CURRENT EVENTS (RECIENTES ACONTECIMIENTOS)

August 17, 2017 Barcelona Terrorist Attack

This is so absolutely wrong and shame on all the people who knew about these plans and didn’t tell the authorities.  Barcelona is one of the world’s truly great cosmopolitan cities and Spain is extremely respectful of its Muslin heritage.

We have been to Spain and twice to Barcelona, even staying on La Rambia. La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona may be the most emotionally stirring structure ever created by humans.  

PHYSICAL TRAITS (RASGOS FÍSICOS)

Honor Thy Temple

Looking for a good doctor, here are a few good ones.

CHARACTER TRAITS (RASGOS DE CARÁCTER)

The Foundation for Being Extraordinary

SOCIAL TRAITS (RASGOS SOCIALES)

Getting Along with Others

LEARNING TRAITS

(CARACTERÍSTICAS DE APRENDIZAJE)

Growth Keeps You Extraordinary

Here is some useful career advice.  

Remember, your life doesn’t start when you leave work

MISCELLANEOUS (VARIADO)

The Odds & Ends of Being Extraordinary

BOOK OF THE WEEK (LIBRO DE LA SEMANA)

Scrappy Little Nobody

by Anna Kendrick

I’ve only read about half to this book so far, but it is a delight to read.

MOVIES OF THE WEEK (PELÍCULAS DE LA SEMANA)

If you enjoy clever detective stories and a rather unusual detective, you really have to check out this series.

Agatha Christie’s Poirot

From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically refined Belgian detective Hercule Poirot pits his wits against a collection of first class deceptions. (Source: IMDB)

MUSIC OF THE WEEK (MÚSICA DE LA SEMANA)

Weapon Of Choice

by Fatboy Slim

You just have to check out Christopher Walken in this video.

He is always cool, but perhaps more so in this video.

LAST WEEK’S POLL – Do you believe Elvis is alive?

88% – No

  6% – Yes

  6% – Don’t care

 0% – Don’t know

THIS WEEK’S POLL – How Did The Barcelona Terrorist Attack Make You Feel?

  

ART OF THE WEEK (ARTE DE LA SEMANA)

La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona

Outside

Inside

EXTRAORDINARY PERSON OF THE WEEK

(PERSONA EXTRAORDINARIA DE LA SEMANA)

Isabella I

Isabella I (22 April 1451 – 26 November 1504) was Queen of Castile. She was married to Ferdinand II of Aragon. Their marriage became the basis for the political unification of Spain under their grandson, Holy Roman Emperor Charles V.

After a struggle to claim her right to the throne, she reorganized the governmental system, brought the crime rate to the lowest it had been in years, and unburdened the kingdom of the enormous debt her brother had left behind. Her reforms and those she made with her husband had an influence that extended well beyond the borders of their united kingdoms.

Isabella and Ferdinand are known for completing the Reconquista, ordering conversion or exile of their Muslim and Jewish subjects in the Spanish Inquisition, and for supporting and financing Christopher Columbus’ 1492 voyage and to the establishment of Spain as the first global power which dominated Europe and much of the world for more than a century.

Isabella was granted the title Servant of God by the Catholic Church in 1974.

(Source: Wikipedia)

THIS WEEK’S JOKE (BROMA DE LA SEMANA)

TALK TO ME (HÁBLAME)

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To Georgia, Judith, Kate & Quirky Girl,  for commenting on last week’s post. I just want to say:

BLOG & FACEBOOK

And thank youJulietta, for sharing my post last week on Facebook.

And finally My thanks to Animalista Untamed, Carolanne, Festival for Romance, Janie, Kendall, Lacey, Marina, Mark, Resa, Smitha, Student Feedback Festival & Suraj, who started following my blog and to Justine, Laura & Sarah, for liking  my Harmony Books & Films Facebook page.

BOOK (LIBRO)

http://www.amazon.com/Tired-Being-Ordinary-Are-You/dp/0990388697

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/im-tired-of-being-ordinary-are-you-wm-allen/1120528064?ean=9780990388692