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<title><![CDATA[DAKONG BAYLE 08]]></title>
<link>http://lhureyandbelen.wordpress.com/?p=12</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:19:06 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Toledo City Employees Fellowship Night presents “DAKONG BAYLE 08” was proudly hosted by Marissa ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Toledo City Employees Fellowship Night presents “<span style="font-weight:bold;">DAKONG BAYLE 08</span>” was proudly hosted by Marissa Rubin. The fellowship night was crowded with enjoyment, vocalizing, party, amazement and play. <strong>Dakong Bayle</strong> is a <span style="font-weight:bold;">Big Disco</span> in English. There was also a Holy Mass for the fellowship night. After the Holy Mass the Civil Service Office (CSO) assist the registration for all the employees from the local and national offices. After that, they proceed to Barba Complex for a dinner. <a href="http://www.phblogger.net/toledo-city/dakong-bayle-08.htm" target="_self">read more here</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Toledo]]></title>
<link>http://lapuce.wordpress.com/?p=907</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:13:40 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Toledo&#8217;s map comes as close to a labyrinth as possible without deliberate planning. Well, mayb]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a title="http://www.go-toledo.com/maps/toledo-map.html" href="http://www.go-toledo.com/maps/toledo-map.html">Toledo's map comes as close to a labyrinth</a> as possible without deliberate planning. Well, maybe it was deliberate planning, I don't know. I usually considering myself being good in orienting myself but after failing twice in finding what I was looking for by walking simply in the right direction, I decided to strictly follow the map. The challenge is that you have to <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">blindly</span> trust the map. If you say first left and then second right, take the second right even if it's just 60 cm wide and rather looks like a cul-de-sac.</p>
<p>A part from this, it's of some advantage if you don't mind stairs and a lot of walking up, down, down, up, etc. It's a rather sportive challenge visiting Toledo throughout in a day. But it's beautiful. The best part is actually just walking through the city and see all these nice little, twisted streets and amazing buildings which very often look like <em>Art Nouveau</em> though I'm not sure if this is not the Muslim influence.</p>
<p>Not that there is much of Muslim culture left. Actually, Toledo has the highest percentage of churches, convents or other religious buildings per square-meter, I've ever seen in life. In almost every corner of the street you run into a church. But from one of the churches (I just can't remember which one) you have undeniably a great view over the city.</p>
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<p>In one word: <span style="cursor:pointer;"><span class="q">fantástico!<br />
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<title><![CDATA[Toledo Spain Welcomes "Geographies of Islam" Aga Khan Museum]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:33:39 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[As reported earlier, Aga Khan Museum entitled &#8220;Geographies of Islam&#8221; opens today in Tole]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As reported <a href="http://ismailimail.wordpress.com/2008/09/29/geographies-of-islam-islamic-art-museum-aga-khan/">earlier</a>, Aga Khan Museum entitled "Geographies of Islam" opens today in Toledo Spain. Here are few of the media reports in Spanish.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.abc.es/20081010/toledo-toledo/roca-tarpeya-abre-muestra-20081010.html" target="_blank">http://www.abc.es</a><br />
<a href="http://www.soitu.es/soitu/2008/10/09/info/1223567142_471017.html" target="_blank">http://www.soitu.es</a><br />
<a href="http://www.jccm.es/prensa/altaresolucion.phtml?cod=34642" target="_blank">http://www.jccm.es</a><br />
<a href="http://www.toledo-turismo.com/turismo/agenda/113/-geografias-del-islam---del-museo-de-aga-khan.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.toledo-turismo.com</a></p>
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<p>Translated via Google</p>
<p>Tarpey Rock opens the show at the Museum of Aga Khan</p>
<p>10 October 2008<br />
ABC</p>
<p>EFETOLEDO. The Royal Foundation of Toledo welcomes yesterday from an anthology exhibition of collections of Islamic art that will form the future of the Aga Khan Museum, which will open in the</p>
<p>EFE</p>
<p>TOLEDO. The Royal Foundation of Toledo welcomes yesterday from an anthology exhibition of collections of Islamic art that will form the future of the Aga Khan Museum, which opened in the Canadian city of Toronto in 2011, designed as the first museum dedicated to the cultures Muslim in America.</p>
<p>This was explained yesterday during the inauguration of the sample the director general of The Aga Khan Trust for Culture, Luis Monreal, who stressed that quoted the Museum seeks to contribute to the knowledge of Islamic culture in America, as the clash of civilizations between East and West is nothing more than "mutual ignorance", is "the clash of ignorance '.</p>
<p>According to Monreal, art is "one of the ways that speak more directly to the emotional intelligence of the people" and, hence, the idea of making this museum dedicated to a culture of "a spirituality can be as deep as the Christian" .</p>
<p>The 28 pieces will be displayed at the Rock of Tallerón Tarpey of the Royal Foundation until next January VIII dating from the nineteenth century, come from countries such as China, Afghanistan, Mauritania, Egypt, Iran and even the Iberian Peninsula, ranging from folios and Koranic manuscripts, pottery jars, bronze incense burners or an astrolabe, attributed to the astronomer Azarquiel Toledo, the fifteenth century, or a chandelier Umayyad, the tenth century, also from Spain.</p>
<p>Only in Toledo</p>
<p>The president of the Royal Foundation of Toledo, Gregorio Maranon and Bertran de Lis, thanked The Aga Khan Trust for Culture assignment of these pieces, which is the first time traveling to Spain and that is only going to be able to cover in the city Spanish, from where they depart to Berlin, Moscow and St. Petersburg.</p>
<p>The exhibit has gone before by Parma, London, the Louvre in Paris and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, although with some variations in the exhibits, as explained by the head of the Royal Foundation.</p>
<p>Marañón recalled that the Aga Khan Foundation for Culture, which has ceded the pieces to make this exhibition possible, to which he referred to as "the most important initiative in recent centuries in the area of recovery of the past Islamic 'was rewarded in 2006 by the Royal Foundation of Toledo for his Historic Cities Program.</p>
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<p>Translated via Google</p>
<p>Toledo welcomes today from small sample of what will be the Aga Khan Museum Toronto</p>
<p>9 October 2008</p>
<p>Agencia EFE - Tourism Service</p>
<p>Toledo, Oct. 9 (EFE) .- The Royal Foundation of Toledo welcomes today from an anthology exhibition of collections of Islamic art that will form the future of the Aga Khan Museum, which opened in the Canadian city of Toronto in 2011 designed as the first museum dedicated to Muslim cultures in North America.</p>
<p>This was explained today at the opening of the show the director general of The Aga Khan Trust for Culture, Luis Monreal, who has stressed that this museum seeks to contribute to knowledge of Islamic culture in America, as the clash of civilizations between East and West is nothing more than "mutual ignorance", is "the clash of ignorance".</p>
<p>According to Monreal, art is "one of the ways that speak more directly to the emotional intelligence of the people" and, hence, the idea of making this museum dedicated to a culture of "a spirituality can be as deep as the Christian" .</p>
<p>The 28 pieces will be displayed at the Rock of Tallerón Tarpey of the Royal Foundation until next January VIII dating from the nineteenth century, come from countries such as China, Afghanistan, Mauritania, Egypt, Iran and even the Iberian Peninsula, ranging from folios and Koranic manuscripts, pottery jars, bronze incense burners or an astrolabe, attributed to the astronomer Azarquiel Toledo, the fifteenth century, or a chandelier Umayyad, the tenth century, also from Spain.</p>
<p>The president of the Royal Foundation of Toledo, Gregorio Maranon and Bertran de Lis, thanked The Aga Khan Trust for Culture assignment of these pieces, which is the first time traveling to Spain and that is only going to be able to cover in the Spanish town, from where they will depart for Berlin, Moscow and St. Petersburg.</p>
<p>The exhibit has gone before by Parma, London, the Louvre in Paris and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, although with some variations in the exhibits, as explained in charge of the Royal Foundation of Toledo.</p>
<p>Marañón recalled that the Aga Khan Foundation for Culture has transferred the pieces to make this exhibition possible, to which he referred to as "the most important initiative in recent centuries in the area of recovery of the Islamic past," was rewarded in 2006 by the Royal Foundation of Toledo for his Historic Cities Program.</p>
<p>He remembered the words and shared that, to collect the prize, delivered his driver, Prince Aga Khan, who said that "Toledo has managed to preserve the legacy and the glorious intellectual adventure that Arabs, Christians and Jews knew how to create, from his personality , "And that resulted in" prosperity, harmony, scientific, philosophical knowledge and artistic creativity. "</p>
<p>This same philosophy, has stressed Maranon, which is chaired today the opening of the exhibition "Geographies of Islam. Works of Islamic Art Museum Aga Khan," which, according to Luis Monreal, shows not only the diversity of Islam, but its breadth timeline.</p>
<p>At the opening ceremony were attended by, among other personalities, the Minister of Culture of Castilla-La Mancha, Soledad Herrero, the president of the Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences History of Toledo, Ramon Gonsalvez, and vice and deputy mayor of Toledo, Angel Felpeto and Aurelio San Emeterio, respectively.</p>
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<p>CASTILLA-LA MANCHA. Culture describes as "extraordinary" exposure "Geographies of Islam" opened at the Royal Foundation of T</p>
<p>9 October 2008</p>
<p>Europa Press - National Service</p>
<p>TOLEDO, 9 (EUROPA PRESS)</p>
<p>Councilor for Culture, Tourism and Handicrafts, Soledad Herrero, said today that the exhibition "Geographies of Islam: Works from the Museum of Islamic Art Aga Khan" was inaugurated at the Royal Foundation of Toledo, is an "extraordinary" to close the European Year Intercultural Dialogue, alo adding that "knowledge creates understanding between peoples."</p>
<p>Accompanied by the chairman of the same, Gregorio Maranon, the minister moved his gratitude because "all citizens have the opportunity to see these extraordinary pieces of Islamic art, which at times is quite unknown," the Board in a press release.</p>
<p>About the distance between peoples, the minister appealed for dialogue and common understanding, as "ignorance creates misunderstandings and conflicts", so called for "having this dialogue so extraordinary that promotes the Alliance of Civilizations" He said.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, Toledo announced that it will host next December the second edition of the Festival on both sides, which through the performing arts, promote dialogue between cultures, the encounter and friendship between Spain and Morocco, thanks to the close collaboration that the Ministry and the International Theater Institute of the Mediterranean.</p>
<p>At the opening of "Geographies of Islam," also attended by the director general of the Aga Khan Foundation, Luis Monreal, who acknowledged the "great privilege" of power open in Toledo this sample, which he described as one of the most important collections of Islamic art in the world. THOUSAND YEARS OF HISTORY</p>
<p>This exhibition, which will remain open until the next November 1, is composed of parts of the nineteenth century VIII and offers a good example of the artistic achievements of Islamic civilization from Spain to China.</p>
<p>Before arriving in Toledo, was exhibited in prominent museums of European cities as Parma, London, Paris and Lisbon. Subsequently will travel to Berlin and the Hermitage Museum (St. Petersburg), ending their journey in 2011, where he was installed as a permanent exhibit in the new Aga Khan museum being built in Toronto.</p>
<p>Among the pieces that can be observed, visitors have the opportunity to learn about the astrolabe of the fourteenth century with inscriptions in Latin, Arabic and Hebrew, and who possibly was manufactured in Toledo. It also can be miniatures of Yemen and Afghanistan, manuscripts from Iran and Samarkand, ceramics from Syria and Egypt, Tunisia and Indonesia Korans, and silks from Turkey and Mongolia.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Oropesa (Toledo)]]></title>
<link>http://trapatroles.wordpress.com/?p=313</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:50:02 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Oropesa se localiza entre la Sierra de Gredos y el río Tajo, en el centro peninsular, de hay que lo]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Oropesa se localiza entre la Sierra de Gredos y el río Tajo, en el centro peninsular, de hay que los romanos la llamasen Comedium Orbis (centro del orbe). En 1085 fue reconquistada por Alfonso VI. En 1366 fue donada a D. Garci Álvarez de Toledo, jefe de la Casa de Alba, por Enrique II. En el S. XV Isabel la Católica le concede el título de Condado de Oropesa.</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Castillo de Oropesa</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>En lo alto de la colina de la villa destaca el Palacio - Castillo de Oropesa reconvertido en Parador Nacional de Turismo. En él se aprecian rastros de la fortaleza musulmana (S. XI) y un castillo medieval del S. XV. Anexionado se encuentra el Palacio de Doña Elvira, de estilo gótico-mudéjar del S. XIV y superpuesto a este el Palacio de los Álvarez de Toledo del S. XVI.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>Del conjunto anterior parte la muralla que rodea parte del casco antiguo de Oropesa, siendo la mayoría del S. XIII.</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Muralla de Oropesa</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>Sobre la antigua mezquita árabe se levanta la Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción con fachada románica con remates platerescos mientras los pináculos y las gárgolas son góticos.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><a href="http://trapatroles.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/3iglesia-nc2aa-sra-de-la-asuncion.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-316" title="3iglesia-nc2aa-sra-de-la-asuncion" src="http://trapatroles.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/3iglesia-nc2aa-sra-de-la-asuncion.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="300" /></a></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Iglesia de Nª Sª de la Asunción</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>Del S. XIV data el Hospital de San Juan Bautista que funcionaba como hospital y lugar de hospedaje de peregrinos. La Capilla de San Bernardo es un monumental edificio de estilo herreriano construída por D. Francisco de Mora, discípulo de Juan de Herrera. Fue mandada construir por D. Francisco Álvarez de Toledo, virrey del Perú.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><a href="http://trapatroles.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/4capilla-de-san-bernardo.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-317" title="4capilla-de-san-bernardo" src="http://trapatroles.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/4capilla-de-san-bernardo.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="300" /></a></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Capilla de San Bernardo</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>En la <a href="http://www.lahosteriadeoropesa.com/">Hostería de Oropesa </a>se puede degustar el revuelto de morcilla, el bacalao, las migas o el rabo de toro. Para acompañar los platos los vinos de la tierra con <a href="http://www.lamanchado.es/index.html">D. O. La Mancha</a>.</strong></p>
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<title><![CDATA[please form an orderly line behind jim jackson, danielle briones, and jim kirk to have your photo taken with john amato]]></title>
<link>http://juplife.wordpress.com/?p=2256</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:32:41 +0000</pubDate>
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i snuck into the society page of the toledo blade today with the above photo along with jim jackso]]></description>
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<p>i snuck into the society page of the toledo blade today with the above photo along with jim jackson, danielle briones, and jim kirk. if you remember back to june when the three of us did the <a title="epic race" href="http://juplife.com/?s=epic+race">epic race</a>, we went to chuck's kids unlimited golf outing and snagged a few photos with notable toledo people. chuck passed one of those onto the blade and it finally made an appearance in the hollowed pages of one of america's finest newspapers.</p>
<p>from <a title="toledo blade" href="http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081006/COLUMNIST10/810060281">the toledo blade, 10.6.08</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>KIDS Unlimited Celebrity Golf Classic hosted by Merrill Lynch was June 2 at Sylvania County Club. Jimmy Jackson brought several of his NBA/OSU friends along for the day. However, the first-place team, with a 17 under par, included John Hills, Cam Smith, Jr., Mike Crooks, and John Tattersall, who played with celebrity Doug Dieken color commentator for the Cleveland Browns. The net was $27,000.</p></blockquote>
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<title><![CDATA[ESPIRITUS TOLEDANOS]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:19:01 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Regreso de nuevo a Toledo con el ánimo inquieto de quién     desea contemplar los fantasmas del pa]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#808080;"><strong>Regreso de nuevo a Toledo con el ánimo inquieto de quién     desea contemplar los fantasmas del pasado. Muchos años ha, desde que se inició en mí la     afición por el Saber y por el Arte, que me impuse la obligación de pisar las mismas     piedras que desgastaron tantos y tantos personajes, entre los que yo mismo, Enrique de     Villena, me encuentro. Mi obligada cita anual... Pronto, la invocación surtirá el efecto     deseado y los espíritus, generalmente, reticentes a abandonar sus seguras y reposadas     guaridas, acudirán a mi llamada. De nuevo, esta noche, las calles de la Imperial  						serán     dóciles y generosas al conjuro de mi voz y me mostrarán sus secretos.</strong></span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><a href="http://unasugerenciaaldia.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/toledo102.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-19 alignleft" title="toledo102" src="http://unasugerenciaaldia.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/toledo102.jpg" alt="" width="247" height="198" /></a> Entro en <strong>Toledo</strong> por el mismo paso que utilizaron, desde tiempos       inmemoriales, todos los viajeros     llegados desde los <strong>Montes</strong> y por el camino de <strong>Mérida</strong>, aquél que llegaba a     la urbe por la orilla izquierda del <strong>Tajo</strong>. El mismo que, hoy, es el paso natural de     los huertanos de la <strong>Vega Baja</strong>, cuyos productos llenaron los mercados del barrio sur     de la ciudad, recorriendo la calle dedicada a los <strong>Reyes Católicos</strong>. La enrojecida     luz solar fenece tras el horizonte, tiñendo los suelos toledanos de vacilantes sombras y,     entre ellas, se define una negra silueta. Un viejo judío se me acerca, me saluda con un     leve y silencioso asentimiento de cabeza y me invita a acompañarle. Casi sin mirarle,     respetuoso, le sigo y escucho..</p>
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<p>La de los <strong>Católicos</strong> es vía antigua y     palaciega, de nombre cambiante (el de hoy, lo recibió en 1916) e ignorancia mozárabe,     pues fue el centro del barrio judío, como aún recuerdan las sinagogas de <strong>Santa María     la Blanca</strong> y del <strong>Tránsito</strong>. Contraste con la imponente presencia que, a partir     de la moderna plaza de <strong>Barrionuevo</strong>, exhibe el convento diseñado por <strong>Juan Guas</strong> y cuyo tramo se conoció como <em>Carnicería de San Juan de los Reyes</em>.</p>
<p><a href="http://unasugerenciaaldia.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/tolemez13.jpg"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-22" title="tolemez13" src="http://unasugerenciaaldia.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/tolemez13.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="213" /></a></p>
<p>Según avanzamos, se me aparecen los tres     valiosos edificios que conserva, procedentes de los siglos XIII, XIV y XV. El más     moderno, <strong>San Juan de los Reyes</strong>, es el más incompleto, pues se destruyó el     monasterio y parte del claustro gótico en 1808. Lejos quedan, sin embargo, el recuerdo     que mi intangible guía guarda de los tres importantes palacios que aquí hubo.     Correspondían al conde de <strong>Portalegre</strong> (sobre el solar hay una fábrica de     damasquinados), a la condesa de <strong>Coruña del Conde</strong> (actual maternidad provincial) y     a los marqueses de <strong>Villena</strong> (las ruinas están enterradas bajo el paseo del <strong>Tránsito</strong>),     mientras, muy próximos, estaba el lujoso hogar de <strong>Leonor</strong>, condesa de <strong>Alburquerque</strong> y de <strong>Ledesma</strong>, esposa de <strong>Fernando de Antequera</strong>, y llamada <em>la rica-hembra</em>.     Sobre este último, se levantó un convento de monjas franciscanas de <strong>Santa Ana</strong>,     cuya capilla, lo único importante en pie, está dentro de la <strong>Escuela de Artes</strong> desde 1882.</p>
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<p><span style="font-family:Arial;">Mi                         amigo me la describe con tal claridad de detalles que no necesito     verla para dejarla impresa en mi memoria. No es la primera vez que lo hace, mas disfruto     con su charla, capaz de avivar mis propios recuerdos. Luego, casi sin pausa, reinicia el     paseo para alcanzar la calle de <strong>San Juan de Dios</strong>, lugar que, dada su fe, conoce perfectamente. La     calleja vive en el centro de la <strong>Judería Mayor</strong> donde, siguiendo el ejemplo dado en <strong>Torrijos</strong> por <strong>Teresa Enríquez</strong>, apodada <em>la loca del sacramento</em>, el 17 de abril de     1567, <strong>Leonor de Mendoza</strong>, condesa de <strong>Coruña</strong>, fundó una nueva capilla que     llamó del <em><strong>Corpus Christi</strong></em>. Mas, pocos años después, cambió de idea por no     averiguadas razones y, en vez de simple capilla, donó iglesia y edificio anejo a la orden     de <strong>San Juan de Dios</strong>, dotando su mantenimiento con una renta de ciento catorce mil     maravedíes anuales, para convertirlo en hospital.</span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Rápidamente, se olvidó la original     advocación del templo en favor del de la orden hospitalaria, nueva en <strong>Toledo</strong>, y     dando nombre a esta calle. En ocasiones, se la titula de <strong>San Benito</strong>, como más     gusta a mi amigo, por la inmediata ermita de los calatravos, costeada como sinagoga (hoy,     del <strong>Tránsito</strong>) por <strong>Samuel Leví</strong>.</span></p>
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<p align="justify"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:x-small;color:#800000;">Sucesos olvidados</span><span style="font-size:x-small;"><img src="http://www.revistaiberica.com/images/fotos/reportajes/toledo/toledo5.jpg" border="1" alt="Casa de El Greco" hspace="3" vspace="3" width="100" height="154" align="right" /></span><br />
</span></strong><span style="font-family:Arial;">Mi conjurado amigo emite un suspìro de     nostalgia que se diluye en un halo de invisible vaho. Y continúa... En las     actuales casas 18 y 20, el 14 de mayo de 1569, fundó <strong>Santa Teresa</strong><strong> de Jesús</strong> el     carmelitano convento de <strong>San José</strong>, tras fracasar su acuerdo con los albaceas del     piadoso mercader <strong>Martín Ramírez</strong>. Se alojaban la santa y dos hijas de religión     venidas del convento abulense, en el palacio de <strong>Luisa de la Cerda</strong>. Allí, negoció     y estimó excesivas las pretensiones de <strong>Alonso Alvarez</strong>, heredero y albacea del     mercader, y de su yerno <strong>Diego Ortiz</strong>, de fundar una casa de la descalcez a expensas     del legado del devoto comerciante. Ello, la llevó a crearlo con independencia, superando     la oposición del gobernador eclesiástico <strong>Gómez Tello Girón</strong> y logrando licencia     eclesiástica el 8 de mayo.</span></p>
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<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Poco después, arrendó las citadas casas y,     sin medios materiales ni permiso de propiedad, las convirtió, en una noche, en capilla y     convento, diciendo, al amanecer, la primera misa. No obstante, no pemaneció allí ni un     año, pues recibió una gran cantidad de los albaceas a cambio del patronato de la capilla     mayor y compró, por doce mil ducados, casa más amplia en la plaza de las <strong>Capuchinas</strong>,     lugar del convento hasta su traslado definitivo al de <strong>San José</strong>.</span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;">La memoria olvida estos sucesos igual que los     escasos restos no revelan la existencia de la principal residencia de la <em>Duquesa Vieja</em> que, según <strong>Salazar de Mendoza</strong>, <em>"estiendese desde el Paso del Carbon hasta     san Benito, y cae la mayor parte de ellas sobre la Plaça del Marqués de Villena, cuyas     casas están muy cerca, a calle en medio"</em>. La duquesa era la de <strong>Arjona</strong>, <strong>Aldonza     de Mendoza</strong>, hija del almirante de <strong>Castilla</strong> <strong>Diego Hurtado de Mendoza</strong>,     nieta de <strong>Enrique II</strong> y desposada con el duque de <strong>Arjona</strong> y conde de <strong>Trastámara</strong> <strong>Fadrique Enríquez de Castro</strong>, señor de <strong>Lemos</strong>.</span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Al igual que las ruinas del palacio, pierdo a     mi judío amigo y avanzo por mi mismo, dejándome llevar, esperando. No obstante, la     espera es corta. Pronto, cerca de la calle de <strong>San Marcos</strong> otro compañero, esta vez     musulmán, me sale al paso. Es buen lugar: en el número 1 estuvo, desde época ignorada,     la iglesia mozárabe de <strong>San Marcos</strong> que, por ruina, se trasladó a <strong>San Bartolomé</strong> en 1778. Transhumancias varias la llevaron, en 1973, a <strong>Santa Eulalia</strong>, no sin antes,     ocupar el amplio templo de los trinitarios calzados, vacío por las leyes     desamortizadoras. </span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;">En rededor de <strong>San Marcos</strong> se instalaron los tintoreros en época     árabe, por lo que se llamó <img src="http://www.revistaiberica.com/images/fotos/reportajes/toledo/toledo91.jpg" border="1" alt="Sinagoga" hspace="4" vspace="4" width="100" height="140" align="left" /><em>barrio de los tintes</em> a fines del siglo XII. Mas,     pronto emigraron a zonas donde el agua era más abundante y más cómoda de llevar, por lo     que, desde el XIII, se denominó <em>tintes viejos</em> al paraje que fue ocupado por     numerosos clérigos y servidores de la catedral.</span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;">También mozárabe es el templo de <strong>Santa     Eulalia</strong>, en la cuesta dedicada a <strong>Garcilaso de la Vega</strong> desde 1864. El poeta     nació en un palacio, sólo presente ya en la literatura, que debió ser amplio y digno     cuando en él se alojó <strong>Germana de Foix</strong>, ex-reina de <strong>Navarra</strong>, en enero de     1526. Hoy, sólo resta un solar y tres vulgares paredones, pobre remedo de la calle que,     en 1561, se denominaba <em>Portería de Santo Domingo</em>, aludiendo al de <strong>Silos</strong>, y,     en 1776, como <em>calle que sube a Santa Eulalia</em>, comenzando en la plaza del <strong>Colegio     de Doncellas</strong> y compuesta por dieciséis casas</span></p>
<p align="justify"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:x-small;color:#800000;">Subiendo agua</span><br />
</span></strong><span style="font-family:Arial;">Un giro a la derecha, un requiebro y, tras mi     apenas intuido compañero, alcanzo la plaza de <strong>Santo Domingo el Real</strong>. El sólo susurra     nombres e historias (incluso, me cuesta oírle). Leyendas de literatos y donantes de     lápidas sobre la calle, sobre su cobertizo y sobre la plaza. La rúa se conoce, más     bien, como cobertizo, aunque pertenezca al convento de <strong>Santa Clara</strong> -cuyo pasadizo     la cruza-. Es esta calle toledana, poco frecuentada, una de las pocas cuyo trazado está     excavado en la viva roca, sobre la que asoman los cimientos del convento de <strong>Santa Clara</strong> y los del palacio de los <strong>Malpica</strong> y <strong>Valdepusa</strong>. Costosa obra que debió     realizarse en 1568, cuando se rebajó el pavimento del cobertizo para facilitar el paso     bajo él y evitar que las lluvias vertiesen en el monasterio de las dominicas, encauzando     el agua hacia la plazuela de los <strong>Carmelitas</strong> y el <strong>Cristo de la Luz</strong>. Una     guardería montada por las dominicas ha animado, recientemente, este pasaje donde, antes,     crecía abundante hierba entre los guijarros.</span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Cerca, la plaza de <strong>Santa Clara</strong>, nombre     del primer convento de franciscanas fundado en <strong>Toledo</strong>, era, en origen, un <em>corral</em> con única entrada, flanqueada por el picadero del marqués de <strong>Malpica</strong>, cuyo     antepasado, <strong>Per Afán de Ribera</strong>, poseyó incluso, el solar de la plazuela que     cedió a las monjas en 1397. La brisa porta los recuerdos de vecinos tan antiguos como <strong>Diego     Alfón</strong>, caballero toledano dueño de <em>casas grandes</em> antes de 1292 y cuyo nieto     fue alcalde mayor de <strong>Toledo</strong> y cuya hermana <strong>María Meléndez</strong>, casó y     enviudó de <strong>Suero Téllez de Meneses</strong> (sobrino del arzobispo <strong>Gutierre Gómez</strong>)     sin sucesión, por lo que el 12 de marzo de 1369 donó los palacios a la comunidad     femenina de <strong>Santa María</strong> y <strong>San Damián</strong>.</span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Mas, un murmullo resentido, me recuerda que     ante la puerta del palacio de <strong>Diego Alfón</strong> celebraron sus juicios los alcaldes     toledanos en el siglo XIII, carente el juzgado de local propio y siendo <strong>Alfón</strong> alcalde mayor. Esta tendría un tejadillo para proteger del sol y la lluvia a litigantes,     testigos, juez y escribano.</span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;"> <img src="http://www.revistaiberica.com/images/fotos/reportajes/toledo/toledo8.jpg" border="1" alt="" hspace="6" vspace="6" width="150" height="106" align="left" />Me deja mi agareno en manos de     otra sombra no menos antigua, aunque no  pueda ver las arrugas de la vejez. Siento palpitar     la duda en esta entidad obligada a renunciar a la fe criada cuando niño, en favor del     cultivo adulto del dios cristiano. El converso parece más dicharachero, más animado, a     pesar de todo, y encamina mis pasoa hacia la calle de <strong>Azacanes</strong>. Nombre gremial y     etimología árabe referida a los modestos trabajadores que, en el siglo XIV, por ella     transitaban, subiendo agua a la villa a lomos de asnos provistos de unos entramados de     madera donde encajar los cántaros. Los salientes de las aguaderas golpeaban a los     distraídos transeúntes, por lo que se llamaron <em>cornadas de borrico</em>.</span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;">El oficio de aguador era libre para     cualquiera, aunque, en 1563, fue sujeto a normas sobre medidas de cántaros, contenido de     cinco azumbres y cuarto de agua y sellos de fabricante <em>"con la marca que por     mandado de la ciudad al presente se le ha dado a cada uno"</em>. Su incumplimiento     penalizaba con multa de doscientos maravedises y la rotura de los cántaros de medida     inferior. Los sucesivos abastecimientos construidos desde mediados del XIX, acabaron con     el oficio, aunque, hasta 1945, se surtieron aljibes con agua de la fuente de <strong>Cabrahigos</strong>,     no faltando los asnos con cántaros para llenar las tinajas de casas particulares, pues el     agua del río no era realmente potable.</span></p>
<p align="justify"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:x-small;color:#800000;">Ejecuciones y fiestas</span><br />
</span></strong><span style="font-family:Arial;">La sombra del converso ha desaparecido. No     desea llegar más allá, sobre todo, porque mis pies me llevan al centro de la ciudad, a     la conocida plaza de <strong>Zocodover</strong>. Lugar maldito para muchos, sólo puedo contar con     la alianza de los muertos violentamente. No tarda en aparecer una sombra en la que ciertos     rasgos se marcan con mayor fuerza. Prefiero, por ello, no preguntar. Sólo escucho.</span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img src="http://www.revistaiberica.com/images/fotos/reportajes/toledo/toledo2.jpg" border="1" alt="" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="100" height="166" align="right" />Los romanos cambiaron el     difícil paso del <strong>Tajo</strong> a través de un vado por un puente de piedra. Sobre el     puente, construyeron una calzada y, junto a ella, un castillo que aprovechó la escarpada     roca del cerro toledano y, a su costado, la población sometida, sujeta a un pesado     tributo. Conquistada por la fuerza, fuertes deben ser las defensas hacia el río y el     puente y fuerte la protección de los legionarios y de sus jefes frente a los sometidos.     Para ello, otra muralla separa el pretorio del caserío celtibérico. Muro provisto de     varias puertas frente al cual dejar una <em>tierra de nadie</em> que amplía el campo de     tiro e impide un asalto repentino. Mas, los restos encontrados (un muro de 2,60 metros de     espesor en el oriente de <strong>Zocodover</strong>, hallado en 1940) no son romanos, sino obra de     los seguidores de <strong>Alláh</strong>.</span></p>
<p align="justify"><img src="http://www.revistaiberica.com/images/fotos/reportajes/toledo/toledo3.jpg" border="1" alt="" hspace="6" vspace="6" width="150" height="90" align="left" /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Creado el espacio vacío, <strong>Zocodover</strong> se     convirtió en el nexo de unión entre los habitantes del burgo y los soldados y la     minoría gobernante, obligados a adquirir provisiones, animales de carga y de silla,     ganado comestible y enseres a agricultores, artesanos y comerciantes. De ahí el nombre de     la plaza: <em>Suk-al-dawab</em> o <em>mercado de las bestias</em>. De periodicidad semanal,     normal en los zocos árabes, <strong>Enrique IV</strong> lo convirtió en feria franca a celebrar     los 52 martes del año.</span></p>
<p align="justify"><em><span style="font-family:Arial;">"No es el único suceso. Acaso sí,     el más halagüeño"</span></em><span style="font-family:Arial;">, oigo a mis espaldas. El acto público más antiguo     celebrado en la plaza es la recepción dada a <strong>Alfonso VII</strong>, en 1139, por el     arzobispo <strong>Raimundo</strong>, rodeado de clérigos y monjes, tras reconquistar a los     almorávides el castillo de <strong>Oreja</strong>, la antigua <em><strong>Aurelia</strong></em>. Aunque el más     frecuente es el mercado, donde se dan cita artesanos y comerciantes, <em>villanos</em> y <em>judíos</em>,     mesones, tabernas y bodegones, albarderos y vinateros, vidrieros y carpinteros. De hecho,     aquí hubo hasta quince mesones distintos en el 1176, mientras que señores e hidalgos     acudían a vivir a la plaza, prestos a disfrutar de corridas de toros y juegos de cañas.</span><img src="http://www.revistaiberica.com/images/fotos/reportajes/toledo/toledo9.jpg" border="1" alt="" hspace="6" vspace="6" width="150" height="88" align="right" /><br />
<span style="font-family:Arial;">También se representaron autos     sacramentales, a fines del siglo XVI. Y</span><span style="font-family:Arial;"> dado el ejemplo que debía producir, tuvieron     lugar aquí, durante años, la ejecución de </span><span style="font-family:Arial;"> criminales comunes y de relajados autos de     fe, para los que se levantaban dos <em>cadahalsos</em>: uno, para señores y autoridades y,     otro, para reos y penitentes. La última ejecución pública se realizó el 25 de     noviembre de 1822, dando garrote vil al capellán de coro <strong>Atanasio García Juzgado</strong>,     tras formar en una partida absolutista contra el gobierno liberal.</span></p>
<p align="justify"><img src="http://www.revistaiberica.com/images/fotos/reportajes/toledo/toledo6.jpg" border="1" alt="toledo6.jpg (6343 bytes)" hspace="6" vspace="6" width="124" height="150" align="left" /><span style="font-family:Arial;">¿Es miedo lo que presiento en la voz de mi     amigo? Le miro, sintiendo el mismo estremecimiento que sacude su sombra, y contemplo     cómo, sin despedirse, huye del lugar. Le entiendo y, tras perderle en la oscuridad,     reinicio el paso. Golpeo las piedras de <strong>Toledo</strong> con mis pies. Es madrugada y no veo     a nadie alrededor. Sólo me acompañan los fantasmas de la <strong>Imperial</strong> y me encuentro     a gusto. Una sonrisa aparece en mis labios, porque, en la siguiente calle, descubro otra     sombra plagada de leyendas y agradezco el poder de mi invocación.</span></p>
<p><em><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#800000;">Ahora, sólo debo escuchar...</span></em></p>
<p><span style="font-size:xx-small;font-family:Arial;">*) La documentación del presente artículo     está recogida en el libro <em>Historia de las Calles de Toledo</em>, escrito por Julio     Porres Martín-Cleto. Tres volúmenes. Editorial Zocodover. 3ª Edición. 1988. Toledo</span></p>
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<description><![CDATA[Heyecanlı bir maç daha. Bir yandan memleketim takımı Kayserispor, bir yandan gönül verdiğim F]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Heyecanlı bir maç daha. Bir yandan memleketim takımı Kayserispor, bir yandan gönül verdiğim Fenerbahçe. Berabere bitmesine gönlüm razı gelmez. Bana sorarsanız Kayserispor daha ağır basıyor. Saat 21:00 da başlayacak maçı bakalım kim kazanacak?</p>
<p>Stat: Şükrü Saracoğlu</p>
<p>Hakem: Halis Özkahya</p>
<p><strong>FENERBAHÇE:</strong> Volkan Demirel, Gökhan Gönül, Edu, Önder, Roberto Carlos, Kazım, Maldonado, Selçuk, Uğur, Emre, Guiza</p>
<p><strong>KAYSERİSPOR:</strong> Souleymanou, Eren, Durmuş, Ali, Toledo, Saidou, Abdullah, Ragıp, Turgay, Mehmet, Aghahowa</p>
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<description><![CDATA[Kendi evinde Paris Saint Germain&#8217;e 2-1 yenilerek tur şansını zora sokan Kayseripor Parc Des]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kendi evinde Paris Saint Germain'e 2-1 yenilerek tur şansını zora sokan Kayseripor Parc Des Princes'ra tur arayışında. Kayserispor'a bir Kayserili olarak başarılar diliyorum. Gayseri Ih Ih :)</p>
<p><strong>Stat:</strong> Parc Des Princes</p>
<p><strong>Hakemler:</strong> Jonas Eriksson, Henrik Andren, Mathias Klasenius (İsveç)</p>
<p><strong>Paris Saint Germain:</strong> Landreau, Ceara, Camara, Mamadou Sakho, Sammy Traore, Makelele, Sessegnon, Clement, Rothen, Giuly, Luyindula</p>
<p><strong>Kayserispor:</strong> Souleymanou, Eren Güngör, Aydın, Ali Turan, Toledo, Mehmet Topuz, Saidou, Matias Escobar, Mehmet Eren, Aghahowa, Tevfik</p>
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<description><![CDATA[Seventeen of the nation&#8217;s 50 largest cities had high school graduation rates lower than 50 per]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="paragraph_style_3">Seventeen of the nation's 50 largest cities had high school graduation rates lower than 50 percent, with the lowest graduation rates reported in Detroit, Indianapolis and Cleveland, according to a report.</p>
<p class="paragraph_style_3">The report, issued by America's Promise Alliance, found that about half of the students served by public school systems in the nation's largest cities receive diplomas. Students in suburban and rural public high schools were more likely to graduate than their counterparts in urban public high schools, the researchers said.</p>
<p class="paragraph_style_3">Nationally, about 70 percent of U.S. students graduate on time with a regular diploma and about 1.2 million students drop out annually.</p>
<p class="paragraph_style_3">"When more than 1 million students a year drop out of high school, it's more than a problem, it's a catastrophe," said former Secretary of State Colin Powell, founding chair of the alliance.</p>
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<description><![CDATA[For a little diversion, here is a photo of Toledo, Spain. Toledo is less than 50 miles south of Madr]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For a little diversion, here is a photo of Toledo, Spain. Toledo is less than 50 miles south of Madrid. The Tagus River flows on three sides of the city. The large building on the hill is the Alcazar. A fortress has been located here since Roman times.</p>
[caption id="attachment_988" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Toledo, Spain. Photo by Ferrell Jenkins."]<a href="http://ferrelljenkins.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/toledo-18t.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-988" title="toledo-18t" src="http://ferrelljenkins.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/toledo-18t.jpg" alt="Toledo, Spain. Photo by Ferrell Jenkins." width="500" height="344" /></a>[/caption]
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<description><![CDATA[This was my first Race for the Cure run and let me tell you it was a very emotional one. There were ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://tbug.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/dsc04038.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-497" style="margin-left:5px;margin-right:5px;" title="Race for the Cure 5k-Toledo" src="http://tbug.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/dsc04038.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a>This was my first Race for the Cure run and let me tell you it was a very emotional one. There were some amazing women there who had won the battle with breast cancer and there were families and friends there to support them. And there were families and friends of ladies who did not win the battle. It was a very touching event. The survivors wore pink bibs to indicate who they were and boy they were everywhere. They said this event drew over 17,000 runners and walkers. It was definitely a big one. Much bigger than I expected. I'm clueless on my time for this race because in the massive amount of people at the start line I couldn't get to the right to step on the chip pad to activate the chip on my shoe. That was a bummer but oh well. I'm sure I was around the 30 minute mark. I had a kink in my side for half of the race and that is totally my fault because I only ran 1 time last week. These 2 weeks are<a href="http://tbug.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/dsc04041.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-498" style="margin-left:5px;margin-right:5px;" title="dsc04041" src="http://tbug.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/dsc04041.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a> my newspaper weeks and this month I have 4 of them I'm working on so running has not been priority. Hopefully next week will prove to be more productive since the last paper is to the printer on Friday. I have photos to upload but those will come later. I'm in the middle of moving files from my old mac to my new one and will be uploading pics from the camera once the migration is done. Check back soon. Hopefully they will be up tomorrow!</p>
<p>Tammy</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Lauren class of 2009  {toledo modern senior portrait photographer}]]></title>
<link>http://shutterlovestudio.wordpress.com/?p=654</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:29:56 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid>http://shutterlovestudio.ca.wordpress.com/2008/09/29/lauren-class-of-2009/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[On Saturday  I also photographed Lauren for her senior portraits, it was a ton of fun.  Lauren had a]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On Saturday  I also photographed Lauren for her senior portraits, it was a ton of fun.  Lauren had a lot of ideas that she came with which is great because that way these can show her personality.</p>
<p>Here are a few from the session...</p>
<p>Enjoy!</p>
<p><img class="alignnone" title=" " src="http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q81/shutterlovestudio/IMG_9907.jpg" alt="" width="423" height="590" /></p>
<p><img class="alignnone" title=" " src="http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q81/shutterlovestudio/IMG_9919.jpg" alt="" width="423" height="590" /></p>
<p><img class="alignnone" title=" " src="http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q81/shutterlovestudio/IMG_9977.jpg" alt="" width="423" height="590" /></p>
<p><img class="alignnone" title=" " src="http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q81/shutterlovestudio/IMG_9979.jpg" alt="" width="590" height="422" /></p>
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<p>I had a little fun with this shot, I am not always a color spot girl but I liked how her nails and eyes matched :)</p>
<p><img class="alignnone" title=" " src="http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q81/shutterlovestudio/IMG_0077.jpg" alt="" width="423" height="590" /></p>
<p><img class="alignnone" title=" " src="http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q81/shutterlovestudio/IMG_0110.jpg" alt="" width="423" height="590" /></p>
<p><img class="alignnone" title=" " src="http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q81/shutterlovestudio/IMG_0162.jpg" alt="" width="590" height="422" /></p>
<p><img class="alignnone" title=" " src="http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q81/shutterlovestudio/IMG_0174.jpg" alt="" width="590" height="422" /></p>
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<p>This is my favorite, and I loved the location, it took a little climbing, balancing and maneuvering to get there but I think it was worth it :)</p>
<p><img class="alignnone" title=" " src="http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q81/shutterlovestudio/IMG_0305.jpg" alt="" width="423" height="590" /></p>
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<p>comments always appreciated.</p>
<p>-C.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[15th Annual Susan G. Komen Northwest Ohio Race for the Cure]]></title>
<link>http://mikebrice.wordpress.com/?p=720</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:22:16 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid>http://mikebrice.ca.wordpress.com/2008/09/29/15th-annual-susan-g-komen-northwest-ohio-race-for-the-cure/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Click here to see the 15th Annual Susan G. Komen Northwest Ohio Race for the Cure video from Mike Br]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://vimeo.com/1842246?pg=embed&#38;sec=1842246">Click here to see the 15th Annual Susan G. Komen Northwest Ohio Race for the Cure video</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user443744?pg=embed&#38;sec=1842246">Mike Brice</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com?pg=embed&#38;sec=1842246">Vimeo</a>.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[iEstoy en Espana! (Email #1 from Abroad)]]></title>
<link>http://kaliltravels.wordpress.com/?p=3</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 08:48:20 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Kaley Kalil</dc:creator>
<guid>http://kaliltravels.ca.wordpress.com/2008/09/28/iestoy-en-espana-email-1-from-abroad/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[iBuenas tardes, Americanos!
I am currently in Toledo, Spain.  I was in Madrid for two days&#8230; Wh]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>iBuenas tardes, Americanos!</p>
<p>I am currently in <strong>Toledo, Spain</strong>.  I was in Madrid for two days... What a big city filled with LOTS of people!  Saw many castles, royal palaces, cathedrals, monasteries and tombs.  So much history!!!</p>
[caption id="attachment_78" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Toledo&#39;s old defense city wall"]<a href="http://kaliltravels.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/toledowall.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-78" title="toledowall" src="http://kaliltravels.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/toledowall.jpg?w=300" alt="Toledo's old defense city wall" width="300" height="225" /></a>[/caption]
<p>I am liking Toledo even more so far.  It's a quaint, romantic, little town.  Much smaller than Madrid.  Cobblestone streets, grand buildings made of limestone and big cement bricks.  Terraces outside every window, flower boxes on each, laundry hanging out to dry... just like a picture.  Many, many adorable cafes, cervezarias, taperias.</p>
<p>The food is..... interesting.  It seems to me that Spanish people like to make meals out of appetizers (<a title="tapas" href="http://www.spain-recipes.com/spanish_tapas.html" target="_blank">tapas</a> en Espanol).  (Actually, this makes sense to me.  I find myself doing the same thing whenever I am at a buffet or catered event back home.)  Fried <a title="spanish croquettes" href="http://www.spain-recipes.com/croquetas-jamon.html" target="_blank">Spanish croquettes</a>, mini sausages on toothpicks, ham, chorizo, many different types of cheese and bread, pork, <a title="paella" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paella" target="_blank">paella</a>, ham, meatballs, squid, <a title="pan con tomate" href="http://spanishfood.about.com/od/tapas/ss/pancontomate.htm" target="_blank">pan con tomate</a>, mini chicken skewers, jamon, spiced clams, gazpacho... Yup.  Ham is <em>definitely </em>the meat of choice here in Spain.  <a title="sangria" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sangria" target="_blank">Sangria</a> is, of course, the drink of choice.  (And now, I understand why!)</p>
<p>Water is not usually just given when you sit down at a restaurant and food is not that important.  You eat to stay alive, but meals are not a livelihood.  Rather, folks here focus on spending time with friends and family on a regular basis (5-6 nights a week).  Visiting over some tapas or coffee is very common.</p>
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<li>Grapes have seeds in them.</li>
<li>Croissants are part of almost every meal.</li>
<li>Electricity is conserved.</li>
<li>Mosques, churches and temples are mere blocks from one another.</li>
<li>Ketchup costs money, unless you are at McDonald's.</li>
<li>Gouda cheese is EVERYWHERE.  (You would love that, Dad!)</li>
<li>I now know I do not like Gouda cheese.</li>
<li>Spaniards talk with a lisp.  It's not hot.  It's confusing.</li>
<li>Tipping at restaurants is not required or even expected.  Ordering in Spanish kinda is.</li>
<li>People here have heard of Pita Jungle???  (You could be a celebrity, Nick!)</li>
<li>Drinking on the streets is permitted.  (So, I thought of Mike.)</li>
<li>People don't start eating dinner until 10pm.  You don't eat breakfast till about 9:30am.</li>
<li>Lunch is the biggest meal of the day.</li>
<li>Internet is not <em>nearly </em>as important as it is in the States.  Sometimes, it's non-existent.</li>
<li>Adults are out pushing their kids on a park swing on a weekday during "business hours."</li>
<li>Many Spaniards are white.</li>
<li>Very white.</li>
<li>I've almost gotten hit by a car or moped <em>three</em> times already.</li>
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[caption id="attachment_80" align="alignleft" width="72" caption="A Toledo church"]<a href="http://kaliltravels.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/church1.jpg"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-80" title="church" src="http://kaliltravels.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/church1.jpg?w=72" alt="A Toledo church" width="72" height="96" /></a>[/caption]
<p>The night life is ALWAYS going... everybody drinks. (Lorena!  Ven en diciembre con Jamilah, chica loquita!)</p>
<p>And none of the businesses really seem to count their money... or write anything down.  (So, I don't think you'd like to be an accountant <em>here</em>, Aunt Pam.)</p>
<p>Anyways, it's shower time.  I leave for Barcelona manana.  After that, no more four-star hotels... I'll be living en una casa con mi mama espanola, Consuelo, y su perro quien tiene 10 anos.  (Don't tell Bubba, Dad.)</p>
<p>All my love and inshallah I hope you are all doing well back home.</p>
<p>iHasta luego!</p>
<p>-Kaley</p>
[caption id="attachment_81" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Dinner with some friends"]<a href="http://kaliltravels.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/dinner.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-81" title="dinner" src="http://kaliltravels.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/dinner.jpg?w=300" alt="Dinner with some friends" width="300" height="225" /></a>[/caption]
<p><em>Original email September 4, 2007</em></p>
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<link>http://kaliltravels.wordpress.com/?p=53</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 07:45:52 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Kaley Kalil</dc:creator>
<guid>http://kaliltravels.ca.wordpress.com/2008/09/28/toledo-a-religiously-diverse-city/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Last night, we got in to Toledo.  It&#8217;s a medieval city that has recently been noted world-wide]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Last night, we got in to <strong>Toledo</strong>.  It's a medieval city that has recently been noted world-wide for it's historic, cultural, and monumental importance.</p>
[caption id="attachment_61" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The streets of Toledo"]<a href="http://kaliltravels.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/toledo-streets.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-61" title="toledo-streets" src="http://kaliltravels.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/toledo-streets.jpg?w=300" alt="The streets of Toledo" width="300" height="225" /></a>[/caption]
<p>Toledo was the first capital of imperial Spain.</p>
<p>It was also THE PLACE for coexistence between Christian, Jewish, and Muslim religious communities.</p>
<p>You can walk from one side of town to the other in about 25 minutes.</p>
<p>While there, I saw:</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><a title="San Juan de los Reyes" href="http://www.sacred-destinations.com/spain/toledo-monasterio-de-san-juan-monastery.htm" target="_blank">San Juan de los Reyes</a>:  A monastery built for the Catholic king and queen, <a title="King Fernando &#38; Queen Isabel" href="http://granadamap.com/kingsqueens.htm" target="_blank">Isabel and Fernando</a>, at the end of the 15th century.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">It was built to commemorate their victory in <em>la Batalla del Toro</em>.</p>
[caption id="attachment_69" align="alignleft" width="72" caption="Inside the monastery"]<a href="http://kaliltravels.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/monastery24.jpg"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-69" title="monastery2" src="http://kaliltravels.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/monastery24.jpg?w=72" alt="Inside the monastery" width="72" height="96" /></a>[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_71" align="alignright" width="72" caption="Inside the monastery"]<a href="http://kaliltravels.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/toledo-monastery2.jpg"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-71" title="toledo-monastery2" src="http://kaliltravels.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/toledo-monastery2.jpg?w=72" alt="Inside the monastery" width="72" height="96" /></a>[/caption]
<p>The manacles from the freed slaves are hung outside the church wall in loving memory.</p>
[caption id="attachment_54" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Slaves&#39; manacles on church"]<a href="http://kaliltravels.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/monastery1.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-54" title="Monastery manacles" src="http://kaliltravels.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/monastery1.jpg?w=225" alt="Slaves' manacles hung outside church" width="225" height="300" /></a>[/caption]
<p><a title="La Sinagoga Santa Maria La Blanca" href="http://www.sacred-destinations.com/spain/toledo-sinagoga-de-santa-maria-la-blanca.htm" target="_blank">La Sinagoga Santa Maria La Blanca</a>:  A Jewish synagogue built in common Iberian Peninsula style.  Later, it was converted into a Catholic church.</p>
[caption id="attachment_76" align="aligncenter" width="72" caption="Inside the synagogue"]<a href="http://kaliltravels.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/synagogue3.jpg"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-76" title="synagogue" src="http://kaliltravels.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/synagogue3.jpg?w=72" alt="Inside the synagogue" width="72" height="96" /></a>[/caption]
<p><a title="Iglesia de Santo Tome" href="http://www.santotome.org/indexnew.html" target="_blank">Iglesia de Santo Tome</a>:  A church that has one of the four most famous paintings of El Greco, "El Entierro del Conde Orgaz."</p>
<p><a title="La Mezquita de Cristo de Luz" href="http://www.sacred-destinations.com/spain/toledo-mezquita-del-cristo-de-la-luz.htm" target="_blank">La Mezquita de Cristo de Luz:</a> A mosque built in the <strong>year 999</strong> that was later converted into a church during the 12th century.</p>
[caption id="attachment_64" align="alignleft" width="127" caption="The mosque"]<a href="http://kaliltravels.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/mosque1.jpg"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-64" title="mosque1" src="http://kaliltravels.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/mosque1.jpg?w=127" alt="The mosque" width="127" height="96" /></a>[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_65" align="alignright" width="72" caption="Inside the mosque"]<a href="http://kaliltravels.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/inside-mosque1.jpg"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-65" title="mosque2" src="http://kaliltravels.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/inside-mosque1.jpg?w=72" alt="Inside the mosque" width="72" height="96" /></a>[/caption]
<p><em>Original journal entry Tuesday, September 4, 2007</em></p>
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<title><![CDATA[El clubconsultores.com estima buena opción a Segovia 2016 como candidata a capitalidad cultural europea]]></title>
<link>http://segovia2016.wordpress.com/?p=541</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 08:42:36 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>grupo b team</dc:creator>
<guid>http://segovia2016.ca.wordpress.com/2008/09/27/el-clubconsultorescom-estima-buena-opcion-a-segovia-2016-como-candidata-a-capitalidad-cultural-europea/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Segovia pertenece a ese grupo de ciudades castellanas, plagadas de historia, con enormes posibilidad]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana;"><a href="http://www.segovia2016.es/">Segovia</a> pertenece a ese grupo de ciudades castellanas, plagadas de historia, con enormes posibilidades de desarrollo económico basadas en sus activos patrimoniales, que reúnen todos los requisitos para ser referente a <a href="http://www.sanchogonzalezgreen.com/sancho3.swf"><img class="size-medium wp-image-545 alignright" title="vista-aerea-de-segovia" src="http://segovia2016.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/vista-aerea-de-segovia.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a>nivel mundial para millones de personas que buscan nuevas experiencias personales. De hecho, para muchos ya lo es, al igual que Ávila, o Salamanca o Toledo, ciudad mágica, ciudad mestiza, ciudad de la luna (in memoriam, Paloma Álvarez de Llano).Dentro de esta dinámica <a href="http://www.segovia2016.es/">Segovia</a> compite por la capitalidad europea de la cultura 2016, en este caso con otra sede de Polonia, y cuenta con proyecto espectacular dentro de una propuesta estratégica para el desarrollo de la ciudad.</p>
<p>La <a href="http://www.segovia2016.es/">Capital Europea de la Cultura</a> es un concepto desarrollado por la Unión europea que está destinado a resaltar la riqueza, diversidad y rasgos comunes de las culturas europea, así como a promover un mayor conocimiento mutuo entre los ciudadanos europeos. Para ello es clave que el programa cultural se atenga d so grade conceptos: (i) la dimensión europea (favorecer la cooperación entre agentes culturales, artistas y ciudades del Estado Miembro y otro, resaltar la riqueza de la diversidad cultural de Europa y poner de relieve los aspectos comunes de las culturas europeas) y (ii) La Ciudad y los Ciudadanos (estimular la participación, ser sostenible y formar parte del desarrollo social y cultural a largo plazo).</p>
<p>De<a href="http://segovia2016.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/estacion-ave-segovia.jpg"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-547 alignleft" title="estacion-ave-segovia" src="http://segovia2016.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/estacion-ave-segovia.jpg?w=128" alt="" width="128" height="72" /></a>sde 1985 las principales ciudades europeas han sido, en algún momento, capitales de la cultura: Atenas, Florencia, Amsterdam, Berlín, París, Glasgow, Dublín, Madrid, Amberes, Lisboa, Luxemburgo, Copenhague, Estocolmo, Santiago de Compostela, Bolonia, Bruselas, Helsinki, Praga, Oporto, Rotterdam, Salamanca, Brujas, Genova o en este año, Liverpool son algunas de ellas. No está mal. Entre todas ellas, sólo tres ciudades españolas<a href="http://www.segovia2016.es/">. Segovia</a> sería la cuarta.</p>
<p>Como ya hemos comentado esta iniciativa se enmarca dentr<a href="http://www.tuswallpapersgratis.com/wallpaper/Castillo-Alcazar-Segovia/"><img class="size-medium wp-image-546 alignright" title="alcazar-de-segovia" src="http://segovia2016.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/alcazar-de-segovia.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a>o de un proyecto estratégico de desarrollo de la ciudad que busca, por la vía de la innovación y la internacionalización, consolidar la industria turística y cultural en la ciudad, convirtiendo a <a href="http://www.segovia2016.es/">Segovia</a> en referente europeo del llamado turismo de interior.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Entre otras cuestiones Segovia ha desarrollado un completísimo programa de actividades que contribuye a mostrar matices inéditos de la ciudad, a potenciar la industria cultural y a fijar la ciudad en la mente de cientos de miles de visitante. Dentro de estas citas se celebró el pasado 19 de Julio La <a href="http://www.nochedelunallena08.blogspot.com/">Noche de Luna Llena 08</a>, con 48 actividades a lo largo del día que culminaron con un gran espectáculo en la zona del Acueducto y de la Plaza Mayor a cargo de Ouka Lele.</p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">Desde aquí desear suerte a <a href="http://www.segovia2016.es/">Segovia</a> en la aventura. Se lo merece. Y además abre el camino a otras capitales de provincia españolas que podría optar a ese reconocimiento. <a href="http://www.clubdeconsultores.com/2008/07/segovia-2016-capital-europea-de-la.html">(Leer mas)</a></p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana;">Fuente: <a href="http://www.clubdeconsultores.com/2008/07/segovia-2016-capital-europea-de-la.html">www.clubdeconsultores.com</a></span></strong></p>
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<title><![CDATA[palin in toledo]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:18:33 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>rbsshow</dc:creator>
<guid>http://rbsblog.ca.wordpress.com/2008/09/26/palin-in-toledo/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[16 Acres - Sarah Palin Corn Maze - Near Toledo, Ohio


Fall is just around the corner- haunted house]]></description>
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<p>Fall is just around the corner- haunted houses, and corn mazes. One unique one has turned up...This year Butterfly House in Whitehouse, OH has created a 16 acre corn maze featuring VP Candidate Sarah Palin.  Duke Wheeler owner, of Butterly House was hoping to generate some excitement for this years maze. The Butterfly House is an indoor garden filled with butterfly's and an adjacent farm.  No word on what the price to walk the maze is. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.wtam.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=122520&#38;article=4300494">WTAM</a>    <a href="http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7508856&#38;version=1&#38;locale=EN-US&#38;layoutCode=TSTY&#38;pageId=3.3.1">My Fox Detroit</a></p>
<p><a href="http://eplay.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/09/25/photo_servlet_2.jpg"><img style="float:left;margin:0 5px 5px 0;" title="Photo_servlet_2" src="http://eplay.typepad.com/eplay_online_sports_fanta/images/2008/09/25/photo_servlet_2.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo_servlet_2" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://eplay.typepad.com/eplay_online_sports_fanta/2008/07/mccafe-promotio.html">McDonalds Maze   </a>            <a href="http://eplay.typepad.com/eplay_online_sports_fanta/2008/08/papa-johns-crop.html">Papa John's Crop Circle</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Obama/Biden Comic Relief ]]></title>
<link>http://countusout.wordpress.com/?p=4575</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:12:46 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>count us out</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[The Obama - Biden Laugh Track Strategy
Excerpt: Joe Biden got this new laugh track strategy started ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2>The Obama - Biden Laugh Track Strategy</h2>
<p>Excerpt: Joe Biden got this new laugh track strategy started last week here in the battleground state of Ohio during an impromptu <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><a href="http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2008/09/joe_biden_contradicts_obama_ca.asp">rope line debate</a></span> in Maumee, right outside Toledo. When Biden was asked by a supporter why his ticket was supporting clean coal he responded that he was for it - as long as it was done in China, not the US:</p>
<blockquote><p>“We’re not supporting ‘clean coal.’ Guess what. China’s building two every week. Two dirty coal plants. And it’s polluting the United States. It’s causing people to die…No coal plants here in America. Build them, if they’re going to build them over there make ‘em clean because they’re killing you.”</p></blockquote>
<p>Now this “no coal plants here in America” joke is particularly funny because <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><a href="http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/state/state_energy_profiles.cfm?sid=OH">Ohio ranks third</a></span> nationally in the use of coal and 87 percent of the state’s electricity comes from coal, mostly mined in Ohio. And Ohioans have few other energy resources available beyond coal. In the event of an Obama-Biden win on November 4th, the joke will be on Buckeye State families already feeling the pinch at the gas pump to find their electricity costs skyrocket while Chinese families laugh at their distress.</p>
<p>Adding to the hilarity is that the Obama campaign website <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><a href="http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/newenergy_more#jobs">promises</a></span> that they will push for clean coal - the same technology that Biden wants limited to China. And as <em>Politico</em> <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><a href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0908/Biden_No_coal_plants_here_in_America.html">observes</a></span>, Biden was praising the virtues of coal technologies to an audience of coal mine workers in Castlewood, VA just a few days ago. At least no one can accuse Obama-Biden of letting their act get old.</p>
<p>But the Democratic duo keeps them coming faster than Abbott and Costello.</p>
<p>Take for instance Barack Obama’s “who’s on first” gag with Matt Lauer during an <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><a href="http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/09/obama-on-bidens.html">interview</a></span> that aired Tuesday morning. After criticizing John McCain for coming out against the AIG bailout last week, Lauer asked about his own vice presidential candidate taking the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><a href="http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/09/does-obama-supp.html">exact same position</a></span> not three minutes after McCain made his remarks. The laughable result was Barack Obama spinning faster than a frog in a blender, saying that running mate Biden - a 36 year Senate veteran - needed to consult with the straight man first before stating his opinions.</p>
<p>Joe Biden is definitely the Robin Williams of this campaign cycle, showing off his improv chops to Katie Couric while riding the campaign bus through the Ohio countryside last Thursday. In what is sure to become a stand-up classic, Biden <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><a href="http://embeds.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/09/22/biden-calls-obama-attack-ad-terrible">called</a></span> the Obama campaign ad mocking John McCain’s computer skills “terrible”, but then <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><a href="http://eddriscoll.com/archives/014016.php">came out</a></span> a few hours later and said that he had never seen the attack ad. Apparently Biden hasn’t heard of these things called “computers” to see what his own campaign is putting out.</p>
<p>He then <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><a href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0908/Biden_garbles_Depression_history.html">followed</a></span> that one up with a gut-busting one-liner about how Franklin D. Roosevelt handled the Great Stock Market Crash of 1929 by going on TV to tell his fellow Americans how it happened. The unspoken <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><a href="http://www.pajamasmedia.com/instapundit/archives2/024787.php">punch line</a></span> is, of course, that FDR wasn’t even president in 1929, and he didn’t make his first TV appearance until a decade later in 1939.</p>
<p>And no doubt they are rolling in the aisles back home in Scranton, PA over his recent sight gag, asking Missouri State Senator Chuck Graham to get up <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><a href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0908/An_awkward_moment_in_St_Louis.html?showall">out of his wheelchair</a></span>.</p>
<p>The Barack Obama and Joe Biden ticket certainly makes for great family entertainment, but they are beginning to learn that it’s hard to keep an audience, as Obama <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><a href="http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/1178184,obamarally092208.article">found out</a></span> earlier this week in Green Bay, WI, where 4,000 less people showed up than a McCain-Palin rally there just a few days before. Unfortunately for the Democratic duo, many Americans are already in on the joke.</p>
<p>entire story here:</p>
<p><a href="http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/the-obama-biden-laugh-track-strategy/2/">http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/the-obama-biden-laugh-track-strategy/2/</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Compare and Contrast, Spain]]></title>
<link>http://bentpage.wordpress.com/?p=1160</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:58:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
<guid>http://bentpage.ca.wordpress.com/2008/09/22/compare-and-contrast-spain/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[One of the fascinating aspects of Spain is the contrasting styles of architecture (among other thing]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One of the fascinating aspects of Spain is the contrasting styles of architecture (among other things). In my travels, I've noted the amalgamation and integration of styles in the various significant buildings. I've selected two old photographs (taken between 1860 and 1880) which demonstrate this reality. The first is a shot taken at the Mezquita in Cordoba.</p>
<p><a href="http://bentpage.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/mezold.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-1161" title="mezold" src="http://bentpage.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/mezold.jpg?w=470" alt="" width="470" height="375" /></a></p>
<p>This old photo illustrates the "mudejar" arch, which was built by the Moors who controlled Spain for a time. After the unification of Spain by Ferdinand and Isabel, the mosque in Cordoba became a cathedral. Nonetheless, much of the original structure remained. In fact, when visiting the Mezquita, you'll see that it appears as if a cathedral was inserted into the mosque. These arches stretch out in all directions giving an infinite feel to the space. On the other hand, if you travel to Toledo's cathedral, you'll see an example of high gothic construction like this:</p>
<p><a href="http://bentpage.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/oldtoledo.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1162" title="oldtoledo" src="http://bentpage.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/oldtoledo.jpg?w=222" alt="" width="222" height="300" /></a>Here you see the massive columns, vaulted cielings, and pointed windows that are hallmarks of the style. Both of these cathedrals are used for religious services to this day, which testifies to the endurance of the Spanish in their faith. It also stands as a testament to the builders of these structures. There are exhibits which show the techniques employed, which while primitive by today's standards, were state of the art at the time. A fascinating case contains several cut blocks bearing the initials and personal marks of the masons who shaped them. These letters speak for them, as if to say, "I was here. I helped to build this."</p>
<p>A note about photography when traveling... these days I tote my little digital camera with me just about everywhere. I take a few shots here and there. However, I find those glossy books designed for tourists to contain some of the best photography of typical sites like cathedrals, palaces, cityscapes and so on. I purchase them frequently because the photography within is much better than the results that could be achieved in the short time of a typical visit. Don't hesitate to buy them. They're cheap compared to what it costs to get such great photos.</p>
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<link>http://mrnolla.wordpress.com/?p=3042</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:05:38 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ElDigital.net</dc:creator>
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