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Author: myblog | Aug 12, 2010

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Villajoyosa
Author: myblog | Jul 21, 2010

The Chocolate capital of Spain

With its colored old town houses and very famous for
its chocolate – the city of La Villajoyosa should be one
of the next day-trips during your stay at the Costa Blanca.
Especially when you are staying around Benidorm,
it just lies to the south neighbouring with Benidorm.

The webpage and the short video will hopefully give you
a feeling and (yes!) perhaps even the smell of the chocolate
the city is so famous for.

La Vila Joiosa

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Please find the Villajoyosa page here:
Villajoyosa

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Inspiration
Author: myblog | Jul 12, 2010

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psychic octupus
Author: myblog | Jul 12, 2010

Fans celebrating the upcoming 2010 FIFA World ...

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Paul the “psychic” octopus finished the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ with a flawless record as Spain’s 1-0 win over the Netherlands in Sunday’s final left him with eight perfect predictions.

The eight-legged oracle has become a FIFA World Cup sensation by correctly forecasting all seven Germany games in South Africa and he finished the tournament in style by predicting a Spanish victory in the Soccer City sign-off.

As Paul foretold last week, Spain won their first world title after Andres Iniesta’s 116th-minute strike broke the Netherlands’ hearts. The tentacled tipster also correctly predicted Germany would beat Uruguay in Saturday’s third place play-off.

In the now familiar routine, two boxes were lowered into his tank last week, each containing a mussel and the flags of the two opposing teams. Paul went straight to the correct box both times, wrenched open the lid and gobbled the tasty morsel.

But the art of football predicting has become a dangerous job for the English-born clairvoyant. He fell offside with bitter German fans who threatened to turn him into sushi after he predicted a semi-final defeat for the Mannschaft against Spain.

Paul’s home, an aquarium in western Germany, has received death-threat emails saying “we want Paul for the pan,” said entertainment supervisor Daniel Fey. No less an authority than Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luiz Rodriguez Zapatero has called for octopus bodyguards. Spanish Industry Minister Miguel Sebastian has called for the creature to be given an “immediate” free transfer to Spain to “ensure his protection.”

Stung by Paul’s “treachery” at picking Spain over Germany in last Wednesday’s semi-final, some sections of the 350,000-strong crowd watching the game on giant screens in Berlin sang anti-octopus songs.

His prediction of a Spanish victory is expected to be the last for Paul, who in octopus terms is a pensioner, at the grand old age of two-and-a-half. Octopuses generally live three years at the latest.

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Emergency
Author: myblog | Jul 12, 2010

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You never know how you’ll react in an emergency… not until you find yourself in such a situation. It’s easy to panic and forget everything when taken off-guard by the unexpected. Knowing what to do, and reminding yourself every now and then, can really make a difference in a crisis situation.
SOS EMERGENCY

The European-wide emergency telephone number is 112. This can be used in any country in the EU, and dialled from any telephone (even a public pay phone – without the use of a phone card or coins). Make sure that your children also know this number and how to call it. Some people recommend teaching a child to remember by using the face: one mouth, one nose, two eyes.

To find out who to call and what to say in an emergency, see the AngloINFO INFOrmation Page on:

*Emergency Telephone Numbers – Costa Blanca

This page explains the emergency services and detail the essential contacts for police, fire and medical responders, as well as other kinds of emergency help such as vets and sea rescue.

If you need to find these details in a hurry, see the right-side menu of any page on AngloINFO: look for “Emergencies” under the main heading, “Essential Information”.

It’s always useful to know what to do in the case of lost or stolen credit cards, cheque book or mobile telephones. If you’ve been robbed, lost a bag or simply misplaced something, here’s where you can find out who to call to put a stop on your cards or phone as quickly as possible:

*Lost & Stolen Credit Cards & Mobile/Cellular Phones in Spain

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Murcia
Author: myblog | Jul 12, 2010

Seaside promenade.

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The city of Murcia (south of the Costa Blanca at the Costa Calida)
might be known to some of you for its San Javier Airport,
bringing in many tourists each year to the north of the
Costa del Sol and the Costa Blanca.
Murcia on its own is a large city with about 300,000 habitants.

We put together a video showing all the major attractions,
especially the Cathedral de Santa Maria and the many many
little churches all over the city centre:

Murcia Video

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Thoughts about Time
Author: myblog | Jul 9, 2010

“Time On His Hands With Nothing To Do”


“Idleness is the enemy of the soul.”

St. Benedict


Have I ever gotten into unseen trouble when I had time on my hands with nothing to do?


“To have too much to do is for most (people) safer than to have too little.”

Henry E. Manning

“It is what you do when you have nothing to do that reveals what you are.” Anonymous

“One evening David arose from his couch and was walking on the roof of the king’s house.”

II Samuel 11: 2

Amplified Bible


When I was young, I spent the hot summer months at my grandparents ranch in Arizona. While there was time for horseback riding and swimming in the creek, much of the day was spent working in the garden and then canning and preserving the fruits of our labors. Believe me, it was hard work. For a young girl, eager to relax and have fun, standing over hot pots in the kitchen wasn’t exactly my idea of a life of ease.

One day, I began to grumble to my grandmother about all the work. Now you need to remember, grandma was a person who had as her life’s motto, “Idle hands are the devil’s workshop.” My grandma didn’t know what it was like not to be doing something “industrious.” She could literally make work out of relaxing. But as I mumbled under my breath about all the work, grandma gave me one of those looks that made me clearly understand I had overstepped my bounds. Then she said, “Don’t ever complain about work, Dorothy. It’s a gift from God. Remember, God put His children in Eden’s garden to “tend” it. That should tell you that there’s nothing wrong with learning to care for the gifts in our gardens.” While I didn’t really appreciate her words at the time, I certainly do now. Especially during these difficult days when so many of God’s children are facing a tough economy.

As I’ve read about the incredible determination so many individuals have shown as they search for jobs in a tight marketplace and with a depressed economy, it only makes my blood boil to hear wealthy politicians, who have extremely easy work schedules, mock those who are trying so desperately to hold their lives together with meager earnings and long work hours, sometimes even carrying the responsibility of two or three jobs at a time. I know this life for my husband’s parents struggled for many years – but through it all, their children never went hungry for idleness was not a word in their vocabulary.

Sadly, we too frequently are fed the false notion that idleness is a problem of the poorest members of society. What a misconception! If we read the Bible, we find that throughout the Scriptures, idleness was a demon that most often thwarted the lives of those with wealth. And interestingly, this is where the story of David in Jerusalem intersects with Lot in Sodom.

When we were studying about Lot and his family, I took some time to look up all the texts in the Bible that had to do with Sodom. Much to my surprise, I found one of the most informative passages in the entire Bible hidden away in the book of Ezekiel. The prophet Ezekiel was admonishing those living in Samaria, a city he called the “elder sister.” And this is what Ezekiel said, “She (Samaria) and her daughters who dwelt in the north and at your left hand; and your younger sister who dwelt in the south and at your right hand is Sodom and her daughters…Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: pride, overabundance of food, prosperous ease, and idleness were hers and her daughters; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.” (Ezekiel 16: 46-50, Amplified Bible).

It was our gracious heavenly Father who looked into the city of Sodom and found that it was during times of wealth and affluence; it was among the prideful and arrogant; and it was with those who had so much time on their hands, when problems developed. We frequently think immorality was Sodom’s downfall when in fact, it was a haughty affluence that sustained an idle life-style that allowed for the misadventures of an impure society. And the exact same thing happened to David. Living in the palace in the lap of luxury, David found himself with time on his hands and nothing to do but walk off the purposeful path God had for him and for his life.

As I read our text for today, combined with the words of Ezekiel, I thought of all the times in my life when I’ve wished for an easier life. You can’t help but be confronted with the images of those who seem to “have it all.” As these pictures hit you in the face whenever you turn on a television or pass by a magazine stand, you can start to wish for what appears to be an easy life. While the media heralds the success of those who float around in yachts or fly around in jets, living off the excess that appeals to the covetous part of our hearts and says, “I’d like that, too” isn’t God’s way. This is why God, in His infinite wisdom, has left us the detailed stories of His children – especially David, who the Bible tells us, had a heart “after God’s,” meaning he had a heart that longed to be like God. Yet, when plenty was laid before him – his free time became idle time. David fell into the very same trap that ensnared the residents of Sodom. These are the facts that serve as the setting for the story of David and Bathesheba. A story that serves as a warning that wealth that brings idle time, can lead to a purposeless life.

“Some temptations come to the industrious, but all temptations attack the idle”

C. H. Spurgeon

“‘My time’, we say.

How presumptuous!

It’s not ours:

we didn’t make it,

we can’t stop it;

no one can preserve it

We can’t hold the present moment,

it slips through our fingers.

We can’t freeze it,

or bottle it,

to await our pleasure.

We can’t even define it:

‘animal, vegetable or mineral’!

Does it exist?

If it does,

whose it it?

God, teach us to value it,

to love it,

to relax in its embrace,

and always to remember

that it’s not ours.

It’s yours.”

Michael Forster


Your friend,
Dorothy Valcàrcel, Author
When A Woman Meets Jesus
Dorothy@Transformationgarden.com
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Stop Sex Trafficking
Author: myblog | Jul 5, 2010

A human trafficking awareness poster from the ...

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  • 1.2 million children are trafficked every year; this is in addition to the millions already held captive by trafficking
  • Every 2 minutes a child is being prepared for sexual exploitation
  • The average victim is forced to have sex up to 40 times a day
  • The average age of a trafficked victim is 14 years old
  • Sex trafficking is an engine of the global AIDS epidemic
  • By 2010 Sex Trafficking will be the number one crime worldwide

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Worldcup Updates
Author: myblog | Jun 28, 2010

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Guadalest
Author: myblog | Jun 26, 2010

The touristic town of Guadalest.

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Just about 40 minutes north of Alicante and about 20 minutes
from Benidorm lies the impressive town of Guadalest. If you are
staying around the Benidorm, Denia, Calpe, Altea area – a visit
to this magnificent area of Guadalest would be among my
first choices.
Guadalest is widely known for its cliffhanging castle and its
variety of museums. It was quite a surprise to see so many
different museums in such a tiny village.

Castle of Guadalest

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