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THREE men attack the 84-year-old priest of Hospital de Orbigo after posing as pilgrims asking for money
Last Saturday night, August 14, three individuals entered the parish shelter of Hospital de Orbigo in Leon, posing as pilgrims asking for money, which resulted in the three men attack the...
It's not just NZ, the US is also seeing a dramatic surge in RCV among infants & children as well, and officials are citing the same reason, that social distancing over the last year meant people were not developing immunity.
For most people RCV is not life threatening but for infants it can be...
Thank you so much!! I really love the Capricho Catalán played on that Torres. My heretofore YouTube favorite of that is Jan Depreter's slow, languorous version & he plays it on a Fritz Ober that was based on a Torres so it makes sense this would hit the spot for me too.
I just spent an hour or...
It's much more convenient to have this shortcut on the phone. I suppose it's more like a link than a true app, but it works! Thanks, this is a very handy upgrade!
AB & Yolan, thank you both so very much for sharing your stories so other women thinking of walking the route can take heed. It's bone-chilling & infuriating what happened to you both in the same place years apart & the shockingly indifferent attitude demonstrated by local law enforcement about...
A tip of the hat to Fundación Barrié which paid for all this, this is wonderful. The section on the instruments played by the 24 elders depicted in the archivolt is especially great - we can hear each of the reproduced instruments being played.
My only regret is that, as far as I can tell...
As others have already mentioned, both the anchor & the boat with its cruciform mast were central to Christian iconography in the earliest days of the faith. Even Christian churches were based on ship's architecture (ergo, the "nave"). The roofs were modeled on upturned hulls. And wherever...
I do too! Stripped down of decorative accoutrements there's nothing to compete visually with the structural elements like the columns & vaults & they can more be appreciated for how elegant they are on their own.
Thanks so much, Ivar! How wonderful to be able to see this! I even like the minimalist altar. It is only temporary, after all.
I'd imagine the restoration workers weren't terribly thrilled to have to start sharing the Cathedral with tourists again, but it really is all coming back to life again...
Wow, thanks Tincatinker! That bog oak guitar is something!
I still haven't found out yet what guitar he played for Aranjuez but he uses it again to play Asturias (also linked to it on his website):
Thank you for this, tincatinker! I wasn't so sure how I'd feel about the non-trad guitar for this piece, but the timbre improved for me when I watched it with higher quality earphones on my laptop instead of my phone. And it was fun to see this performed stripped down in a smaller, more casual...
Yep, Aniello. The satellite photo with the empty lot at 6 Calle la Carrera was taken this year, the Google Street View car last went by way back in 2012, apparently. Are those trees growing out of the roof in the 2012? No wonder the film's producers had to come up with a different location in...
The nuns who run Zabaldika are RSCJ (I'm a product of several of this order's schools for girls but please don't blame the ladies at Zabaldika for how I turned out, none I attended were in Spain 😇)
I believe the Albergue's only open April 15- October 15, though I could be wrong. They may...
I adore the piece also, and this version's just wonderful! Thank you for the treat, gerardcarey!
For years my favorite YouTube version of the adagio features Pablo Sáinz Villegas on guitar. (I believe he's from Logroño, btw) He's appearing with the San Antonio Symphony here in Texas in a...
Great news! Letrozole is in the same class of hormone therapies as what my Mom is on, Anastrozole. Both are aromatase blockers (aromatase is the enzyme involved in estrogen production).
I have no clue why one of the two would be indicated for which patients, but I wouldn't fear either now...
The best thing the doctor said all during the appointment was, "You are NOT going to die from this!"
Outstanding news, this is a problem that can be managed & it sounds like you're well on your way to getting a capable & caring team in place to help you do just that.
I guess it's too early to...
My mom was diagnosed with exactly that type almost 2 years ago, AnnieSantiago. She has heart issues & wouldn't have been able to have surgery even had she wanted it. But hers was estrogen receptor positive, like yours. She's post-menopausal & so she takes a drug called anastrozole (basically...
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