The sublime.

GiRAFFE HEROES

Nancy Abraham and her father Alexander.

New Yorkers often bemoan the lack of housing for the poor in their city, but city government didn't solv this problem. New Yorkers Nancy Abraham and her father Alexander put their own time, money and connections on the line, creating more than 100 units of safe housing for the city's needy. They started with a project to provide transitional housing for women; within three months they had put down $100.000 on what Nancy calls "a beautiful rehabbed building in a wonderful neighborhood". For the next two years Nancy visited nonprofit organizations and offered to help make their dream projects realities; with the Abraham's financial backing two nonprofits now run three new residences.The Abraham's involvement has been "hands-on" from the beginning. They have godparented the residents' children and taken great pride in each one's achievements. They'd tell you that it sure beats complaining about what's wrong, and it is a lot more satisfying that just writing a check to a charity. 

• Community development.

• Poverty.

• Womens issues.

St George's Day

Saint George's Day is the feast day of Saint George and the National Day for England. St. George's Day is not an official national holiday in England or the UK. It is celebrated by various Christian churches and by the several nations, kingdoms, countries, and cities of which Saint George is the patron saint. Saint George's Day is celebrated on 23 April, the traditionally accepted date of Saint George's death in AD 303. For Eastern Orthodox Churches, which use the Julian calendar, 23 April currently falls on 6 May on the Gregorian calendar.

Since Easter often falls close to Saint George's Day, the church celebration of the feast may be moved from 23 April. In England, where it is the National Saint's Day, for 2011 and 2014 the Anglican and Catholic calendars celebrate Saint George's Day on the first Monday after Easter Week (2 May and 28 April, respectively).Similarly, the Eastern Orthodox celebration of the feast moves accordingly to the first Monday after Easter or as it is sometimes called, to the Monday of Bright Week.

CELEBRATIONS.

Countries that celebrate St George's Day include Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, England, Georgia, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, and Serbia. Cities include Genoa in Italy, Beirut in Lebanon, Qormi and Victoria in Malta, Moscow in Russia, Ljubljana in Slovenia, and many others. It is also celebrated in the old Crown of Aragon in Spain — Aragon, Catalonia, Valencia, and Majorca.

England.

April Fools' Day

April Fools' Day' is celebrated on 1 April every year. 1 April is not a national holiday, but is recognized and celebrated in various countries as a day when people play pratical jokes and hoaxes on each other called April fools. Precursors of April Fools' Day include the Roman festival of Hilaria, held 25 March, and the Medieval Feast of Fools, held 28 December, still a day on which pranks are played in Spanish-speaking countries.
In the Middle Ages, up until the late 18th century, New Year's Day was celebrated on 25 March (Feast of the Annunciation) in most European towns. In some areas of France, New Year's was a week-long holiday ending on 1 April. Many writers suggest that April Fools originated because those who celebrated on 1 January made fun of those who celebrated on other dates. The use of 1 January as New Year's Day was common in France by the mid-16th century, and this date was adopted officially in 1564 by the Edict of Roussillon

Beowulf plot

King Hrothgar of Denemark has built a mead-hall, Heorot, where his warriors can gather to drink and listen to stories sung by the scops. A terrible monster, Grendel, frightens the Danes. Beowulf, a young warrior, decides to sail to Danemark to defeat Grendel. He fights with the monster and mortally injures him.  
Grendel's mother comes to Heorot seeking revange for he son. She kills Aeschene, one of Hrothgar beste friends. Beowulf travels to the like where she lives.He dives into the water and succeeds in killing Grendel's mother with a sword. Beowulf becomes king abd he rules for 50 years, bringing prosperity to his country. Then, when Beowulf is an old man, a dragon emerges from the barrow and begins killing the Geats. Beowulf has a premonition of disaster, but he decides to fight the fire dragon. He kills the monster, but he is mortally wounded and after the battle he dies.

THE ROYAL FAMILY.

The British Royal Family is the family group of close relatives of the monarch of the United Kingdom. Members of the Royal Family can be known both by the name of the Royal house, and by a surname, which are not always the same. And often they do not use a surname at all.Before 1917, members of the British Royal Family had no surname, but only the name of the house or dynasty to which they belonged. Kings and princes were historically known by the names of the countries over which they and their families ruled. Kings and queens therefore signed themselves by their first names only, a tradition in the United Kingdom which has continued to the present day. The names of dynasties tended to change when the line of succession was taken by a rival faction within the family or when succession passed to a different family branch through females. The House of Windsor came into being in 1917, when the name was adopted as the British Royal Family's official name by a proclamation of King George V, replacing the historic name of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. It remains the family name of the current Royal Family.  The family name was changed as a result of anti-German feeling during the First World War. The Royal Family name of Windsor was confirmed by The Queen after her accession in 1952. After 1917, members of the Royal Family belong, either by birth or marriage, to the House of Windsor. Senior titled members of the royal family do not usually use a surname, although since 1960 Mountbatten-Windsor (incorporating Prince Philip's adopted surname of Mountbatten) has been prescribed as a surname for Queen Elizabeth II's direct descendants who do not have royal styles and titles, and has also sometimes been used when required for those who do have such titles.

GEORGE ALEXANDER LOUIS 

Prince George of Cambridge was born 22 July 2013 and he is the only child of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge. He is the grandson of Prince Charles of Wales and  the great-grandson of the British monarch Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and Prince Philip.Therefore, it is the third in line of succession to the British throne and thrones of sixteen independent realms of the Commonwealth of Nations , after his grandfather and father . Is Prince "Cambridge" by the title of his father who is Duke of Cambridge . The names chosen are several members of the royal family : George by King George VI , father of Isabel II , Alexander is the masculine form of Alexandra , the second name of Queen Elizabeth II , and Louis by Louis Mountbatten , uncle of Felipe Edinburgh. His baptism took place in the Chapel Royal of St. James's Palace on 23 October 2013.

(Prince William and his wife Kate, with their son)

GHOST IN THE BEDROOM.

 The neighborhood was shaded by the many trees that lined the  old brick homes on the street. Except for the occasional laughter of kids playing outside, my house was quiet.   It was in the fall of 1996.  My two small children and I had moved in and had settled in an old part of Dallas. The school where I taught was only a few blocks away.  One of my students lived down the block.  He was an only child. Once he knew where I lived, he came by often to play with my kids.  
One Saturday, my children were out with their father when Eddie came over.  I let him in and although he knew my kids were out, he chose to hang around.He followed me down the hallway as I picked up after my children.  Eddie trotted at my heels as I collected  laundry.  I walked into my bedroom dropped the clothes in a hamper and reached for my hair brush sitting on the antique dresser.  I offered to take Eddie to the lake to feed the ducks.   His eyes lit up at the suggestion.  I chatted with him as I brushed my hair.  I couldn't help notice he kept looking behind me.  His eyes would look away at something and then back at me.  I didn't think much about it at the time.  I thought he was acting like a normal 10 year old.  
We drove to Bachman lake.  I had bought some fried chicken on the way to the lake and we ate on a nearby picnic table.  Eddie seemed to be distracted.  He was unusually quiet.  Finally he spoke up.  "Ms. T can I tell you something?" "Sure.  What is it Eddie?"
"Well, when we were inside your house...... I ..ah...I .saw something."  I looked at him.  I never told him about the strange sounds, and the paranormal activity that had been going on since I moved in that house. 
" Remember when you were in your bedroom brushing your hair?.......he continued. " Well, there was someone behind you."  My skin went cold.  " What do you mean?" I asked.  " I saw a little boy kneeling on the floor playing."   He....he...was see through.....I...I could see right through him."  Eddie looked serious and a little shook up.  "What was he playing?' I asked.
" He was stacking toy blocks on top of each other." I asked Eddie to describe the little boy.  He went into detail about his suspenders and haircut with bangs.  He even mentioned that the blocks were made of wood.  "Did he look at you?...Did he look at me? I asked.  "No....he just kept playing with his blocks.  I saw him for only a few seconds and then he disappeared." I had not told anyone  that my daughter Karen had seem a little boy ghost sleeping in Jimmy's bunk bed just a few months earlier.    His description seemed to fit the little boy  karen had seen in  September, the night of Jimmy's birthday.   The House off Greenville was my home for a few years and while I lived there, many people who visited experienced unexplainable events.