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☆ When an Artist Dies, Who Owns Her Story?
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-02 | by ( Kate Dwyer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

It was an evening in late January, and Raquel Cecilia Mendieta was dining at the Parador, the 12th-century monastery-turned-hotel where she was staying while she installed artwork for a new survey of Ana Mendieta, the famous Cuban-born performance artist — and Ms. Mendieta’s maternal aunt — at a nearby museum. It had been a long day of assembling logs, soil, pine cones and branches into a reimagining of the artist’s “Untitled: Silueta Series” inside the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, and her dinner companions — her 15-year-old daughter, Anabella, and Grace Hong, the assistant director at Galerie Lelong, which represents the Ana Mendieta estate — were still jet-lagged after traveling from New York. But they jumped when, after plates of bacalao and glasses of white wine had been cleared, Ms. Mendieta checked her phone and exclaimed, “Oh my god!”

Persons: Raquel Cecilia Mendieta, Ana Mendieta, —, Castilla y, Anabella, Grace Hong, Mendieta, “ Organizations: Arte Contemporáneo, Castilla y León, Galerie Lelong Locations: Cuban, New York

Just holding the deal together through a full four-year parliamentary term will be a tough challenge, many predict. "The next legislative term will be very tough for the PSOE, it is likely it won't finish the whole term," said Catalan political analyst Joan Esculies. Spaniards have also been called to show their ire in town square demonstrations across the country on Sunday. For Andoni Ortuzar, the Basque Nationalist Party leader who also struck a deal with the Socialists on Friday, whether the government could hold would be a test of Spain's plurality. "We are different - we consider ourselves a different nation - and the question is whether we can live together comfortably," he said.

Persons: Sanchez, Pedro Sanchez, Francisco Franco, Junts, Carles Puigdemont, Joan Esculies, Alberto Nunez Feijoo, Andoni Ortuzar, Susana Vera, Emiliano Garcia, Puigdemont, Lluis Orriols, Ortuzar, Belen Carreno, Joan Faus, Emma Pinedo, Aislinn Laing, Alex Richardson Organizations: Deal, Spain's Socialists, Socialist, PSOE, People's Party, Socialists, Basque Nationalist Party, REUTERS, Catalan Socialist, Carlos III University, Thomson Locations: MADRID, BARCELONA, Catalan, Belgium, Catalonia, Spain, Madrid, Castilla, La Mancha, Spanish, Catalunya

Oil and gas tanks are seen at an oil warehouse at a port in Zhuhai, China October 22, 2018. Reuters' analysis of China's savings on oil purchases from the three sanctioned countries compares what Chinese importers would have paid by purchasing similar grades from non-sanctioned producers. For imports of Venezuelan oil, mostly heavy grade Merey, China saved an average of $10 a barrel versus comparable Colombian Castilla crude, the calculations based on the trader data showed. With January-September inflows of Venezuelan oil at around 430,000 bpd, according to the average of the Vortexa and Kpler data, China's savings from buying Venezuelan oil was $1.17 billion. TEAPOT MARGINSWith state refiners Sinopec and PetroChina refraining entirely from buying Iranian and Venezuelan crude, teapots have feasted on discounted oil from the two suppliers.

Persons: Aly, Kang Wu, Brent, Viktor Katona, Chen Aizhu, Muyu Xu, Tony Munroe Organizations: REUTERS, refiners, Reuters, P, Administration, Customs, Vortexa, Russia's, Castilla, Brent, U.S . State Department, U.S ., Thomson Locations: Zhuhai, China, Russia, Iran, Venezuela, SINGAPORE, United States, Moscow, Tehran, Caracas, East, West Africa, South America, Beijing, Kpler, Kozmino, Baltic, Ukraine, Europe, India, Brazil, Urals, Oman, U.S, Venezuelan, teapots, Shandong, Israel

☆ The bad math behind Harvard's refusal to do away with legacy admissions
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

By clinging to legacy admissions, colleges are not only undermining claims of advancing equality but may be shooting themselves in the financial foot. 'A weak and sad excuse'The legacy preference has always been a dance of public intentions and private subtext. While the rationales for preserving legacy admissions have evolved, the propensity to obfuscate them hasn't. Harvard's massive $50 billion endowment makes it pretty clear: the school doesn't need to keep legacy admissions anymore. When Wesleyan announced it was dropping legacy admissions Roth was adamant that it was the right move.

Persons: James Murphy, —, Richard Kahlenberg, Christopher Eisgruber, Ethan Poskanzer, Radcliffe, gosh, James Hankins, Murphy, Brooks Kraft, Amherst, Biddy Martin, Gabrielle Starr, Michael Roth, Wesleyan alums, Brown, MIT's Emilio Castilla, Kahlenberg, Harvard, Roth Organizations: US Supreme, Harvard, Department of Education, Georgetown University, Princeton University's, Washington Post, University of Colorado, Wall, Princeton, Getty, MIT, University of Texas, The Century Foundation, Pomona College, CNN, Research, Council, Advancement, Wesleyan College, Wesleyan, Ivy League, Stanford, Duke, University of Chicago, Poskanzer, University of North, Carnegie Mellon, Occidental College Locations: Boulder, University of North Carolina, America

☆ Opinion: Why I risk death to run with the bulls
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-08 | by ( Stuart Ross | Opinion Bill Hillmann | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —On July 11, 2014, I was running with a bull in Pamplona, Spain. The story is a fascinating adventure into the Fiesta de San Fermín, also known as The Running of the Bulls in Pamplona. By the time I finished reading that novel, I decided I would go to Spain and run with the bulls and I would become a writer. So I began to run with Lecuona, David Rodríguez, Aitor Arístegui and others leading bulls up the streets. Participants run ahead of bulls during the "encierro" (bull-run) of the San Fermín festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, on July 14, 2023.

Persons: Bill Hillmann, CNN —, Victoriano del, swooped, gored, Michael Hemingway, Michael, Ernest Hemingway, “, ”, Jake Barnes, Hemingway, Toro Bravo, I’ve, Graeme Galloway, Joe Distler, Juan Pedro Lecuona, David Rodríguez, Aitor Arístegui, it’s, John Hemingway, Miguel Riopa, goring, Antonio Subies, Castilla y, Paula Andión Zabalza, Paula, Fernando Zabalza, Fernando Organizations: East, West University, NPR, The Toronto Star, Washington Post, The Daily Mail, CNN, Fiesta, Bulls, Spanish, las Fiestas, Castilla, Castilla y León Locations: Chicago, Pamplona, Spain, Victoriano del Río, Fermín, AFP, San, Valencia, San Fermín, Madrid, Navarra, Tafalla

London CNN —Four players from Real Madrid’s reserve teams are being investigated by police after a mother alleged videos of a sexual nature involving her 16-year-old daughter were circulated without her consent. Three players were arrested and later released after their mobile phones were seized, according to a statement issued by Spain’s Guardia Civil. The daughter was in a consensual relationship with a player, the statement added. Police sources told CNN that the videos were shared by the players. “When the club has detailed knowledge of the facts, we will take the appropriate measures,” the statement added.

Persons: Spain’s, San Bartolomé de, “, ” Organizations: London CNN —, Real Madrid’s, Guardia Civil, CNN, Real Madrid, Real Madrid C, Civil Guard, ” Castilla Locations: Spain’s Guardia, San Bartolomé, Canary, Castilla, Real

CNN —A 10-year-old boy has been rescued near Madrid after spending the night clinging to a tree to escape severe flooding as Storm Dana lashed the country with torrential rains in recent days, killing at least three people. The Pedrera Bridge over the Alberche River in Aldea del Fresno, Spain, on September 4, 2023. The storm follows a summer of extreme weather for Spain, which has grappled with searing heatwaves and devastating wildfires. Scientists are clear that extreme weather will only get more intense and more frequent as the human-caused climate crisis accelerates. The severe rainfall eased on Tuesday, with the country’s national weather service AEMET downgrading alerts for the region from red to yellow.

Persons: Storm Dana, Alejandro Martínez Vélez, Emiliano García, Garcia, Page Organizations: CNN, RTVE, Europa Press Locations: Madrid, Aldea del Fresno, Spain, Toledo, Castilla, La Mancha

☆ Fact Check-Clip of firefighters saving dehydrated deer predates 2023 Rhodes fires
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A video showing firefighters tending to a dehydrated deer was not filmed on the Greek island of Rhodes during wildfires in July 2023. The clip has been online since at least July 2022 and is credited by Spanish media outlets to a fire in Zamora, Spain. An online search reveals that the clip was widely published by Spanish media outlets in July 2022 (here), (here). According to the reports, the clip shows firefighters saving a dehydrated deer after a fire in Zamora, Spain. The video has been online since at least July 2022 and credited by Spanish media outlets to firefighters saving a deer in Zamora, Spain.

Persons: Read Organizations: Spanish, Castilla, Reuters Locations: Rhodes, Spanish, Zamora, Spain, León

☆ FDIC coverage limits may be raised above $250,000 again. How experts say you can have more of your deposits insured
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-27 | by ( Lorie Konish | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Experts say there are still ways to gain FDIC coverage even if you are over that $250,000 limit. Citizens Bank of Edmond offers additional coverage, with a limit of $150 million per depositor, through IntraFi Network. "If you're able to use IntraFi, then you don't necessarily have to go to another bank to get another $250,000," Castilla said. Jill Castilla CEO of Citizens Bank of EdmondBecause the bank's average deposit is typically $25,000, Citizens Bank of Edmond does not use the amplified coverage often, Castilla said. Add beneficiaries to your accountAnother way of getting more than $250,000 in coverage for your deposits is to add beneficiaries.

☆ Trust between the West and Russia has been destroyed, NATO chief says
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-12 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The West has tried to build bridges with Russia since the end of the Cold War but any trust that was established in recent years has been destroyed with Russia's invasion of Ukraine, NATO Director-General Jens Stoltenberg said Monday. "NATO strived for decades to develop a better, more constructive relationship with Russia," he told CNBC's Hadley Gamble in Brussels. Stoltenberg said a level of trust that had been established during a rapprochement between Western nations and Russia in recent decades had been destroyed by Moscow's decision to invade Ukraine. "Even if the fighting ends, we will not return to some kind of normal, friendly, relationship with Russia. "I think the war has had long-lasting consequences for the relationship with Russia."

'REFUGE FOR WINTER' AND BEYONDVisitors and more permanent residents are also arriving from Germany, which was highly dependent on Russian gas before the Ukraine war and is anxious about possible winter energy shortages. Airlines will increase by 31% the number of seats available to the Canary Islands, the regional tourism office said. Airbnb, the short-term rentals firm, said searches for winter stays in southern Europe tripled between April and June. "Even before the energy crisis, we would have liked to be in Portugal because of the weather," the 28-year-old said. "But with the energy crisis, (being in Portugal) gives us more security because of the climate."

☆ VIDEO // Captură impresionantă de droguri în nordul Spaniei; Polițiștii au confiscat aproape o tonă de cocaină neagră
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-03 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: s.iw.roVIDEO // Captură impresionantă de droguri în nordul Spaniei; Polițiștii au confiscat aproape o tonă de cocaină neagrăFără miros și extrem de greu de detectat, drogurile au fost descoperite miercuri de poliția spaniolă în colaborare cu cea portugheză, în regiunea Castilla și León. „Drogurile au devenit aproape nedetectabile, deoarece forma și culoarea lor erau extrem de asemănătoare cu cea a cărbunelui. Mai mult, mirosul caracteristic al cocainei a fost eliminat, ceea ce înseamnă că nu a putut fi identificat de câinii polițiști”, a declarat poliția spaniolă într-un comunicat. Traficanții au adus containerele cu camionul din Portugalia în nordul Spaniei, unde drogul urma să fie recuperat în urma unui proces chimic laborios. După un an de investigații, într-o operațiune la care au participat peste 50 de polițiști, a fost destructurată rețeaua de traficanți.

Organizations: Naționale Locations: Spaniei, Castilla, León, Medina del Campo, Portugalia

☆ Captură impresionantă de droguri. Aproape o tonă de cocaină neagră, confiscată în Spania (VIDEO)
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-02 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Captură impresionantă de droguri în nordul Spaniei, acolo unde polițiștii au confiscat aproape o tonă de cocaină neagră. Mai mult, mirosul caracteristic al cocainei a fost eliminat, ceea ce înseamnă că nu a putut fi identificat de câinii polițiști”, a declarat poliția spaniolă într-un comunicat. Traficanții au adus containerele cu camionul din Portugalia în nordul Spaniei, unde drogul urma să fie recuperat în urma unui proces chimic laborios. „Modul de operare a implicat un proces chimic complex pentru a ascunde drogurile printre cărbune, proces care a fost realizat de cartelurile mexicane și columbiene”, se mai arată în comunicat. După un an de investigații, într-o operațiune la care au participat peste 50 de polițiști, a fost destructurată rețeaua de traficanți.

Organizations: Guardian, Naționale Locations: Spaniei, Castilla, León, Medina del Campo, Portugalia

☆ Lovitură de proporţii: Zidane e gata să plece! Real Madrid i-a găsit rapid înlocuitor din "echipa Galactică"
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-07 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +3 min

Sursa foto: Getty ImagesLovitură de proporţii: Zidane e gata să plece! Real Madrid i-a găsit rapid înlocuitor din "echipa Galactică"Zinedine Zidane (48 de ani) a alimentat zvonurile cu privire la posibila plecare a sa de la Real Madrid la finalul acestui sezon, după eliminarea din semifinalele Champions League în faţa lui Chelsea. "Obositul şi iritatul Zidane e gata să renunţe la poziţia sa", scrie sursa citată. De la apariţia pandemiei de coronavirus, Real Madrid s-a confruntat cu o serie de probleme mari de efectiv, cauzate atât de infectări, cât şi de desele accidentări. Nu în ultimul rând, Zidane s-a săturat de rutina zilnică: face acelaşi lucru în fiecare zi, de 12 luni încoace.

Persons: Zidane, Zinedine Zidane, Chelsea, Goal.com, Marcelo, îşi, Deşi, Aceştia, Raul Gonzalez, Joachim Low, Florentino Perez Organizations: Real Madrid, Champions League, UEFA Champions League, Atletico, UCL, Castilla, EURO Locations: Atletico şi, Barcelona, Realului, Germaniei

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