually I'm very grateful for your kind invite.I feel expectant,and also a little anxious,though.When the training for the parade will begin is still uncertain,so I don't exactly know whether it will clash with our meeting.I'll give you a certain answer as soon as I get the confirmed imformation.
Wish you a happy journey in China,
hello, dear Xiaoyu, we are just changing a little bit our accompodation in Beijing, and as we arrive in the morning we shall probably have the visit of the Forbidden city in the afternoon, and than, the next day free until the train departure for Xi'an. So, as I will have all details, I will let you know, and I will be very happy if you could find a time for meeting, even short one. Anyway, my email adress is : firstname.lastname@example.com, and if you wish you can join me with the message on that adress. amitiés, Damir
hello, Xiaoyu , this is the hotel where we shal be accomodated. I propose you to leave the message by phone on a reception desk for Damir Perinic, with you phone number if it is possible. and I could conatct you after arival in Beijing. Or, just indicate at what time you can arive in the hotel on somewhere else, on your choice. Or you can mail me your disponibilities. Thank you, I would be very glad to speak with you, or with your friends if you come in group.
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Hello,Damir.Sorry for write back to you so late.Our performance on the National Day Parade is over.You can watch the parade on TV if you are still in China now.Wish that your trip in China would be enjoyable.Greetings,Xiaoyu
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The authors would like to thank to an anonymous referee and John Doukas (the editor), for helpful comments. We also like to thank the National Securities Market Commission for providing the data used, and Marina Balboa for her valuable support. The paper also benefited from discussions with seminar participants at the University of Navarra, the University of La Rioja, the University of Valencia, the University of Barcelona, the University of the Balearic Islands, and the European Financial Management 2010 Annual Conference, the 17th Annual Conference of the Multinational Finance Society, the 18th Spanish Financial Forum, and the 35th Symposium of the Spanish Association of Economy. Ana C. Díaz-Mendoza and Miguel A. Martínez acknowledge research support from the Ministry of Science and Innovation, grants ECO2008–00777/ECON and ECO2011–29268, and Basque Government grant IT-241–07. Germán López-Espinosa acknowledges research support from the Ministry of Science and Innovation, grant ECO2008–02599/ECON, from the University of Navarra (PIUNA), and from Navarra Government (Jerónimo de Ayanz program). Any errors or omissions are our own. A previous version of this paper has been published as Working Paper n° 583 in the Fundación de las Cajas de Ahorros (FUNCAS) collection. Correspondence: Miguel A. Martínez.
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The Efficiency of Performance-Based Fee Funds
Version of Record online: 27 JUN 2012
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-036X.2012.00654.x
© 2012 John Wiley & Sons Ltd
European Financial Management
Volume 20, Issue 4, pages 825–855, September 2014
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Díaz-Mendoza, A. C., López-Espinosa, G. and Martínez, M. A. (2014), The Efficiency of Performance-Based Fee Funds. European Financial Management, 20: 825–855. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-036X.2012.00654.x
Publication History
- Issue online: 15 SEP 2014
- Version of Record online: 27 JUN 2012
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