EXTRA, EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT! 📰 What's this? Alfonso Alto is back to sabotage Teodor yet again? Noemí thought she was achieving her dream of opening her own bakery thanks to Teodor and Irene, but has this partnership backfired instead? Postres de Alegría has yet to reach its full potential. Will a humble family-owned business stack up against money, power, and popularity? Hopefully, Alfonso and his sister-in-law, Vita Alto, haven't been able to gather too much information while scoping out the Alegrías.... twice now.

For more context, check out these posts:

01. Who is Teodor?

02. Teodor's Involvement with Postres de Alegría (Part 2) (Part 3)

03. Opening of Postres de Alegría

*Teodor's Tag

Altos 2: Isla Paradiso addition

Lopita Alto - Isla Paradiso

At home, Lopita Alto and her daughter Ashley are spending some fun time together. Their relationship isn’t always the best as they both have quite some diva characters, but it seems that today is a good day.

Lopita is going in town to do some shopping.

Alfonso is very quiet at the moment, but Lopita doesn’t really care and carries on having a great day...

Non date retta al re, non date retta a me. Chi v’inganna si fa sempre più alto d’una spanna, mette sempre un berretto, incede eretto con tante medaglie sul petto. Non date retta al saggio al maestro del villaggio al maestro della città a chi vi dice che sa. Sbagliate soltanto da voi come i cavalli, come i buoi, come gli uccelli, i pesci, i serpenti che non hanno monumenti e non sanno mai la storia. Chi vive è senza gloria.

Alfonso Gatto, Consiglio spassionato

Consiglio spassionato

Non date retta al re,

non date retta a me.

Chi v’inganna

si fa sempre più alto d’una spanna,

mette sempre un berretto,

incede eretto

con tante medaglie sul petto.

Non date retta al saggio

al maestro del villaggio

al maestro della città

a chi vi dice che sa.

Sbagliate soltanto da voi

come i cavalli, come i buoi,

come gli uccelli, i pesci, i serpenti

che non hanno monumenti

e non sanno mai la storia.

Chi vive è senza gloria.

Alfonso Gatto

@nenedenadie

Los privilegiados en los vuelos estatales durante el gobierno de Rajoy hace 6 años

➖Hace seis años, un fallo judicial sacudió los cimientos del poder en España, al arrojar luz sobre uno de los aspectos más opacos del gobierno de Rajoy: ¡los viajes en avión oficial! Una lista desgarradora, desvelada por el Ejército del Aire bajo el amparo de la Ley de Transparencia, dejó al descubierto un oscuro mundo de privilegios y abusos.

➖Más de 500 pasajeros, entre altos funcionarios, militares, periodistas y empresarios, se pasearon por los cielos españoles en más de 220 vuelos estatales entre 2012 y 2018. ¡Una élite privilegiada que volaba por los aires a costa del contribuyente!

➖Pero lo más escandaloso no es la presencia de ministros y altos cargos, sino la compañía que llevaban consigo. ¿Qué hacían esposas, familiares y amigos en estos vuelos de lujo? Ministros como José Manuel García Margallo, Alfonso Dastis y María Dolores de Cospedal no dudaron en llevar a sus parejas en estos viajes, justificando su presencia con excusas baratas. ¡Incluso el periodista Jorge Bustos se paseó por los aires en estos vuelos privilegiados!

➖La Fundación Civio, en una valiente batalla por la transparencia, logró desenmascarar este vergonzoso secreto. Tras años de lucha, un fallo de la Audiencia Nacional obligó al Ministerio de Defensa a sacar a la luz la lista de pasajeros, ¡aunque con censuras y exclusiones vergonzosas!

➖¿Dónde está la ética de aquellos que alguna vez abusaron de estos vuelos oficiales? ¿Cómo se atreven a criticar el uso del avión oficial por parte del presidente del Gobierno, cuando ellos mismos se paseaban por los aires como reyes y reinas? ¡El doble rasero de la derecha española al descubierto!

➡️Os dejo el listado de los 500 que usaron estos vuelos: https://ep00.epimg.net/descargables/2018/01/12/7472aa08a8c9c54aaeed457918ef340b.pdf

Here's another CAS post of the festival costumes that didn't make the main story. These are worn by the Alto family, and this post features the last teen 'elite' costume.

I learned the Alto's names during my wiki search to acquire the first names of the Vidals who I shared last week. On Joel's page I discovered his relationship to Ashley (third shot) and when I clicked through I was able to identify her and her parents, Alfonso (first shot), and Lopita (second shot), as sims I'd dressed for the festival.

Since Alfonso and Ashley's outfits aren't just color variations of costumes previously shared, I will talk about Lopita's garments first. Last week while discussing Valerie Vidal's costume, I mentioned the women's skirt lengths and there relation to position. I noted that Valerie's short skirt was a rank demotion and that before the demotion, her household held the same position as the Alto's. Valerie's original outfit would have been identical to Lopita's (pictured above) and their outfits are pretty much identical to Carolina Ichtaca's save for the headpiece and different colors.

As stated last week, the Vidals and the Altos were the right and left hand of the Ichtaca during the region's colonization. While the women's identical outfits denote the same rank, the men's outfits, which differ slightly, reflect different roles. The Altos were the left hand of island conquest. While the Vidals played peacekeepers and brokered trade and treaties, the Altos stabbed enemies in the back and stole territories. To represent this, I selected a longer hooded (although the hood isn't up) top and colored the face of Alfonso's mask dark green as oppose to gold to suggest a role in the shadows. These are the two detail differences between Alfonso's costume and the current right hand costume which I've yet to share.

Now it's time to get into some of my frustrations.

Styling the Vidals and Altos made me realize just how little attention I've paid (and apparently EA paid) to teens. My options in CAS were quite limited, and even though I'm very cc friendly I still had a hard time finding teen island themed pieces outside of modern swimwear. I wanted Ashley's outfit to fit the location and also be somewhat modest as the 'elites' are meant to be a little stuffy. What she has on was the best I could do, and I can't say I'm happy with how things turned out. I've got nothing deeper to say about her fit than this was all I had. If there had been more than one 'elite' teen girl in another family holding a different position from the Alto's I don't know what I would have done clothing wise. The limitations of my choices made me both happy I didn't take shots of any 'elites' for the actual story, and even more frustrated that I don't know how to make or convert cc. I would absolutely love for all of the fantasy and historical costumes that @venusprincess-ts3 makes to be available for teens, and while I realize I can make some NRAAS adjustments so teens can wear adult clothes, I hate getting excited by possibilities only to end up with neck gaps and/or dresser changing outfits on top of possible game crashing.

IMAGENES Y DATOS INTERESANTES DEL DIA 1 DE MARZO DE 2024

Día de la Cero Discriminación, Día Mundial de los Pastos Marinos, Día Mundial de la Concienciación sobre la Autolesión, Día Mundial de la Protección Civil, Día Internacional de la Silla de Ruedas, Día Mundial del Cumplido, Año Internacional de los Camélidos.

Santa Adriana, San León y San Rosendo.

Tal día como hoy en el año 1979

En España, la UCD (Unión de Centro Democrático) encabezada por Adolfo Suárez, vuelve a ganar en las elecciones generales, iniciando así su tercer mandato como Presidente del Gobierno, el segundo elegido democráticamente. (Hace 45 años)

1950

En Londres, el físico alemán Klaus Fuchs, que ha colaborado en la fabricación de las dos primeras bombas atómicas norteamericanas, es declarado culpable de pasar secretos atómicos a la Unión Soviética siendo condenado a 14 años de prisión. (Hace 74 años)

1947

El Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI) inicia sus operaciones financieras. Según sus postulados, trabaja para promover la cooperación monetaria mundial, asegurar la estabilidad financiera, facilitar el comercio internacional, promover un alto nivel de empleo y crecimiento económico sustentable y reducir la pobreza. (Hace 77 años)

1932

Con gran conmoción pública, en EE.UU. es secuestrado en su casa, el hijo de 20 meses del aviador Charles A. Lindbergh, primer ser humano en cruzar el Atlántico en un vuelo sin escalas. En 1935, Bruno Hauptmann será condenado por el secuestro y asesinato del bebé, siendo ejecutado en marzo de 1936. (Hace 92 años)

1896

Italia resulta derrotada en Etiopía por las tropas del negus Menelik. Esta derrota provocará la caída del gobierno de Crispi y el abandono de las ansias expansionistas de Italia. (Hace 128 años)

1872

El Congreso aprueba la creación del primer parque nacional de los Estados Unidos y primero del mundo. El Parque Nacional Yellowstone se establece para preservar 8.983 km2 de un bosque con condiciones geotérmicas únicas, localizado en el oeste de los Estados Unidos. Está ubicado en Wyoming, Montana e Idaho, alberga una gran variedad de animales salvajes como osos pardos, lobos, bisontes, alces y muchos geiseres e impresionantes fuentes termales. (Hace 152 años)

1712

En Madrid, España, se abre al público varón ilustrado y noble de la Corte la Biblioteca Nacional. No será hasta 1837 cuando las mujeres tengan permitido el acceso. (Hace 312 años)

1562

En Champaña (Francia), una comunidad de hugonotes (seguidores de Calvino) es acuchillada por soldados del duque de Guisa, dirigente del partido católico francés. Este suceso se convierte en el punto de partida de una sangrienta guerra civil entre católicos y protestantes, que durará tres años. (Hace 462 años)

1493

Después de que el 13 de febrero pasado, durante el viaje de regreso del Descubrimiento de América, un fuerte temporal separase a las carabelas "La Niña", en la que viaja Colón, y "La Pinta", al mando de Martín Alonso Pinzón, esta última entra en el puerto de Baiona (Pontevedra, España). Como las relaciones entre Colón y Pinzón están muy tirantes, éste pretenderá dar la primicia del descubrimiento a los Reyes Católicos, pero éstos le responderán que es Colón quien debe hacerlo. El día 4, la carabela "La Niña", con Colón a bordo, tocará tierra en Lisboa (Portugal). Martín Alonso Pinzón, el capitán de "La Pinta", fallecerá a finales de este mes enfermo de sífilis, en el monasterio de La Rábida, en Palos (Huelva), su tierra natal. Colón, enfadado con él, ni siquiera se acercará a visitarlo. (Hace 531 años)

1476

En el transcurso de la Guerra de Sucesión por la corona de Castilla, en la localidad de Zamora (España) tiene lugar la batalla de Toro, entre las tropas de los Reyes Católicos contra el ejército de Alfonso V de Portugal, partidario de Juana la Beltraneja, con victoria para los primeros, siendo decisiva para la supervivencia de España como país. (Hace 548 años)

I have a question related to your 3t2 sims recreations. Do you happen to have Alfonso, Lopita and Ashely Alto? Because there are few recreations of Nick, Vita and Holly.🤔

OMG this is so convenient bc i made them also!! idk how accurate they are, i only did Lopita and Alfonso, you can roll the pacifier in cas to make gc ashley! (note, i lost alfonso at one point so i remade him from scratch by using griffin alto as the base, atleast now he's cc free? excuse his outfit i had no idea what else to put him in)

Download here!

Uno de los hechos históricos que más gracia me hacen de Felipe IV es que llegó a prohibir por mandato real que los hombres llevasen la lechuguilla al cuello el 11 de febrero de 1623.

Y me resulta aún más gracioso el pensar que probablemente España se sintiese aliviado con tal medida. No es para menos; imaginaos pasar de un simple cuello a una gorguera con lechuguilla moderada (Carlos I) —que al principio era reconfortante—, y de ahí a una gorguera con cuello alto con una pequeña lechuguilla (Felipe II) hasta la locura de lechuguilla (Felipe III) en la que, si se distraía, le comía la barbilla.

Creo que el impacto es mayor con imágenes.

Aunque en la imagen es Isabel de Portugal quien lleva la gorguera con una lechuguilla moderada, casi inapreciable.

Felipe II, en 1565. La gorguera se encuentra oculta, dejando solo ver la lechuguilla.

La locura máxima... A lo largo de todo su reinado.

Y después esto, el llamado cuello golilla. En otros retratos de Felipe IV, más mayor, se le puede ver con el cuello valona.

Como curiosidad, Felipe IV lo hizo para reflejar esa lucha contra la corrupción del reinado anterior —vamos, el Rey de las buenas ideas que terminaron mal, como Alfonso XIII—, y huir de las tendencias que exportaba Francia, volviendo a refugiarse en la sobriedad.

De hecho, la lechuguilla llegaba a costar a doscientos reales, mientras que la golilla rondaba los cuatro.

It was business as usual at Postres de Alegría. Some people may find it mundane, but Noemí would describe it more as peaceful. Before opening, she cleaned, baked, and set up the baked goods in the displays. Angela, their employee, came in when the store opened and cleaned the kitchen.

Noemí took this time to interact with the customers. Besides baking and bringing people joy with her pastries, her other favorite part of this career is building connections with people. She loves hearing about their lives and sharing laughs with them. It is always such a delight when regulars come and chat like they're lifelong friends. In fact, it looked like one just came in now! Well, they weren't exactly friends yet, but Noemí was sure she could get him to talk more one of these days.

The customer busted through the doors when Noemí began to wave and welcome him, but he cut her off. "Hello, everyone! As you may have heard, Alto's Bakery is opening very soon," the man proclaimed. Okay... maybe he was not just a customer?

Noemí and the rest of the people in the bakery stared at this strange man in silence. Nobody reads the newspaper anymore, so they were a little clueless. "I'm sorry, sir?" Noemi inquired. "Why are you announcing this in my bakery?"

"I'm Alfonso Alto and I welcome each and every one of you to my all-authentic Italian bakery, which is set to open very soon." After Alfonso said this, the customers gasped and started whispering amongst themselves. "Alfonso Alto?" "Brother of Nick and Bert?" "Wow, it's really him.." "I thought he moved permanently to Isla Paradiso." "Yes, it really is me! By the way, make sure to come to the grand opening. The first 50 people to come get 50% off on their entire order," Alfonso added. "As my family name suggests, the quality of our pastries is high, but don't worry! Our prices are low." Noemí tried not to let out the biggest groan. Was that supposed to be a slogan? That's way too wordy.

Now there was a lot of chatter coming from everywhere in the bakery. Many people seemed interested. "Will Alto's Bakery have cannolis?" someone asked. It seemed like Alfonso was making a mental note before he answered. Maybe cannolis were not even part of the menu before the customer asked that? "Of course! We will also have blueberry cheesecake, churros, tres leches cake, and more." Okay, this is getting ridiculous. Now he's just naming popular items from Postres de Alegría. "Sir, please. Let's talk outside," Noemí told him. She tried to remain civil in front of the customers.

Once they were outside, she spoke her mind. "Are you okay in the head? You must be in love with Teodor if you're this obsessed with him."

"No, but I am in love with his ideas. The resort didn't exactly go as planned, so I came to analyze his business practices in person. Then, I saw what a great business he has here. I'm switching industries."

"It's not just his business," Noemí's voice broke. "It's mine too."

"Look, it's nothing personal. I'm just following the money," Alfonso sat flatly. Suddenly, Noemí heard another man's voice.

"Alfonso, you should be ashamed of yourself. I hoped you would have changed after 16 years. Now, leave. You already made your point." Teodor came a bit too late, which please Alfonso. He got to ruin their morale without any interruption and still got to see the look on Teodor's face.

"You're right, I had my fun here. I'll be on my way out," Alfonso said before he left. He looked over his shoulder and smirked.

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A few days have passed, Amina finished settling into her new home, she just came home from work and the first thing she did was to invite Teodor for dinner.

Amina knows he doesn't want trouble, so she told him the dinner was to talk about work.

Later, though, she made it clear to him that this was not just a work meeting. That didn't seem to bother him: as we can see, it was quite the opposite.

At first, he thought of dating her just to get revenge of the Alto family, since Alfonso took his ex-wife Florita away from him. But he discarded the idea, because these Altos are not the same as those Altos, and because who would want to play with the feelings of the beautiful Amina?

Alfonso Alto - Isla Paradiso

Alfonso is popping at Florita’s again after work, wanting to see the twins.

Of course, Florita had to bring up that conversation again, now that they have children together. Of course Alfonso care for the twins, but he’s been married for a long time and also has a daughter from his marriage.

Florita tries the seducing approach, but things are not that easy and simple for Alfonso.

Utilissimo ricordare cosa e come avvennero i fatti, pare che con questa polemica di oggi (Alfonso Bonafede-Nino Di Matteo), si ricalchi esattamente quello che successe tanti anni fa:

Oggi non è la ricorrenza della Strage di Capaci. Ma quello che successe il 19 gennaio di trent’anni fa fu una delle tappe che portarono all’isolamento di Giovanni Falcone. Uno dei tanti atti di ostilità e di gelosia che annunciarono pubblicamente la sua condanna a morte, raramente ricordati durante le commemorazioni e per questo necessari da ricordare.

Il Maxiprocesso era finito: la sentenza del 16 dicembre 1987 condannava la mafia per la prima volta nella storia d’Italia. Giovanni aveva vinto, ma era diventato “il morto che cammina”.

Come raccontato da Giovanni Brusca, l’uomo che avrebbe premuto il pulsante che fece detonare l’esplosivo allo svincolo per Capaci, Ignazio Salvo, un altro mafioso, gli disse che c’erano amici più in alto che avrebbero pensato a delegittimare Falcone, a cercare di ostacolarne la carriera. Che forse non ci sarebbe stato bisogno di ucciderlo.

Ad attaccare Falcone ci aveva già pensato Sciascia sul Corriere della Sera, in prima pagina, il 10 gennaio 1987, nel mezzo del Maxiprocesso, scatenando contro i giudici del Pool la celeberrima polemica dei “professionisti dell’antimafia”.

Antonino Caponnetto, allora anziano capo dell’Ufficio Istruzione di Palermo e guida del Pool, conclusosi il Maxiprocesso decise di tornare a Firenze, avendo ricevuto rassicurazioni sul fatto che il suo erede naturale, Giovanni Falcone, avrebbe meritatamente preso il suo posto.

Ma le promesse non vennero mantenute, e le parole di Ignazio Salvo si rivelarono come una profezia: Falcone non avrebbe ottenuto quel posto. Partito Caponnetto si aprì il concorso per l’Ufficio Istruzione e a un uomo anziano con diverse e più grandi ambizioni venne chiesto di candidarsi per quel posto destinato a Falcone.

Antonino Meli non era un corrotto. Aveva però tutti i requisiti per essere il candidato ideale per soffiare il posto a Falcone: vent’anni di anzianità in più, ma sopratutto non capiva niente di mafia. Il tradizionale criterio dell’anzianità di servizio fu anteposto a quello del merito. Palermo in quegli anni aveva il più alto tasso di omicidi tra le città delle democrazie occidentali: nessuna ragione dunque per non applicare inflessibilmente quei tradizionali criteri di selezione basati sull’età.

Il 19 gennaio 1988 il CSM votò: 10 voti a favore di Giovanni Falcone, 14 a favore di Antonino Meli. Vanno ricordati tutti, uno a uno.

A favore di Meli votarono Agnoli, Borrè, Buonajuto, Cariti di Persia, Geraci, Lapenta, Letizia, Maddalena, Marconi, Morozzo della Rocca, Paciotti, Suraci, e Tatozzi.

A favore di Falcone Abbate, Brutti, Calogero, Caselli, Contri, D’Ambrosio, Gomez d’Ayala, Racheli, Smuraglia, Ziccone.

Astenuti: Lombardi, Mirabelli, Papa, Pennacchini, Sgroi.

Come disse in seguito Borsellino, “il CSM mi fece un bel regalo di compleanno…“. Pochi mesi dopo, il Pool antimafia cessò di esistere.

Una prisión maternal en la Colina de los Chopos (Madrid)

Siempre me sorprenden los cambios brutales que se han producido en los altos del Hipódromo de Madrid o, como es popularmente conocido, “la Colina de los Chopos”, nombre dado por el poeta institucionista Juan Ramón Jiménez, al campus dedicado a la educación y la ciencia por la inolvidable y única Junta Para Ampliación de Estudios (1907-1039).De un auditórium laico de la Residencia de Estudiante a una Iglesia del Opus Dei, de un refugio antiaéreo republicano de la guerra civil española que está debajo de dicha Residencia, a una sala de billar para los distinguidos residentes… y recientemente “descubro” que en el antiguo edificio del Instituto Escuela, ahora instituto Ramiro de Maeztu, hubo durante un corto tiempo una prisión maternal, en el año 1939.Digo “descubro” pues en las publicaciones y exposiciones “oficiales “organizadas por los responsables del CSIC y de la Residencia de Estudiantes desde 1986, nunca he leído que dichos edificios albergaran durante unos meses una cárcel de desdichadas madres republicanas y sus hijos. Responsables directos de dicha omisiones son autores como Elvira Ontañón, historiadora, gran cruz de Alfonso X el sabio, patrona o vocal de la Fundación Estudio, Fundación Giner de los Ríos, Fundación Sierra Pambley, Corporación de antiguos alumnos de la Institución Libre de Enseñanza, Fundación Amigos de la Residencia, su marido el arquitecto Antonio Vázquez de Castro, antiguo alumno del Ramiro de Maeztu, y el arquitecto y profesor de arquitectura Salvador Guerrero, que han publicado artículos sobre dicho Instituto Escuela, y su posterior transformación en el Instituto Ramiro de Maeztu, sin hacer nunca mención a la prisión, no sé si por ignorancia o malintencionadamente, aunque me decanto por lo segundo...

El resto del articulo aquí : https://loquesomos.org/una-prision-maternal-en-la-colina-de-los-chopos/

La caótica política de prisiones franquista, debida a la saturación de la población carcelaria, y el trato inhumano dado a dicha población, dieron lugar a casos como el de esta prisión maternal de mujeres en la mítica Colina de los Chopos, en la que murieron muchos niños, y que no ha quedado reflejada en los libros y exposiciones “oficiales”, mostrándonos de nuevo el nulo interés de las instituciones en que se conozca la verdadera historia de la Institución Libre de Enseñanza, la Junta Para Ampliación de Estudios, la Residencia de Estudiantes y la represión franquista que acabó con todas ellas.Notas:– Mapa de la represión en la posguerra*

Monte Martre (Montmartre) é um bairro boêmio da cidade de Paris, na França. É uma colina que, já no tempo dos gauleses, se destinava a lugar de culto. Deve seu nome, provavelmente, aos inúmeros mártires cristãos que foram torturados e mortos no local por volta do ano 250[1] . Consagrada a São Dionísio, tornou-se, na Idade Média, um lugar de peregrinação.

Em 1133, passou para a jurisdição de monges beneditinos, que, ali passaram a cultivar uvas para produção de vinho, atividade que permanece sendo exercida até hoje no local[2] .

No dia 15 de agosto de 1534, Inácio de Loyola, junto com Francisco Xavier, Pedro Fabro, Alfonso Salmeron, Diego Laynez, Nicolau Bobedilla e Simão Rodrigues, fizeram votos de castidade e pobreza na Capela de Saint-Denis, colocando-se a disposição do Papa, para serem enviados aonde houver maior necessidade, e desse modo estavam fundando, ainda sem saber, a Companhia de Jesus[3] .

Graças à sua posição estratégica, Monte Martre foi, muitas vezes, centro de comandos militares. Em 1860, o bairro foi ligado à cidade e transformou-se num ponto de encontro importante de artistas e intelectuais, famoso pela sua animada vida noturna. Modelos, bailarinas e pintores como Degas, Cézanne, Monet, Van Gogh, Renoir e Toulouse-Lautrec frequentavam o lugar, contribuindo para criar um clima libertário.

Hoje, as suas ruas ainda se animam com artistas, turistas e vendedores ambulantes. No ponto mais alto da colina, situa-se a famosa Basílica do Sagrado Coração.

Típica rua do bairro

O Moulin Rouge, famosa casa noturna localizada no bairro ....

Montmartre.