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Where: James Areida Education Support Center, 1305 E. Pine St., Lodi. |
Proposed new policy: Available to the public after 5 p.m. Friday on the district's website, www.lodiusd.net. Click "electronic school board" on the left-hand column, then click July 20 on the calendar on the right side of the page and view the meeting agenda until you find the item regarding social networking. Then click the agenda item, and the proposed policy revision should appear.<eot>Blue Inn on the Beach - North of Boston Weddings |
20 Fordham Way, Plum Island, Newburyport, Massachusetts 01951 |
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Discover rooms, suites and private cottages dressed in crisp summer whites with pops of our signature color. Spacious and restful, these Newburyport MA hotel accommodations feature plush beds and comfortable furnishings that beckon you to kick back and forget your responsibilities for awhile. Breakfast baskets, a hot tub, and beach loungers will leave you feeling anything but blue. |
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Intimate North Shore events fit beautifully in the water-side Blue Suite of our lodging in Newburyport, MA. From bachelorette parties and bridal showers, to small corporate dinners, this spacious suite holds up to 40 for cocktail style occasions and 15 for seated dinners. A private slice of beach, private hot tub, full kitchen, two bedrooms and a spacious common area provide everything you need for a stylish seaside celebration.<eot>The Basque Country, in the north of Spain, offer extraordinary cuisine, unique culture, and modern cities. Bilbao is known for the Guggenheim Museum designed by Frank Gehry, and for having delicious pintxos, while San Sebastian offers a modern city and beautiful nature, with plenty of beaches including Playa Zurriola. |
In the south, Granada, once the centre of Muslim culture, is one of the most diverse and beautiful cities in the country. Alhambra, a UNESCO-listed, 1,5300,000-square-foot, fortified Arabic palace is a top reason to visit the city. |
The east coast is great for travelers seeking the charm of beaches bathed by the Mediterranean Sea. Valencia, the port city and third-largest city in Spain has a great contrast of ancient and modern, with remnants of its past, like the Llotja de la Seda alongside innovative buildings such as Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe. With plenty of cultural facilities as well as a colorful nightlife and exclusive beach clubs, Valencia is undoubtedly a top destination in this region. |
For those who simply want to relax under the sun near the shore, there is plenty to choose from, from Costa Brava in the north to La Manga, a peninsula in the region of Murcia. For picturesque villages with white sandy beaches where you can take a week-long break, head towards the Sitges area or the northeastern region of Girona. And for those seeking to find a vibrant nightlife where they can party until the sun comes up, Benidorm is the place to be. |
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Hotel Sercotel President |
Avinguda Salvador Dalí, 82, 17600 Figueres, Spain |
Property ID: |
14448 |
Sercotel President Hotel is located in Figueres centre. This well-equipped hotel is only 500 m from the famous Dalí Museum in Figueres and 300 m from Rambla de Figueres, where bars, restaurants and shops can be found. Free WiFi is offered throughout the property. All rooms at the hotel are air-conditioned and soundproofed. They have a flat-screen TV and work desk. The private bathroom comes with free toiletries, a bath or shower, and a hairdryer. The hotel has a restaurant and a bar on site where guests can enjoy a buffet breakfast. There is a 24-hour reception. Sercotel President Hotel also has a room available for meetings, events or presentations that is equipped with a screen and a projector. |
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Sercotel Sorolla Palace |
Avenida de Las Cortes Valencianas, 58, 46015 Valencia, Spain |
Property ID: |
66659 |
The Sercotel’s rooms feature bright, attractive décor. All rooms are air-conditioned and have a flat-screen satellite TV. The upper floors of the Sorolla Palace offer impressive city views; and the outdoor pool has a retractable roof which covers it during the winter, spring and autumn months. The El Dossel restaurant offers Mediterranean dishes and international cuisine. There is both a main dining room and 4 private dining rooms. L’Estany café serves tapas and a range of cocktails. A buffet breakfast is served daily. Sercotel Sorolla Palace is a 5-minute walk from Beniferri Metro Station, which is 9 stops from the City of the Arts and Sciences. Beniferri Park is just 100 m from the hotel. |
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Sercotel JC1 Murcia |
Avenida Juan Carlos I, 55, 30100 Murcia, Spain |
Property ID: |
120019 |
The 4-star Sercotel JC1 is located in Murcía’s new business district and a 5-minute tram journey from the city centre. This modern hotel features a restaurant and free Wi-Fi access. Each stylish room at Sercotel JC1 comes with full air conditioning and a private bathroom. They also include a minibar and satellite TV. The Sercotel JC1 offers coffee service in the early morning, as well as a buffet breakfast. The café serves drinks and light meals all day. Dinner can be enjoyed in the main restaurant or out on the terrace. |
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Gran Hotel Bali |
C/Luis Prendres 4, 03502, BENIDORM |
Property ID: |
1335 |
It is the most emblematic of Benidorm and the tallest hotel in Europe. With stunning architecture, restaurants and pool area including a large lagoon pool, also a children's pool. The rooms and suites offer a perfect combination of design, functionality and comfort. They are modern and comfortable rooms, all outdoors. *** CHILDREN: 2 TO 12 YEARS |
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Cabana |
Calle Peru 33, 03502, Benidorm |
Property ID: |
1318 |
This wonderful beach hotel is situated in the tourist centre of the vibrant town of Benidorm. The hotel is located just 800 metres from Poniente Beach, while a diverse selection of shops, bars, restaurants and nightlife can be found just 500 metres away. Guests will be welcomed by calming surroundings which offer the ideal sanctuary in which to relax and unwind in comfort. The guest rooms are beautifully decorated and feature soothing pastel colours, creating a peaceful atmosphere. The rooms come complete with modern amenities for guests' convenience. The hotel provides an array of leisure and recreational facilities, as well as a diverse, seasonal entertainment programme. Guests are invited to savour the delights of the ample buffet meals which are served in the charming surroundings of the restaurant. |
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Benidorm Centre Only Adult |
Calle Gerona 4, 03503, Benidorm |
Property ID: |
1937 |
Boasting a charming setting at the heart of Benidorm, this delightful 4 star hotel offers guests a great location close to the heart of the entertainment and commercial area of its city. The hotel is located in Levante Beach district close to the Mal Pas Beach. Guests who are seeking a more adventurous holiday can enjoy the host of activities that the area has to offer, while others will just appreciate the water theme parks that are near by the hotel. This charming hotel greets guests with warm hospitality and excellent service. The guest rooms are beautifully appointed, and come with modern amenities to add comfort to their relaxing convenience. The hotel provides guests with a number of excellent facilities, ensuring that each visitor enjoys a memorable stay. Each Airy rooms with colourful accents décor features free Wi-Fi, flat-screen TVs, minibars, balconies and Room service is available. Breakfast at the hotel is complimentary. On site, there is a restaurant and a chic bar with regular live entertainment. Other amenities include an outdoor pool. Parking is available for a fee and Children age 16 and over are welcome. |
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Nuba Comarruga |
Av. Brisamar, 44-50, 43880 Coma-ruga, Tarragona |
Property ID: |
51237 |
Situated on the beach of El Vendrell (Comarruga), the hotel has a full-service spa, indoor pool and whirlpool and offers access to wireless Internet in public areas. This excellent hotel includes business services such as a business centre, meeting rooms for small groups, and audio-visual equipment. It includes 3 restaurants as well as cafeteria, bar next to the swimming pool and bar/lounge. Additional amenities include a seasonal outdoor pool, children's pool and kids club. It has parking for guests' added convenience. This hotel is classed as a “bikefriendly” hotel and welcomes cyclists from all over the world. The hotel boasts facilities to support both the leisure and professional cyclist. |
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Sol Costa Daurada |
Av. dels Països Catalans, s/n, 43840 Salou, Tarragona |
Property ID: |
1723 |
A family-friendly complex located within walking distance of the Port Aventura theme park. The Sol Costa Daurada is within walking distance of the iconic Port Aventura attraction offering a comfortable stay in a convenient location. For those travelling to the theme park, the hotel offers a free transfer throughout the high season. The hotel features plenty of activities and amenities with families in mind. There are two swimming pools, with a sun terrace, as well as a spa featuring gym, sauna and hot tub and an extensive treatment menu. Aside from Port Aventura, local attractions include Aquopolis water park as well as excursions for hiking and quad biking. Levante Beach is just a 10-minute walk away and some of the best golf courses in Catalonia can be found nearby.<eot>Animosity follows the journey of 11-year-old Jesse & her dog Sandor in a world where animals have risen and taken over. |
Marguerite Bennett and Rafael de Latorre’s apocalyptic animals taking over the world from humanity comic book series Animosity is ready to leap to the big screen as Legendary Entertainment has acquired the worldwide rights for a film adaptation, according to Deadline. |
In the world of Animosity, one-day animals suddenly become aware and gain the power of speech and thought and begin to take revenge upon the humans that have dominated over them. The AfterShock Comic series follows 11-year-old Jesse and her loyal companion and dog Sandor as they begin a cross-country journey from New York to San Francisco in search for the one person that might be able to protect them. |
Debuting in 2016, AfterShock Comics is one of the newest players in the world of comic book publishing, focusing on creator-owned works, with former Caliber Comics editor Joe Pruett and former Marvel & DC (X-Men and Batman) editor Mike Marts as part of the companies founders and executive branch. The company has already published works from noted comic book creators such as Bennett & de Latorre, Warren Ellis, Cullen Bunn, Garth Ennis, Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti, Tony Harris, Mark Waid, Juan Doe and more. |
AfterShock Media President Lee Kramer & CEO Jon Kramer will serve as producers on the film while Legendary Entertainment’s Jon Silk will oversee the production. |
Next Entry Morlun & his family are out for revenge as Marvel reveals plot & creative team for this fall’s Spider-Geddon |
A new video from the set of Spider-Man: Far From Home has surfaced. It gives us our first look at Spidey in action while wearing his black stealth suit that was previously spotted. In the comics, Peter Parker creates the stealth suit giving him the ability to turn invisible as it warps light and sound around it. Or maybe this is just going to be a black Spider-Man suit. Either way, it’ll be fun to see why Spider-Man is wearing this new suit and how he ends up getting it. |
I also included another video giving us our first look far-off at Jake Gyllenhaal in the role of Mysterio in the aftermath of a chaotic battle with Spider-Man. |
It’s interesting seeing raw videos from the set like this and what goes into putting an action scene like this together without any special effects. |
There's not much known about the story for the sequel but we do know that Peter Parker will be on summer vacation with his friends in Europe and that at some point he will be facing off with the villain Mysterio. You can read up on some additional rumored information regarding Far From Home here. Below you will find the set video featuring Mysterio: |
The following discussion contains numerous significant spoilers. If you haven’t seen this movie yet, the practical upshot of the article is, well, just go see it. |
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service features a bullfight sequence early on. It struck me as an apt metaphor for the distinction between this movie and others in its series. But is James Bond the bull, goring one in a crowd of hangers-on, or is he that rare man gutted by the tragic beast? |
I had a hard time appreciating this entry as a kid. It was among the last I saw and, by far, the most difficult to enjoy. In time, however, I grew to love it well, more than the popular favourite Goldfinger and, until 2006’s Casino Royale, it had few rivals for my affection. |
Set over Christmas, in a wintry Switzerland, the movie suggests the tidings of Bond, then subverts nearly every one. In George Lazenby’s first and final essay, the mission is twofold: to redeem the troubled daughter of a European mobster, and to stop old enemy Blofeld from unleashing Virus Omega on the world. |
The attempts to shoehorn this piece into canon — or the other way around — are as obvious as they are numerous, including a pre-credits in-joke, a main credit montage, Moneypenny’s dialogue, a review of old gadgets, and the whistling of a janitor. Yet the whole is atypical, with true love, a musical interlude, resignation, mob collusion, a dearth of action, a marriage and, ultimately, paired failures. |
At the heart of it all is a softer James Bond, ironically portrayed by an actor hired for brawn. Supported by great characters in opulent settings, he feigns a fey demeanour, is easily startled (by barn doors, bear suits, and flashbulbs) and needs to be saved by Teresa di Vicenzo (Diana Rigg). |
“Tracy” is easily the more formidable of the two. Unlike the standard “Bond girl” — even those claimed to be “different this time” — she’s no glib vixen or adrenaline junkie. She begins suicidal for the loss of her only child. In time, bitterness itself gives her the strength to rebuild. Rigg’s personal dislike of Lazenby (perhaps) notwithstanding, Tracy is defiant, provocative, and unusually strong. |
The romance is more unusual, however, and not just because Bond isn’t a marrying man. Unlike his love for Casino Royale’s Vesper Lynd, one that served to create the myth, his time with Tracy seems intended to destroy them both. Here he’s more than mortally wounded. What kind of man continues to serve an employer which prevents him forestalling tragedy? Surely not the kind who’d fall in love. |
Even the matter of his nemesis escaping feels less like an entree to the next installment than a kind of rebalancing for Bond’s past sins. Part of me wishes the entire plot had been motivated differently. What if the hunt for Blofeld had been mandated by his office? Imagine the irony if he might have preemptively struck down his wife’s killer, but hadn’t taken the chance. (Oddly, that’s the premise of Ian Fleming’s original story, suddenly inverted for reasons I can’t fathom.) |
This “what if” speculation illustrates a recurring motif throughout: the uneasy tension between convention and innovation… |
On one hand, with rare exceptions, this film is closer to the Fleming novel than it is to its cinematic predecessors. The pacing is deliberate overall, and the plot that matters most is the progress of a relationship. Such courage and fidelity are rare and precious things. |
On the other hand, I mourn Majesty’s failed aspirations. It enervates the drama with an editing style so far ahead of its time it renders the action choppy, sometimes nearly incoherent. The approach disorients with shaken cameras, sped up footage, sudden jumps (lunges, shocks, and body blows), and one-liners defused by the absence of comic beats. |
And for a work so grounded in realism and personal drama, surprising artifice creeps in. Lighting, particularly of faces, is desirable, though not to the point of distraction, as in the beach, driving, and skiing scenes. The issue may be one of day-for-night photography, location/set discontinuity, or maybe our old foe, compositing. |
Upon reflection, my review hardly reads like the endorsement of a fan. I’ve gradually come to realize that “good” reviews may be at least as challenging as “bad” ones. Watching Majesty again, for nigh on the umpteenth time, I’m struck by two reactions: |
Make no mistake . . . Bond movies are hardly artistic. A four star rating is just about their theoretical limit, but it’s also a score several of them could earn. Still, of all the four star entries, this one ties for first. While others may be stronger in parts — including their adherence to the series’ own template — none is as successful overall as On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. |
Greece is in preliminary talks with Iran to secure natural gas for local needs and provide a gateway for the Persian Gulf nation to supply fuel to other parts of Europe, Greek Energy Minister Panos Skourletis said. Source: Bloomberg |
Ramzan Kadyrov, whose tenure as the President of the Chechen Republic expires in April, said he would step down from his office and end his political career. Earlier, Kadyrov leaked an opposition report that called him a threat to Russia’s security. Source RT<eot>Sri Lankan Muslims and Buddhists slug it out on Rohingyas | MENAFN.COM |
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