Weddings / Celebrations

A Generation of Dreams

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On this Oscars Weekend, we offer a blast from the past with some notable stars ⭐️ who have earned their American film stripes.

MY FAMILY, MI FAMILIA stars Jimmy Smits, Esai Morales, and AFI Board in a story about three generations of a Mexican American family living in East Los Angeles. The film was co-written and produced by AFI Conservatory Screenwriting Discipline Head Anna Thomas. 

MAYAIMI

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As a young man, I went to college, earned my advanced degree, first married and my two lovely daughters were born in Miami.

This coastal city was founded by a woman named Julia DeForest Tuttle a successful businesswoman who owned the property upon which Miami, Florida, was built. For this reason, she is called the "Mother of Miami." and is the only woman to be the founding mother a major American city.

A Fine Number Nine

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My Dearest Parker-

I'm pleased to see the resemblance between grandfather and grandson during the same age range but many years apart.

The Things We Do For Love

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Congratulations to our City Island neighbors Arlene and Josue Rivera. They had to take a #COVID test, wait for the results, and then travel to Miami, to board a connecting flight to get married at a Caribbean island paradise. Interestingly enough, days earlier the couple said there was no way they would take the virus test sighting safely and security reasons.

RIP: PePe Cardona

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City Islanders are heartbroken as a local and a dear friend of the community, PePe Cardona of Alive•n•Kickin has passed away.

White Christmas?

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Are you dreaming of a white Christmas, just like ones we used to know? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsxBCb03JCo

ThIs probability map shows at least 1 inch of snow being on the ground on December 25 in the contiguous United States. On the map, dark gray shows places where the probability is less than 10 percent, while white shows probabilities are greater than 90 percent.

WAR AND THE DEATH OF NEWS

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Since being offered the post of Grade B Reporter by the BBC in 1964, Martin Bell has spent more than half a century in the unquiet corners of the world, including four years in the surrogate war zone of the House of Commons. It has been a period of rapid change in the way that wars have been fought and perceived, and of equally rapid change in the way that news has been gathered and presented. From Vietnam to Bosnia and beyond, the former BBC correspondent has been in the thick of it.

THE DEATH OF NEWS

Reflections of a Grade B Reporter

Since being offered the post of Grade B Reporter by the BBC in 1964, Martin Bell has spent more than half a century in the unquiet corners of the world, including four years in the surrogate war zone of the House of Commons.

It has been a period of rapid change in the way that wars have been fought and perceived, and of equally rapid change in the way that news has been gathered and presented. From Vietnam to Bosnia and beyond, the former BBC correspondent has been in the thick of it.

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Goodbye and good riddance, July 2016

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It’s summertime in many parts of the world, and July happens to be one of the most event-filled months.
it is said that July is unlucky for weddings, but this one was unlucky for more than couples. And this long hot summer is not over yet, folks!

While many businesses begin attracting end of the year sales, this past month brought the world death, destruction, and disasters. July 2016 will be remembered as a month that continuously stunned the people of the world with multiple shocking events.

Friday the 13th

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Is this a new twist on an old superstition, or is this day any different than any other day? Perhaps, because this is the third time we see it this year.

Fear is likely rooted in Christianity. Jesus was crucified on a Friday and ever since the day has been associated with "general ill omen," Michael Bailey, a history professor at Iowa State University who specializes in the origins of superstitions, told USA TODAY Network.

Weddings in the Middle Ages, for instance, were not held on Fridays and it was not a day someone would start a journey, Bailey said.

Thirteen guests are believed to have attended the Last Supper, the night before Jesus was killed, according to Stuart Vyse, a psychology professor at Connecticut College. And Judas Iscariot, the disciple who betrayed Jesus, is considered to have been the 13th guest, Vyse said.

The superstition's origins are mysterious. It's unclear when Friday and number 13 became linked in the way we think of them today,

No. You're not more likely to make a trip to the hospital, but a friend told me he and his family were having his yearly physical.

European based reserach published in the World Journal of Surgery explored whether there is a link between Friday the 13th and an increase of blood loss and the frequency of emergency room visits on those days. Researchers reviewed 3,281 days at a hospital facility that included 15 Friday the 13ths. They found no correlation.

November 13, 2015 happens to be the third of three Friday the 13ths this year. Other dates this year include February 13 and March 13. In 2014, Friday the 13th came along once on June 13. After Friday, we'll have to wait until May 13, 2016 for the next "unlucky" date.

Why a trilogy of Friday the 13ths in 2015?

2015 has three Friday the 13ths. What are the odds? | Human World | EarthSky: http://earthsky.org/human-world/three-friday-13ths-in-2015-february-13-…

At least one celebrity swears by Friday the 13th: Taylor Swift Explains Why 13 Is Her Lucky Number http://on.mtv.com/1tRKa9F via @MTVNews