#resort Albania

[albaniahotels5star]

A Luxurious Escape: Unveiling the Charms of Albania's 5-Star Hotel Paradise

Introduction: Albania's hospitality scene has been transforming, and the rise of 5-star hotels has been a game-changer for discerning travelers seeking opulence and impeccable service. In this article, we delve into the realm of luxury and explore the best 5-star hotel Albania has to offer.

1. Unparalleled Accommodation: The 5-star hotel in Albania stands as an epitome of sophistication, boasting lavish rooms and suites with contemporary designs and breathtaking views. Guests can indulge in plush bedding, high-end amenities, and personalized services, elevating their stay to a memorable experience.

2. Exquisite Dining Options: Culinary excellence is at the heart of this 5-star hotel. Its gourmet restaurants serve delectable dishes prepared by world-class chefs, incorporating local flavors and international cuisines. The elegant ambiance and attentive staff enhance the dining experience, leaving guests satisfied and coming back for more.

3. Indulgent Spa and Wellness: A true sanctuary of relaxation awaits guests at the hotel's spa and wellness center. With a wide array of therapeutic treatments, saunas, and pools, visitors can unwind and rejuvenate after a day of exploring Albania's wonders.

4. State-of-the-Art Facilities: The 5-star hotel spares no expense when it comes to facilities. From cutting-edge fitness centers to well-equipped conference rooms, guests can balance work and play seamlessly.

5. Unrivaled Hospitality: The hotel's staff goes above and beyond to cater to the needs of their guests, ensuring a personalized and memorable experience. Their attention to detail and warm demeanor create an inviting atmosphere, making visitors feel right at home.

Conclusion: The 5-star hotel in Albania not only meets the expectations of luxury travelers but exceeds them with its top-tier accommodations, dining, wellness offerings, and unmatched hospitality. Choosing this hotel guarantees an unforgettable stay in the beautiful country of Albania.

[pier-carlo-universe]

Rubrica Controcampo: Migranti in Albania, agenti italiani alloggiati in resort di lusso

Un'analisi critica sui costi e le condizioni della missione italiana in Albania, tra stipendi elevati e soggiorni di lusso

Un’analisi critica sui costi e le condizioni della missione italiana in Albania, tra stipendi elevati e soggiorni di lusso. Nell’ambito della rubrica Controcampo, analizziamo oggi il tema della gestione della missione italiana in Albania, un’operazione che ha suscitato non poche polemiche, soprattutto per i costi associati all’alloggio degli agenti. L’articolo di Alessia Candito di Repubblica ci…

[bruhstation]

steam team's seniors during their baby years

A friend group so weird and toxic to people they dislike it could rival It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia’s. They're not immune to the "I came to Sodor to avoid my problems and wanted a fresh start" trope many Sudrians also follow

Edward Pettigrew

Age: 31 as of 1984

A kind, friendly NWR railwayman who didn’t mind a lot of things and was popular amongst younger folks for his looks and demeanor. He likes showing newbies the ropes of the NWR and Sodor as a whole because he just loves infodumping. Despite being made fun of by some railwaymen for his “weirdness”, Edward worked hard and was known as the jack-of-all-trades by his peers, usually treating younger and newer railwaymen to drinks after work to get them accustomed to Sodor (he did this to Henry, then Gordon, then James). Originally from the village of Pezë in Tirana, Albania, 1940s. Due to his beginnings in a small rural village and the Albanian government’s censorship of outside influences and heavy restriction of traveling outside the country, Edward’s hunger for knowledge about the world grew more and more. His family had connections to the Lëvizja Nacional-Çlirimtare and Edward’s particularly bright and good at talking, so he became a diplomat to travel outside Albania – a step into his plans of learning more about the world. After landing himself in the United Kingdom and studying everything he wanted, he believes it’s still not enough. He found out about an island infamous for its supernatural occurrences and cases of people missing just off the coast of the UK – Sodor. Being the curious man he is, he discarded everything that’s needed for the LNÇ to locate him and landed on Sodor, gorging himself with every mystery the island has to offer. Impulsive? Yes. But for the first time, Edward felt true freedom. However, Edward got too curious and nosy and became a casualty in an accident fueled by supernatural hysteria related to Lady of the Legend and was transported around 40 years into the future, landing in 1983 with his memories all over the place. Despite losing his sense of self and having no idea what he is, his thirst for knowledge still lives on inside his head. His cheerfulness, amicability, and kindness are extensions he formed to make up for the hole inside his heart. Edward does love his friends, but he believes that if he can withhold information from them and make them all live in blissful ignorance, they can be truly happy – this all stems from his fear of exceeding his limits and being discarded (which he later copes by being a typical wise friendly old man in 1999). He often sees visages of Lady in his dreams.

Gordon J. Gresley

Age: 26 as of 1984

Joined after Henry. Looked like he was fresh out of a funeral. A young hotshot who was more polite, quiet, and reserved compared to his 1999 counterpart. Gordon started out as an apprentice fireman for the Wild Nor’Wester’s previous driver. He treated his arrival on Sodor as a desperate last resort to escape his issues and grief and pitifully believed he was “lumped with the social pariahs in the boonies”, but he’s gotten better and believed that this is where he can truly outshine everyone, much to the annoyance and chagrin of his seniors. Gordon acts like he knows what he’s doing in order to build up his image as someone who’s dependable and strong and revels in small basks of limelight. However, he was constantly uncomfortable with how Edward treated accidents as normal due to their survivors being in tip-top shape the next day and how Henry is so distrustful of and odd about everything and everyone and sweats 24/7, but he’s been masking and convincing himself that he’s not like the rest of them. He’s normal. He’s normal! Let’s all hold hands. Don’t be fooled by his sad face. Young Gordon can be arrogant and think he knows everything for being a youngin.

Henry Stanier

Age: 27 as of 1984

Joined after Edward, so he’s quite close to him. Gordon’s “senior” by 6 months. He’s always, ALWAYS scared endlessly about anything “out of the ordinary” and beats himself up over it, much to his own disgust. Henry had a deep rooted hatred and jealousy towards his peers for pitying him after a coworker revealed to other railwaymen that he’s narcoleptic without his permission. He’s been masking his disabilities despite it being detrimental for his well-being, but as long as people treated him “normally”, Henry would endure (dreadfully). He did this especially with Gordon, the newest addition to the Northwestern Railway at the time, because he didn’t want anyone else to treat him differently when they find out about his health issues. As an extention, Henry developed a vitriol towards Gordon too – he’s particularly jealous about how he’s so “ungrateful” of everything’s given to him like his fair looks, clothes, and position as the to-be face of the Wild Nor’Wester. They did become friends though despite the process not being easy. It’s okay. They became besties that were mean to old nosy folks. Initially wanted to pursue arts, but due to circumstances from his past related to his health and paranoia fueled by his past failures and “jinxes”, he came to Sodor as a half-hearted last resort to get a job. He wasn’t hopeful of having anyone respect him for who he is, but things do get better, much to his surprise.

James A. Hughes

Age: 25 as of 1989

Joined the NWR 5 years after Edward did. At that point, Gordon already discarded his GNR Green look and went for the blue attire (minus the big coat). Flaunts his beauty almost at any given time, especially when someone mildly complimented him. He’s more of a nerd (word used loosely because he acts like a know-it-all when he actually has no idea what he’s doing) compared to his canon, 1999 counterpart. James came to Sodor for a fresh start and believed he deserves more than what he’s given. He thinks he’s so tough and hard as nails – in fact it became his source of hubris because he gets into accidents and was scolded by his seniors for being so vain and stubborn. He doesn’t want to get dirty, he doesn’t want to shovel coal, he doesn’t want to get wet from the washdown suds – he only wants the good out of the work and doesn’t want to accept the “bad” sides as well, so James was branded as the “problem kid” of the NWR by older folks. James, who can’t handle harsh criticism and labels well, grow even more distant with them. He primarily hangs out with the RWS trio because they seem to understand his situation and the feeling of being “outcasted” (despite Gordon’s annoyance at his boastfulness). 

[wgm-beautiful-world]

Mrizi i Zanave, agrotourism resort - ALBANIA

[vintagebiker43]

Macron starà anche sui maron ma con 800 milioni di euro ha rifatto Notre Dame.

La Benita Frignona con la stessa cifra ci ha fatto un canile in Albania e settimane di resort di lusso per qualche poliziotto.

[songs-of-the-east]

Kanun: Shattered Lives in a Hidden Albania

"Kanun is a body of law which began regulating the lives of the Albanian people between the 13 and 1400's; it is still practiced in many parts of the country, especially in the north. Blood revenge is just the best known aspect of Kanun. It regulated relations with the Catholic church, marriages, property, economic activities, social order and the punishment of those guilty of crimes. Tragedy and drama are basic elements of Kanun. It developed because State control over the administration of justice in that part of the country was historically weak. With the fall of Communism in 1991, and the resulting weakening of law and order nationally, the number of vengeance killings has multiplied. Today, in a country that is trying desperately to rebuilt itself and one where the judicial system is still not able to guarantee the enforcement of State laws, this resorting to assassins in the name of Kanun has assumed really threatening proportions. The Albanian mass media have documented that since the mid-1999's, the crimes, horrors, and atrocities committed in the name of Kanun are a growing cancer even as the precepts of the ancient code are completely misinterpreted and often used as a pretext to justify common criminal acts."

- Massimo Mastrorillo

[bicheco]

Ultimissime

Il Governo italiano ha deciso di convertire il lag... il centro migranti in Albania in villaggio turistico. Stanno già cambiando gli arredamenti delle camerette (via le catene, dentro l'acqua corrente) come pure la pavimentazione. Il tutto dovrebbe essere operativo entro il prossimo Giugno. Si prevede che potrà ospitare fino a cinquecento turisti (salvo diversa disposizione della magistratura). Chi volesse prenotare può già farlo, è sufficiente telefonare al ministero degli interni o in alternativa a Trivago.

Nome del resort: "Porto sicuro".

Lo inaugurerà Fiorello.

[rachelroams]

Idk who needs to hear this - but you're overdue for a beach escape 😉

📌 SAVE + tag a friend who’s in need of a vacation!

Discover one of Europe's most underrated travel spots… along the Albanian Riviera! ⛱️One of the Mediterranean’s best-kept secrets, Albania is very much an up-and-comer on the beach vacation bucket list.

☀️ With dramatic coastline along the Aegean Sea, turquoise bays, lush mountainsides, luxurious lodging, and fresh-from-the-sea dining 🎣, this corner of Europe is officially worth adding to your Must Travel list.

Compared to other Mediterranean destinations like the French Riviera, Greece or Italy, the Albanian Riviera offers excellent value for money! 🤑

⭐️ Bonus: it’s less crowded with tourists (particularly in the shoulder season), and the hospitality is wonderful. 
Below are several spots I loved:

💙 Himarë: Picturesque town with stunning views and relaxed vibe. (Pro tip: stay at @artisbluerelax for lovely rooms + unreal patio views.) 💚 Porto Palermo: Beautiful bay with quaint onsite cafe during high season. 💜 Sarandë: Lively resort town with ferries to nearby destinations such as Corfu, Greece. 💛 Vlorë: Populous coastal city with colorful, newly-refurbished old town.

Who do you want to travel here with?!

[iishmael]

Global Reading Challenge: 147/200

A personal reading project, where I endeavour to read a book from each of the 193 United Nations member states plus 7 extra* ones. My main goal is to have fun and to learn, but I do have rules for myself:

The book should be fiction, and preferably a novel. I allow plays and poetry, but non-fiction only as the very last resort

The author should have the nationality of their country. If they have lived a good portion of their life there and genuinely represent the local culture, then it's ok if they've been born somewhere else

I want to read books that represent the local literary tradition. Preferably a "classic", a book that illustrates the local culture, or a book that is famous within the country. I avoid popular and contemporary fiction, and books that play outside of the country.

*Extra states have been determined based on UNESCO membership and personal interest where I want to read more books from. This is not a political statement.

The List

Afghanistan: Atiq Rahimi - Earth and Ashes

Albania:

Algeria: Albert Camus - The Stranger (FR)

Andorra: Teresa Colom - Mlle Keaton et autres creatures (FR)

Angola: José Eduardo Agualusa - The Book of Chameleons

Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina: JL Borges - Fictions

Armenia: Raffi - The Fool

Australia: Doris Pilkington/Nugi Garimara - Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence

Austria: Elfriede Jelinek - Die Klavierspielerin

Azerbaijan

Bahamas: Telcine Turner - Woman Take Two

Bahrain: Sarah Al Shafei - Yummah

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belarus: Uladzimir Karatkievich - King Stakh's Wild Hunt

Belgium

Belize: Zee Edgell - Beka Lamb

Benin

Bhutan: Karma Ura - The Hero with a Thousand Eyes

Bolivia: Adela Zamudio - Cuentos breves

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Ivo Andrić - The Bridge on the Drina

Botswana: Bessie Head - Maru

Brazil: Paulo Coehlo - The Alchimist

Brunei Darussalam: K.H. Lim - Written in Black

Bulgaria: Elias Canetti - Komödie der Eitelkeit (GER)

Burkina Faso: Norbert Zongo - Le parachutage (FR)

Burundi: Samoya Kirura - La femme au regard triste (FR)

Cabo Verde: Germano Almeida - The Last Will & Testament of Senhor da Silva Araújo

Cambodia

Cameroon: Francis Bebey - King Albert

Canada: S. Alice Callahan - Wynema: A Child of the Forest

Central African Republic: Étienne Goyémidé - Le dernier Survivant de la caravane

Chad: Told by Starlight in Chad - Joseph Brahmin Seid

Chile

China

Colombia: Gabriel García Márquez - One hundred years of solitude

Comoros: Ali Zamir - A Girl Called Eel

Congo

Cook Islands*: Kauraka Kauraka- Oral tradition in Manihiki

Costa Rica: Carlos Luis Fallas - Mamita Yunai (Die Grüne Hölle, GER)

Côte D’Ivoire

Croatia

Cuba

Cyprus: Kyriakos Charalambides - Selected Poems

Czech Republic: Jan Neruda - Prague Tales

DPRK (North Korea): Bandi - The Accusation

DRC: The Mwindo Epic (edited by Daniel Biebuyck and Kahombo C. Mateene)

Denmark

Djibouti: Abdourahman A. Waberi - Passage of Tears

Dominica: Jean Rhys - Wide Sargasso Sea

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

Egypt: Naguib Mahfouz - Palace Walk

El Salvador: Horacio Castellanos Moyà - Le bal des vipères (FR)

Equatorial Guinea: Trifonia Melibea Obono - La Bâtarde (FR)

Eritrea: Helen Berhane - Song of the Nightingale

Estonia: Jaan Kross - The Czar's Madman

Eswatini: Malla Nunn - A Beautiful Place to Die

Ethiopia

Fiji: Rajni Mala Khelawan - Kalyana

Finland

France: Pierre Louys - Aphrodite: Ancient Manners

Gabon: Daniel M Mengara - Mema

Gambia

Georgia: Mikheil Javakhishvili - Kvachi

Germany: Thomas Mann - Buddenbrooks

Ghana: Ayi Kwei Armah - The beautiful ones are not yet born

Greece: Nikos Kazantzakis - Zorba the Greek

Greenland*: Knud Rasmussen - Eskimo Folktales

Grenada: Merle Collins - The Colour of Forgetting

Guatemala: Miguel Angel Asturias - Strong Wind

Guinea: Camara Laye - The Radiance of the King

Guinea Bissau: Abdulai Sila - The ultimate tragedy

Guyana

Haiti: Jacques Roumain - Gouverneurs de La Rosée

Honduras: Froylan Turcios - El Vampiro (SPA)

Hungary: Arthur Koestler - Darkness at Noon

Iceland: Halldór Laxness - Independent People

India: Rabindranath Tangore - The Home and the World

Indonesia: Eka Kurniawan - Man Tiger

Iran: Sadegh Hedayat - The Blind Owl

Iraq: Andrew George - The epic of Gilgamesh

Ireland: James Joyce - Dubliners

Israel

Italy: Italo Calvino - If on a Winter's Night a Traveller

Jamaica: Andrew Salkey - Hurricane

Japan

Jordan: Amjad Nasser - L'ascension de l'amant (FR)

Kazakhstan

Kenya: Ngugi wa Thiong'o - Petals of blood

Kiribati: Teresia Teaiwa & Vilsoni Hereniko - Last Virgin in paradise

Kosovo*: Flora Brovina - Call me by my name

Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan: Chingiz Aitmatov - Jamila

Laos: Outhine Bounyavong - Mother's Beloved

Latvia

Lebanon

Lesotho

Liberia: Bai T. Moore - Murder in the Cassava Patch

Libya

Liechtenstein

Lithuania: Vingas Kreve - The Herdsman and the Linden Tree

Luxembourg: Norbert Jacques - Dr Mabuse der Spieler (GER)

Madagascar: Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo - Traduit de La nuit (FR)

Malawi: William Kamkwamba - The Boy who harnessed the Wind

Malaysia

Maldives: Abdullah Sadiq - Dhon Hiyala and Ali Fulhu

Mali

Malta: Oliver Friggieri - Koranta and other short stories

Marshall Islands: Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner - Iep Jaltok: Poems from a Marshallese Daughter

Mauritania: Moussa Ould Ebnou - L'Amour Impossible (FR)

Mauritius: Ananda Devi - Eve out of her ruins

Mexico: Mario Bellatín - Beauty Salon

Micronesia: Emelihter Klieng - My Urohs

Monaco: Louis Notari - La légende de Sainte Dévote (FR)

Mongolia: Galsan Tschinag - Die Karawane (GER)

Montenegro: Petar II Petrovic Njegos - The Mountain Wreath

Morocco: Abdellatif Laâbi - Le bâpteme chacaliste (FR)

Mozambique: Mia Couto - Under the Frangipani

Myanmar

Namibia

Nauru: Nancy Viviani - Nauru, phosphate and political progress

Nepal: Prajwal Parajuly - Land where I flee

Netherlands

New Zealand: Witi Ihimaera - The Whale Rider

Nicaragua: Rubén Dario - Azul… (SPA/ENG)

Niger: Abdoulaye Mamani - Sarraounia: Le drame de la reine magicienne (FR)

Nigeria: Chinua Achebe - Things Fall Apart

Niue*: John Puhiatau Pule - The Bond of Time: An Epic Love Poem

North Macedonia

Norway: Henrik Ibsen - A Doll's House

Oman

Pakistan: Jamil Ahmad - The Wandering Falcon

Palau: Hermana Ramarui - The Palauan Perspective: a poetry book

Panama: Ricardo Miró - Las Noches de Babel (SPA)

Palestine*: Ibrahim Nasrallah - Prairies of Fever

Papua New Guinea: Vincent Eri - The Crocodile

Paraguay: Augusto Roa Bastos - I the Supreme

Peru: Mario Vargas Llosa - In Praise of the Stepmother

Philippines

Poland: Isaac Singer - The Magician of Lublin

Portugal

Qatar: Abdulaziz Al Mahmoud - The Corsair

Republic of Korea

Republic of Moldova

Romania: Ioan Slavici - The lucky mill

Russian Federation: Leo Tolstoi - The Death of Ivan Ilyich

Rwanda

Saint Kitts and Nevis: Caryl Philips - Cambridge

Saint Lucia: Derek Walcott - Omeros

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Samoa: Albert Wendt - Leaves of the Banyan Tree

San Marino: J. Theodore Bent - A freak of Freedom: or, the Republic of San Marino

São Tomé e Príncipe: Conceição Lima - No Gods Live Here

Saudi Arabia: Abdel Rahman Munif - Endings

Senegal: Ibrahima Sall - Le conte du sable fin

Serbia

Seychelles: Antoine Abel - Coco Sec (FR)

Sierra Leone

Singapore: Cyril Wong - Tilting our Plates to catch the Light

Slovakia: Milan Rúfus - Strenges Brot

Slovenia: France Prešeren - Poems

Solomon Islands: John Saunana - Cruising Through the Reverie

Somalia: Hadraawi - The Poet and the Man

South Africa: JM Coetzee - Disgrace

South Sudan: Nyuol Lueth Tong - There is a country

Spain: Miguel de Unamuno - Abel Sanchez and Other Stories

Sri Lanka

Sudan

Suriname

Sweden: August Strindberg - The Red Room

Switzerland: Gottfried Keller - Romeo und Julia auf dem Dorfe

Syrian Arab Republic: Ibn al-Nafis - Theologus Autodidactus

Taiwan*: Qiu Miaojin - Notes of a Crocodile

Tajikistan: Shavkat Niyazi - At the Foot of Blue Mountains: Stories by Tajik Authors

Thailand

Timor-Leste: Xanana Gusmão - Mar Meu

Togo: Sami Tchak - La fête des masques (FR)

Tonga: Epeli Hau'ofa - Tales of the Tikongs

Trinidad and Tobago: VS Naipaul - A House for Mr Biswas

Tunisia: Albert Memmi - The Pillar of Salt

Turkey

Turkmenistan: Magtymguly - Poems from Turkmenistan

Tuvalu: Neil Lifuka - Logs in the current of the sea

Uganda: Okot p'Bitek - Song of Lawino & Song of Ocol

Ukraine: Andrey Kurkov - Death and the Penguin

United Arab Emirates

UK: Virginia Woolf - Mrs Dalloway

United Republic of Tanzania

USA: John Steinbeck - Grapes of Wrath

Uruguay

Uzbekistan: Abdullah Qoqiriy - Bygone Days

Vanuatu: Grace Molisa - Black Stone

Vatican City*: Andrew Graham-Dixon - Michelangelo and the Sistine Chapel

Venezuela

Viet Nam

Yemen: Abdul-wali - They die strangers

Zambia

Zimbabwe

[salantami]

Sarandë

Albania.

Sarandë is a resort on the Albanian Riviera, in southern Albania. Sandwiched between the Ionian Sea and hills of olive groves, the town is on a horseshoe-shaped bay, edged by beaches and a promenade. In the center are the archaeological remains of a 5th-century synagogue, later an early Christian basilica. Intricate floor mosaics are still evident. The 16th-century Lëkurësi Castle is on a hilltop above the town

[escmemesandstuff]

My thoughts on the rest of rehearsal clips, once again, spoilers below the cut.

Denmark is very green, not impressive but a suitable staging for this song I guess

Armenia looks good (heh), I’m intrigued about the full performance

Romania not very impressive, at least they ditched that stripper show from the NF

I like Alika’s outfit, nice to see a ballad that doesn’t resort to the usual black or white aesthetic

Belgium is cute and pink, the dancer seems to upstage Gustaph

Cyprus looks very polished and professional, Andrew’s vocals are on point too

Iceland: nice but lacking, hard to see this qualifying

Greece has some nice Greek letters in the background, Victor moving too much on stage for a song like this

Blanka’s dress is pretty

Slovenia: a performance similar to the music video, nothing surprising but works well

Georgia looks and sounds amazing! The most impressive clip from the second semi

San Marino’s staging is nice but the song still does nothing to me

I like Austria’s colour scheme

Albania has a touch of epic fantasy, a very Balkan ballad-esque staging

Monika should get to the final for those vocals alone

Australia brings a super energetic finish to the semi, there’s also a car on stage?

Germany brings in some Blind Channel style pyros, there def won’t be zero points for Deutschland this time

France: very stylish, very glittery

Italy looks simple, then again a ballad doesn’t need gimmicky staging

Ukraine looks cool, an upgraded version of the NF performance

Spain: nothing we haven’t seen before, but it should impress casual audiences

The British clip was missing but judging from the pics I’ve seen, it’s gonna be a wacky staging. Could be a bop or a flop.

Final judgement: The winner of the second semi will be a country starting with “A”. The victory of the overall contest will be a two-horse race between France and Sweden. Finland will get a top five score thanks to the televote, and Israel could pull a Foureira. Of the possible dark horses, Germany seems like a strong candidate.

Last place in the final? Probably Estonia or Albania.

[glorioustidalwavedefendor]

No

As Far as I understand henotheism means

Henotheism refers to a pluralistic theology wherein different deities are viewed to be of a unitary, equivalent divine essence.[2] Another term related to henotheism is "equitheism", referring to the belief that all gods are equal.[11] Furthermore, the term henotheism does not exclude monism, nondualism, or dualism.[6]

That's not how teh saints work

O.K. so saints are ALWAYS humans that distinguished themselefs in service of the christian god

A lot of them died as martyr but not all of them

-> Today you still can add saints to teh catalouge, teh catholic church has a procedure for that. You have to proof that these peopel had saintly qualities and if your proof is good enough they add a saint to the canon (usualyl popes and mother Theresa .. )

NOW

Saints are not equal to god

They are more like middle mamagment

They also have speciall resorts

Like St Nicholas (the one on 6th december who brings toys) his resorts are:

Children,coopers,travelers,sailors,fishermen,merchants,toymakers, boadcasters,the falsely accused, repentant thieves, brewers, pharmacists, archers, pawnbrokers, unmarried people, Prilep, Aberdeen, Galway, Albania, Russia, Greece, Hellenic Navy, Liverpool, Bari, Čilipi, Siġġiewi, Moscow, Amsterdam, Lorraine, Royal School of Church Music and Duchy of Lorraine, students in various cities and countries around Europe, Russian Navy

Now ANYONE can pray to ANY saint

But usually you pray to teh saint who is responsible for teh thing you have issues with

SO you wouldn't pray to St. nicholas to protect your home from fire that is St. Florians resort

Saints also have a strong connection to the places they where born in, died or at least lived and worked

In all those places you will find specially potent places of worship

(Praying to St Nicholas in Myra will allegedly work more potently then just praying to him at home)

Also places that have a piece of their saint (18 of the 12 apostels who are ALSO saints are burried in Spain alone ... ), they to are said to be especially potent ...

Of course these places also make lots of money with pillgrims ...

It's also interetsing that a lot of places where teh holy mother mary is worship (becasue she appeared to someone, that counts) Turn out to have been places of worship for heathem female gods ...

-> There is not a single original bone in christianity ... literally ... it's all derivative ...

SO basically you pray every day to god as a kind of maintenance

You pray to saints for specific issues

And only if that doesn't work you bring your griefance to teh big boss

consuming mass amounts of media related to my hyperfixation isnt enough i need to eat it

[chillalittle]

Red Sol Resort in Albania

[eurovision-revisited]

Eurovision 2008: The Scoreboards

RTS weren't feeling the flowers from 2007 (or at least the fans weren't), so it's back to basics in the national colours for this year's scoreboard. Red, white and blue are a big theme this year, and that features strongly here.

Strong colours, strong sans-serif block capitals. While easy to read, it feels almost institutional. It's a reversion to the approach that's been used several times since 2003. It also has the benefit of being relatively cheap. If you're hosting two semi-finals instead of one, you probably have to cut some corners somewhere.

The national spokespeople are again confined to their thought bubbles in the upper right of the screen. Like last year, this allows them to do their bit while the eight, ten and twelve points fly onto the screen and the scoreboard automatically resorts itself into descending total points order. It all seems standard now, but this system has been developed both as technology advances as well as the scoring system used at Eurovision. By 2008, it's become entrenched.

The semi-finals have their winner's envelope brought to the stage by one of the dancers from the opening. The second semi-final features a big basket of apples too for some reason. Like last year, the big envelope contains ten smaller envelopes each containing a qualifying country.

There is one other wrinkle this year. Ten countries go through from each semi-final, but only nine are decided by the public vote. There is a tenth slot reserved for the highest non-televote-qualified country in the results of the combined back-up juries.

It's time for the 2008 semi-final spoilers!

The first semi-final was when Europe was first truly exposed to what was going on. It's also the location of what has become one of the major non-qualifying upsets, although at the time I don't think it was seen as an upset at all. It's the only semi-final ever that's had one song in a made up language and another in a language that's sort of an amalgam of lots of other languages. And a puppet. It's possibly the most surreal semi-final there's ever been. We'll get into that in more detail later, but for now here's the outcome.

Going through were:

Greece - 156 points

Armenia - 139 points

Russia - 135 points. Russia only third in the semi...

Norway - 106 points

Israel - 104 points

Azerbaijan - 96 points

Romania - 94 points

Finland - 79 points

Bosnia & Herzegovina - 72 points

The back up jury qualifier also happened to be the tenth place televote finisher:

10. Poland - 42 points

That's a massive drop-off in points there. Also noteworthy is that you might say that's a whole load of 'eastern' or newer Eurovision entrants there again, but to most this wasn't surprising given the nature of some of the songs that didn't qualify.

Semi-final two was a tighter affair. The qualifiers were:

Ukraine - 152 points

Portugal - 102 points

Denmark - 112 points

Croatia - 112 points

Georgia - 107 points

Latvia - 86 points

Türkiye - 85 points

Iceland - 68 points

Albania - 67 points

The jury qualifier only finished twelfth in the public vote and that was

12. Sweden - 54 points.

The unlucky tenth place finisher was North Macedonia on 64 points. Only missing out by three points and a jury decision.

That gets everyone to Saturday and the Grand Final. It featured twenty-five countries, and for the first time twenty of them had been performed on the stage before. Only the Big Four and hosts Serbia would be new.

The Big Four wouldn't do well again. All finished on the right-hand side of the scoreboard with the UK at the bottom (again). Serbia did well with a song written by one of the hosts (!), but the scoreboard was similar to previous years, in that it was dominated by the countries who did well in the semi-finals.

But hold up a minute, the winner of the Grand Final only finished third in their semi, while the runner up of the second-semi final could only manage thirteenth. It seems that over the course of the week some songs were becoming more popular while others faded, perhaps because in the Grand Final, their vote was split. Or was it because in the semi-final they had more 'friendly' countries and that effect was diluted in the final? Or maybe it was exposing other more covert televoting behaviours as some suspected?

That's interesting. How the pots for the semi-final draw were selected may need some looking at. As well as exactly what was going on with the phones.

So here's the full final result of the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest:

Russia - Dima Bilan - "Believe" - 272 points

Ukraine - Ani Lorak - "Shady Lady" - 230 points

Greece - Kalomira - "Secret Combination" - 218 points

Armenia - Sirusho - "Qélé, Qélé" - 199 points

Norway - Maria - "Hold on Be Strong" - 182 points

Serbia - Jelena Tomašević feat. Bora Dugić - "Oro" - 160 points

Türkiye - Mor ve Ötesi - "Deli" - 138 points

Azerbaijan - Elnur and Samir - "Day After Day" - 132 points

Israel - Boaz - "The Fire in Your Eye" - 124 points

Bosnia & Herzegovina - Laka - "Pokušaj" - 110 points

Georgia - Diana Gurtskaya - "Peace Will Come" - 83 points

Latvia - Pirates of the Sea - "Wolves of the Sea" - 83 points

Portugal - Vânia Fernandes - "Senhora do mar (negras águas)" - 69 points

Iceland - Euroband - "This Is My Life" - 64 points

Denmark - Simon Mathew - "All Night Long" - 60 points

Spain - Rodolfo Chikilicuatre - "Baila el Chiki Chiki" - 55 points

Albania - Olta Boka- "Zemrën e lamë peng" - 55 points

Sweden - Charlotte Perrelli - "Hero" - 47 points

France - Sébastien Tellier - "Divine" - 47 points

Romania - Nico & Vlad - "Pe-o margine de lume" - 45 points

Croatia - Kraljevi ulice and 75 Cents - "Romanca" - 44 points

Finland - Teräsbetoni - "Missä miehet ratsastaa" - 35 points

Germany - No Angels - "Disappear" - 14 points

Poland - Isis Gee - "For Life" - 14 points

United Kingdom - Andy Abraham - "Even If" - 14 points

Terry Wogan was a broken man.

There are so many things to unpack here, I'm contemplating on doing an extra blog for this year just to go through it all. But for now, that will have to wait until after some I've gone through my top sixty-four songs for the year.

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